Christians, Please Stop Arguing Online
You might not care about your reputation, but you need to care about the reputation of Jesus.
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God’s been working on me this week. In a recent conversation with one of my good friends, he was expressing some dissatisfaction with his new role as a church staff member. Although he was grateful for an amazing job and the opportunity to influence people, after being in the role a relatively short amount of […]
Read more "Don’t Wish This Season Away"What’s Underneath?
My temptation, and maybe yours, is to cover up the ugly parts of myself. I try to hide pain, anger, bitterness and all kinds of insecurities behind a carefully crafted, well painted exterior.
Read more "What’s Underneath?"What Can Ron Swanson Teach Us About Temptation?
Temptation tells you that what you don’t have is actually something you need. It dresses up something ugly as something desirable. It seemingly changes that thing you don’t really want into something you suddenly cannot live without.
Read more "What Can Ron Swanson Teach Us About Temptation?"Why God Uses Weak People
Do you ever feel weak? Good. Maybe you think you’re just not very smart. Perfect. You are qualified to be used by God. Why? The Bible explains it like this in Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth. “Consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards. Not many […]
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There comes a time in every person’s faith journey when they begin to doubt some of the beliefs they’ve always accepted as truth. For some of us this seems to happen every few years, and for others it could be on a weekly basis. Let’s be honest, there are just some claims that the Bible […]
Read more "Can The Church Handle My Doubts?"The Danger In Going to Church
If you grew up in a church, something you most likely began to believe was that going to church was something God wanted you to do. After all, church was where you learned about God, discovered how He wanted you to live and the place where you confessed your sins. While I do love seeing […]
Read more "The Danger In Going to Church"How Passion Conference Changed My LIfe
When I was a sophomore in college, I went to an event I honestly knew nothing about. A bunch of friends from my home church were heading to Passion Conference in Atlanta, Georgia and I did not want to be the only person to miss out on the experience. There was a great lineup of […]
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Racism is a tough topic to tackle without sounding self-righteous and judgmental. So I want to lay all my cards on the table right now. In the past several years, I have learned that I really am kind of a racist. I can justify things however I’d like to, or find many ways that stereotypes […]
Read more "God’s Solution to Racism"Why Churches Need To Talk About Money More Often
Money is important. We all know that. But money is just a means to get other things we desire. Because of this, we tend to idolize it. We make it something that it was never meant to be. Money becomes the end, rather than a means to the end. This is especially true in the […]
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