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Opting out of heaven

* You can buy the bumper sticker here Taking the previous post on God’s Kryptonite a step further. I’ve got two kids. Let’s say one of them becomes sinful and rebellious (which would just never happen). But hypothetically, let’s just say for whatever reason one of my daughters lives a selfish and faithless life. At [...]

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God’s Kryptonite

One of the defining characteristics I’ll hear Christians speaking of regarding their faith is that they worship a God of unconditional love and grace. Fantastic. And then they (including my past self) will say ‘salvation’ (heaven, eternity, life to the fullest, etc) is a gift of God … given by grace … it can’t be [...]

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Rob Bell – Love Wins review

Backdrop: Rob Bell Controversy summary I was suppose to get an advanced copy of the book, but I think it got lost.  I finally got around to reading it.  You can find plenty of highlights on the interwebs but here’s my quick take. If you’re looking for things to critique and hate, you’ll find it. [...]

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In the bread line

By German artist Fritz Eichenberg Looking for God? Search the unlikely places.

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Human Sacrifice

Continuing the theme for my last three posts, my thoughts keep landing on the words ‘human sacrifice’. There’s a few ways of looking at this. It’s human to sacrifice. The most glorious human stories that we’re in awe of whether in film or real life, involves sacrifice. Man dives into on-coming traffic to save a [...]

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Cursed for Christ

How far would you go for love? There’s a loaded story in the Scriptures about how God’s chosen people decide to worship a golden calf in God’s ‘absence’. What fascinates me even more is the conversation Moses has with God afterwards. Of all the things to ask for, Moses requests forgiveness on behalf of these [...]

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If you need to call it ‘Christian’, it probably isn’t.

I’m not against labels. In a increasingly complex world we need systems and categories to organize life. But who exactly does the Christian prefix help? Does it help Christians make decisions to become more like Jesus? ‘Oh it’s Christian, then it must be okay’ Or does it cause them to outsource their own ability to [...]

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Cool by association

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One of my favorite tweets ever from @shitmydadsays “Son, no one gives a shit about all the things your cell phone does. You didn’t invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that.” It’s a bit silly how we pride ourselves on the brands we own and the people we know. Same goes for [...]

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