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Exploring what it means to be a follower of Christ by having a consistent world-view that is Biblical and practical — not taking any of it for granted.

Sasquatch and the God of the Bible

I have to admit, I’ve always been fascinated by stories of Bigfoot. I watched In Search Of every chance I got and checked out every book at the library I could. Today I watch MonsterQuest, subscribe to the blogs, and … Continue reading

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It’s Just Fiction

Let’s just get this out of the way first. If you read any online review of the book The Shack then you will inevitably see someone post a negative comment about the book. Then no matter how solid the points are and no matter how clearly they are stated, inevitably someone replies in the book’s defense by saying, “It’s just a fictional novel.” The points are not rebutted. The points are not challenged. They are dismissed by this one simple statement. Continue reading

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Robots In Heaven

The explanation usually goes like this, “You cannot force someone to love you. That’s how God is, He doesn’t force anyone to love him. Because that wouldn’t be true love. Forcing would be God entering your brain and rewiring it so that you think and act in a certain way. God never does that.” If this is true, which of the following is true Continue reading

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Intensions, Power and Purpose

Something I’m learning is that when you question things that are usually just taken for granted, it’s easy for people to assume the reason that you are asking the question. From there you can either be shortly entertained with answers that don’t address your question, or you are dismissed because you’re assumed to be just like all the others before you that asked the same question but for the wrong reasons. As I continue to explore the idea of evil in regards to God’s sovereignty and His eternal will, let me just say the following: Continue reading

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Glorifying God In Our Sexuality: Part 2 – Naturally Insulting

  As I gather my thoughts about what we as the church should be about regarding the area of LGBT ministry, let’s explore more of what we shouldn’t be about.   Vicki previously commented: I have a friend who’s husband … Continue reading

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Glorifying God In Our Sexuality: Part 1 – The Haggard Interview

Prop 8, Ted Haggard, day-time talk shows, prime-time sit-coms, the topic of homosexuality is everywhere. With two opposing view points, demonizing and misrepresentation is thick on both sides of the issue. Finding answers won’t be easy and agreement, impossible, but we must look to find bridges to build. Continue reading

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Dilbert Cultural Sensitivity

So there has been a bit of discussion regarding Rick Warren in the news these days. Here’s a quote from an article that cracked me up, “Many conservative Christians say cultural sensitivity goes way too far if it requires religious leaders to hide their beliefs.” Uhm, “cultural sensitivity” doesn’t sound very culture sensitive. Continue reading

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New Holiday Music for Free

I really do plan on posting more here this coming year but I wanted to let everyone know that my friend Kev introduced me to this band called Sojourn and they have some great Christmas tunes available for free now. … Continue reading

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Anatomy of a Train Wreck

Subject: Is Oprah a cult leader? Step One: Watch the video in question http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA Step Two: Watch the commentary on CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/04/22/sbt.viral.video.cnn Step Three: Analysis of the commentary The host begins by implying that the claim, “Oprah is against Christianity … Continue reading

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No Words

The new version of GarageBand moves it out from a musical sketch pad application to actually being able to arrange songs. So, I’ve been working on recording some friends’ worship tunes and writing some of my own. In the process … Continue reading

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