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- We're Gonna Look So Wierd
I was lamenting to a friend last night (who became a Christian within the last year) how I try so hard to make Christianity attractive to our culture, but that it’s just so hard when the Bible says things Did you hear about the Christians who, instead of running from the plague as it spread through Europe But then my friend said, that is what attracted him to Christianity.
- Daily Instructions, Not Policy
We should not primarily live our Christian lives by obeying universal rules established by one Christian
- Strong Words Filter Out Mediocre Friends
sometimes making our every day life as sensational as the most heroic movies, but when I say I’m a Christian Weigh the eternal risk and then act with courage and wisdom.
- They Pay for Forgiveness
A friend told me today that he thinks Christianity is a sham because his father was a Christian. I’m really sorry to those of you who have paid the price for a Christian who said they were forgiven.
- The Gay Solution: the "Single Unifier"
And I’m pretty excited because it would show Christians why we should treasure gay people, instead of In other words they can act as the “Single Unifier” in a group. Here’s what I mean. I have a close Christian friend who is gay and he chooses to wholly serve Jesus, even if it means he I watched a talk by an abstinent lesbian Christian, Julie Rogers a few months ago and she concluded that
- What is your sacred thing?
What is one Christian thing you do that doesn't make sense to this world? Are you really just like the world, labeling yourself a Christian? tells me just do it, do I listen to my God, or am I really just like everyone else, wearing a label of Christian
- Ananais, Sapphira, and Darth Vader
I was reading about Ananais and Sapphira in Acts 5. I think as the Christian community was settling into a direction it would go for the next 2000 years,
- Thoughts on Finishing the Bible
I think most of modern Christian culture emphasizes grace and forgiveness, and that’s half of it, but If so, why on earth would He be acting like this? Acting out of trust on someone else’s request and seeing what happens, it turns out, is kind of cool.
- Torture Device Emblem
The cross wasn’t used in Christian images for the first few hundred years of Christianity, partly because Well, a little before the image of a cross became popular, a central image in Christianity was that of And the most powerful image that Christianity could muster was one of its own death. Of sacrifice.
- The Doppleganger of "Judging"
Judging has become the buzz-word for one of the worst things that people say Christians do, and is often But Christianity calls us to want the best for our neighbors, all of them. But maybe we can strive to convince the world that Christians couldn’t be judging their neighbors because
- What's Your Band's Name?
But I sometimes see a dichotomy in the names of christian bands and secular ones. The names of christian bands are rarely as creative and culturally innovative as secular names but the Though Christian band names are rarely as trend-making as secular ones, many of them have chosen to name
- Heavy Responsibility
I wonder if there will be people in hell who blame their Christian teachers for not really challenging