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I hate that painting of Jesus. You know, the one where He’s limp, passive, and nice looking. He’s just not like that when I read the Gospels.
Then there’s the modern day “Christian”. The nice guy. The quiet guy. The whatever guy.
In the passage below, Paul describes the Christian life with active and forceful words such [...]
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If you owned a business, would you keep an employee who doesn’t get any work done? No. If you were a gardener, would you keep a plant that didn’t produce a harvest? No. If you were an investor, would you keep an account that wasn’t growing and producing? No.
I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve known some people [...]
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Tags: bearing fruit, fruit of the spirit
Giving
I was going through some old yellow legal pads of mine and found some notes I took from a sermon a friend of mine, Rick Mitchell, preached back in 2005. I actually remember that night very well. Here where some of the thoughts:
God provides us with seed
tithe is not your seed
90% is your seed
not [...]
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Tags: Giving
Pet Peeves: Communicators
<–begin rant now–>
I’m probably a rare breed. When someone is speaking to me, I want them to start out going 60mph. I wish people would throw the gear into 5 and drive. Instead, the first 5 min are usually filled with meaningless bull snot. So that leads me to this list. The list of things [...]
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the importance of life change
Two things you need to know about.
1. Justification
2. Sanctification (transformation, life change)
Justification (the act of being saved) is made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection. Our only hope is in Jesus. Most people (Christians) believe this, and frankly, they love it. They don’t need to do anything for their salvation. Sweet!
And then comes Sanctifcation. It means you quit [...]
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Spiritual Songs
We’re going to sing a “secular” song in church this Sunday. Actually, it won’t be a part of the worship set, but an after thought to drive the message home with people.
I’m so dumb, I actually believed no one would have a problem with it. Wrong.
So for those who think I’m a heretic, here are my [...]
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Read Romans 14.
This is proof that there will always be, and always has been, differences of opinion in the church concerning what’s right and wrong.
Make no mistake, there are many things the Bible says is wrong. I’m not talking about those issues. I’m not talking about things like murder, theft, adultery, or homosexuality.
I’m talking about differences of [...]
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mmmmmore
More. I want more. A higher status. A better reputation. More significance. More respect. More authority. More recognition. More money.
History tells us that when we don’t get what we want, we will fight to get it.
When we hear “no”, we don’t back down. The opposite happens. We gear up and fight.
In the church world, this [...]
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Proclaiming
I was having a conversation last week with a ministry friend. We were chatting about how gatherings of people could become more interactive. Our generation, and the ones to follow, or quickly growing up with interaction. American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother, Face Book, and Twitter are highly interactive.
Yet the church seems to still be 1 guy on the stage verses [...]
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Trans Siberian For Jesus
Who said churches don’t have good musicians?
Source here.
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