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Christians frequently compare evangelism to warning someone that they are in a burning building. We use this analogy to defend ourselves against the accusation of being unloving. We claim that our hysterical behavior and intensity in our persuasion are justified by the urgency of the danger. Wouldn’t it be unloving to not warn people of [...]
I do not completely understand prayer. Although God hears everything we say and knows every thought of our hearts, we have specific times that we direct these thoughts and words to God. Don’t misunderstand, I think prayer is important, but it also seems that we get confused by it. We start wondering what are [...]
As of two weeks ago, I can now say that I have raised my hands at church. Having recently made this intense spiritual leap in my own life I am now willing to share a few of the things that helped me along the way. If you are considering raising your hands but have never [...]
I hope the rapture does not happen while I am driving my car. Dealing with traffic on my home from work is the time in my life when I act most unChristian. I do not know exactly how the rapture practically works out, but if angels are looking around for people to take up to [...]
I like checklists. When I was a child I struggled with obedience. In order to motivate me my mother made a checklists of chores for me to do and posted it visibly in my room. Across the top was a list of items that needed to be done each day and down the left side were the days [...]
Christmas is full of bad decisions. Maybe you forgot to buy a present for one of your relatives. Maybe you asked someone you have not seen in a little while if they were pregnant only to find out that you just have not seen them for a little while. Although this idea sounds totally preposterous [...]
Is there a church that you drive by on a regular basis that keeps their sign updated with catchy marketing slogans as if they were trying to sell fast food? I assume the goal of these signs is to convince people to come to church. Examples I found on the internet include: “ch__ch. What is [...]
My pastor once told me that it is important to take risks. Jeremy: “Risk?” Tom: ”Yeah, risk.” Jeremy: “Like blowing my life savings in Las Vegas risk?” Tom: “No, like putting your faith on the line risk. Like trying to do something big for God. Like trying to make a difference out there risk.” Jeremy: [...]
My behavior is illogical. I hate raisins. Let me try to explain. There are foods that I did not like as a child. Raisins are one of them. As I have gotten older and my palate has matured, I have noticed that there are foods that I used to hate but now enjoy. Broccoli is [...]
If the Mariah Carey Christmas album is not your thing, then you should check out these guys. It does not appear they have produced any music except two Christmas album EPs. But these two albums are very good. For those of you who enjoyed the music on the Facebook Christmas Story on youtube, this version of “O [...]
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