Chinese Christians – A Lesson in Reverence

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You know, it’s so easy to proclaim your undying allegiance to the King of Kings when there is little, or no cost to pay. It’s so easy to passionately yell out, “Abba! I’ll die for you!” …. when there is no gun to your head. But how strong will your faith be “when the rubber meets the road?” [Read More]

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The Joel Osteen Hoax – How “True” Is It?

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When one works in the area of web design and IT for over a decade, one can develop a bit of “overconfidence” when it comes to your run-of-the-mill internet scams and hoaxes. Well, yesterday’s failure knocked me off my high horse when I sent out an email requesting insight into the latest hoax that stated that Joel Osteen had renounced his christian faith and was walking away from the ministry. [Read More]

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… And My Heart Burns for You

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There are many church leaders, and churches in general, falling into sin and deception. I started really noticing this in the late 1980′s, when I was in my late teens and early 20′s. Deception and foolishness wasn’t as rampant back then … or maybe it was, and had not yet been brought to light. [Read More]

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Love Redefined – Hurts So Good!

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The modern day church THINKS they know what God’s Love is. We’re told to be nice to everybody, feed the poor, accept people the way they are, don’t lose your temper in traffic, be patient with each other …. all of this SOUNDS like God’s Love … BUT IS IT?? [Read More]

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Embrace Your Discontent – This World is Not Your Home

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If the Body of Christ were to truly understand that this earth is not our home, it would completely revolutionize the way we live our lives. Our True Home is the Kingdom of Heaven, we are just strangers passing through this earth. The reason most of us feel “out of place”, or like we don’t belong anywhere here on earth, is because we were designed to be that way! [Read More]

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Transcending the Cult of “Nice”

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Sometimes I think that one of the reasons why Jesus chose fishermen to be in His group of disciples was because of their “thick skin”. Jesus knew that He need people who could handle the Truth, even if it was a discomfort to their flesh. [Read More]

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Receiving Rebuke: Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die

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The church continually cries out for the Wisdom of God. We’re promised it in James 1:5 that if we ask Him, He will give liberally and without reproach. But oftentimes when the Wisdom comes, it comes in an “unacceptable” package … Rebuke. [Read More]

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Bible Study – God’s Definition of Love

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I have a short bible study assignment for all of you. Open your bibles to Psalm 107:43: “Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.”

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Hurricane Sandy: God’s Judgement?

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As the East Coast bracees for Hurricane Sandy, the blogosphere is already buzzing with conversation, debate and other bits of information. As you can tell from the graphic below, this is going to be a doozy. I read in Joel Rosenberg’s blog that it has already killed 66 people and it hasn’t even hit the shore yet! [Read More]

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My Last Defense – There is No Grudge!

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I think I’m going to write this in a post, just one more time, and then refer people to it whenever I get accusations that I am holding a grudge against Steve Shultz and the Elijah List. For the record: [Read More]

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