Sunday, 28 April 2024

Month: June 2016

Is Christian Music Too Happy?

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You can’t be bummed and be Christian. Or, at least, that might be your takeaway listening to contemporary Christian music.
According to Leah Libresco, writing for the website FiveThirtyEight, Christian pop is (in her words) “unrelentingly cheerful” these days, where nary a discouraging word is heard. Lyrics are chipper and upbeat, extolling “love,” “joy” and “strength” far more often than the flip sides of those words: “fear,” “sorrow,” “weakness”. “Grace,” for instance, is used abo..

“I didn’t think I’d live to see 21”

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Imagine living your life with the expectation that you won’t make it past twenty-one… sure that you’ll be killed in the street by a rival gang member. That’s exactly how D.A. believed he would die–that is, until he found out what it truly means to live. Hear how D.A went from the streets to salvation in Jesus Christ… and be inspired by God’s amazing transformation of one man’s life!

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“And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, ‘What were you discussing on the way?’ But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, ‘If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’” Mark 9:33-35
Introduction:
The famous Reformer, Martin Luther, once said, “Until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.” So many people today are ..

Global Day of Prayer Slated for June 7

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International (Mission Network News) – “We believe prayer is powerful, prayer is effective, and that people’s prayers here in the United States make a difference in the lives of children around the world.”

Ask Matt Parker of Kids Alive International what he believes is vital to their ministry efforts in 15 countries around the world, and he’ll respond with one word: Prayer.

“We believe that it is God alone who transforms lives forever. And so we are committed as an organization to keeping Jesu..

Why We Remain Free Despite Our Fallen Nature

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Evil is not a created thing, but is instead the measure of the extent to which a particular thought or act deviates from “the good.” That was the point of a recent. Drawing on the work of Augustine and other early Christian thinkers, I concluded that God allows for evil – for human beings to think and act in a way that is contrary to his perfect will – because that is the only way “free will” could exist. He could make us robots or mere things, but he could not make us “free” without the capacit..

Time to Stop the Whine

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O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
(Psalm 71:17-18 NLT)

“It's time to stop the whine.”
There, I said it. It's something I've wanted to say to my fellow baby boomers for quite some time. We're already known as a generation of navel gazers — folks..

Church Grammar: Theology as the Language of Christianity

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve had your favorite dinnertime evangelists, the local Jehovah’s Witnesses, show up at your door. They’re kind. They smile. And they even tuck in their shirts. To top it all off, they speak Christianese pretty well.
Or do they?
Though they sound like Christians, they come bearing bad news–an anti-gospel that denies the divinity of Jesus and only offers the possibility of Heaven for a select few people. Their gospel sounds so close to the bib..

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