Category Archives: church
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Hidden
A couple of weeks ago while I was teaching Bible study, I started talking about the power of the Holy Spirit. I was more talking than anything, not really teaching, but it struck a cord with a couple of the people in the class. I had no idea what had happened until this week when I showed up to teach and this one lady, Sandy, started mentioning exactly how much it meant to her and how it had affected her. I was kind of stunned, largely because I couldn’t remember exactly what it was I said, but also because I don’t expect to make that kind of impact on people.
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The unRapture
So the rapture didn’t happen, we all now have a reason to feel superior to Mr. Camping. He said a stupid thing and he now has approximately 100 million people mocking him. I for one will not mock him. He said something that is clearly contrary to the biblical text and yes that was wrong. [...]
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Beauty greater than evil
The question goes, “How can there be a loving God with so much evil in the world?” It’s the question which monotheists the world over have struggled with. There’s really no good answer to the question. Sure there are lots of answers, but once they’ve been examined they kind of suck. I don’t have any [...]
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On vocation
This morning I had the opportunity to speak on my understanding of my vocation. This is always a difficult concept for me to wrap my head around, so what I came up with is below. I hope you like it. I have a sister who used to say, “Sean hears music different.” When I was [...]
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A new home
For most of my life when I thought about going home it was to Maine, to my family and friends and my church. There was a point when I was about 25 years old that I realized that my church wasn’t my home any longer. It just didn’t fit the same way as it used [...]
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Beyond Christian labels
Recently I’ve been thinking about the labels we use in the church to describe different portions of the church. I know that labels are in some way important because they bring clarity to the discussion. The problem with this kind of label is that they often boil down to us versus them. The other problem [...]
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Social Justice and that radio guy
Earlier this week Glenn Beck made waves by urging Christians to leave any church that supports social justice. Promptly after he made these statements, prominent Christians all over the country reacted negatively and started to urge their followers to boycott Beck. While I understand the reaction, I’m wondering if it was the correct one. After [...]
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Open Source Church
Recently I’ve been thinking about the development of the church in terms of open source. Initially the two seem to be polar opposites, church and software development, but the more I’ve thought about it the more it makes sense.
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Some thoughts on salvation and evangelicalism
There are those who would like to say that Christianity is easy. Receive Jesus into your heart and you will be saved! That’s it all that is required to be a Christian. There is very little indication that life change is required, that there is supposed to be a peculiar aspect to the followers of [...]
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How to pick a church
For better or worse, at some point most Christians will need to look for a new church. For some people this is an easy task because they have friends or family going to a particular church. But if you’re new to an area or have specific requirements for what you would like for a church [...]
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