Trap 5 Christians Fall Into: Becoming Overly Concerned About the Future

October 2, 2012 by

(This is the fifth in a series entitled: “8 Traps Christians Fall Into.”) TRAP 5 CHRISTIANS FALL INTO: BECOMING OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE Now if ever there were a day where not falling into this particular trap would be a challenge for believers, it would be our day. Wouldn’t you agree? Just look at […]

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Trap 4 Christians Fall Into: Playing “Holy Spirit Junior”

September 8, 2012 by

(This is the fourth in a series entitled: “8 Traps Christians Fall Into.”) TRAP 4 CHRISTIANS FALL INTO: PLAYING “HOLY SPIRIT JUNIOR” “‘And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin.’” (John 16:8a) Part of the Holy Spirit’s work on this planet ~ in people’s lives ~ is to convict them of sin. […]

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Messiah Complex (redux) plus podcast

September 6, 2012 by

(To listen to the podcast of this post, click here.) The Reverend James Warren “Jim” Jones. I was in high school (1978) when the news came of the Congressman (Leo Ryan) being shot and killed in Jonestown, Guyana where Jim Jones based his cult. Only later it would be discovered that 900+ people died after […]

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Trap 1 Christians Fall Into: Thinking God is Angry with Them

August 22, 2012 by

(This is the first in a series entitled: “8 Traps Christians Fall Into.”) TRAP 1 CHRISTIANS FALL INTO: THINKING GOD IS ANGRY As a believer in Jesus Christ, have you ever thought God was angry with you? It’s not so hard to see why many of us fall into this trap. I mean, in many […]

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6 Funny Things About Social Media “Gurus” [infographic]

June 26, 2012 by

I’m picking on “gurus” these days. (To read: 5 Things About Facebook the Gurus “Forget” to Tell You, click here.) I don’t know why I’m picking on “gurus” since I am one? (That was supposed to be a joke. I know, stick to pastoring.) Dictionary.com defines “guru” (and this is the way I’m using the […]

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The Story of How I Got My Gibson Explorer (guitar)

June 21, 2012 by

I had the following conversation on Twitter recently with Big Shane Slade (@shaneawesome). It’s just such a great story about how I got my Gibson Explorer (pictured). And yet it’s about so much more than that… The Story of How I Got My Gibson Explorer (guitar): (Each of these are the original tweets. I just […]

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5 Things About Facebook the Gurus “Forget” to Tell You [infographic]

June 10, 2012 by

(click image to enlarge, then in new browser tab or window click again) 5 Things About Facebook the Gurus “Forget” to Tell You [infographic]: 1. Almost 90% of the people who “like” your Facebook page never return (they read your status updates in their home feed). 2. (And those business “leads” people wave around?) They […]

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If My People (chorus)

June 3, 2012 by

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7 Reasons Why God Allows Wicked People to Rule

May 19, 2012 by

“Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him. It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel.” (1 Kings 16:30-31a) Why does God allow […]

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Engraving on My iPad (picture)

April 29, 2012 by

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