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Surely our faith goes deeper than church merch and social media campaigns. This begs an important question. Can we really get people to buy into what was freely given? The notion that we may have turned the cross of Christ…
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If Christmas is about anything, it certainly isn’t glamour and glitz. It’s about Christ coming for lowly sinners as a lowly, sinless babe. The child laid humbly in a cattle trough personifies salvation, embodies God’s presence, and His name will…
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God isn’t concerned with being right. He simply is right. He is concerned with confounding the wise. Christianity will never escape the stigma of intellectual inferiority. Paul described the message of the cross as folly to unbelievers and asserted that…
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Data is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. I’ve had the privilege to work in environments that exuded teamwork and inspiration, as well as those that created a culture of fear. I’ve seen numbers neglected and overemphasized with failure…
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If arrogance and needless division were Christian virtues, then evangelicalism would be virtuous indeed. There is an inclination to take sniper shots at anything that slightly deviates from our interpretation of Christian doctrine or practice. Grumpy old theologians are a…
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Christ came for sinners. We must not replace this truth with the veneer of some posh and polished version of redemption. I fear we’ve so sanitized Christianity that we no longer need grace. In so doing, the appearance of redemption becomes…
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One of the easiest things to do in church culture is to make simple things unneccesarily difficult. What if forgiveness was as simple as asking? What if fellowship was as simple as gathering? What if evangelism was as simple as…
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Christianity has the solution to humanity’s greatest need. The reality of Christ, His birth, sinless life, death, atoning work, and resurrection is the single most significant and satisfying truth there is. It is the pearl of great price; however, instead…
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Strategy. Innovation. Goals. These words are not inherently bad. However, as they relate to spreading the gospel and making disciples, they can be incredibly problematic. The parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-23) reveals that results are supernatural and organic. There is…
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The atoning blood of Christ is more powerful than we could begin to imagine. The blood of a carpenter, king, friend, and savior was spilled so that our lives might be eternally secured, despite His innocence and our guilt. Boil…
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