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Weekend Distractions: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Demonstrates Christ’s “Way”
By Steve on October 12, 2014
Yesterday Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace prize recipient by winning the award at the age of 16. As early as the age of 12 Malala was blogging about the need for girls to have…
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“The Romance of Grace” by Jim McNeely
By Steve on October 10, 2014
As the message of grace spreads through the church it goes without saying that grace authors face an increasingly difficult challenge; distinguishing their grace book from the plethora of others that have recently hit the market. In The…
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Forget “Left Behind”: Jesus Breaks the Cycle of Power and Violence
By Steve on October 8, 2014
When Jesus walked the earth he tended to make a lot of people around him angry and frustrated. That’s because the Jewish people were looking for a new leader. Someone who would rise up with God…
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Dispatches From Hong Kong: My Experience as the City Speaks!
By Steve on September 30, 2014
If you’ve seen the news the last couple days you know then that Hong Kong has come alive. On Sunday evening tens of thousands of students took to the streets in Central Hong Kong in…
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3 Reasons Why Jesus Is NOT My “Personal Lord & Savior”
By Steve on September 25, 2014
If you grew up in evangelical or charismatic church circles you were probably encouraged to “receive Jesus” as your “Personal Lord and Saviour”. Doing this, usually done in the form of a “sinner’s prayer”, guaranteed…
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Weekend Distractions: Scotland Shows How It’s Done With Non-Violent Referendum
By Steve on September 21, 2014
A big day in the United Kingdom this week. The people of Scotland had the opportunity to vote for their independence from the rest of the union. Think about that for a moment. They got…
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More “Left Behind”: Thoughts on Raptures, Resurrections, and Turning The Prince of Peace into A God of War
By Steve on September 18, 2014
My last post on the upcoming Left Behind movie seem to generate more than the usual amount of discussion. To everyone’s credit the interactions with me, or the one’s I observed between others, were…
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3 Things To Consider Before Inviting Your Friend To See Left Behind
By Steve on September 16, 2014
In a couple weeks time the Left Behind movie will open in cinemas around the world. As someone who got “onboard” the Left Behind evangelistic bandwagon 14 years ago when the original version with Kirk Cameron came…
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On YWAM and 25 years of Christian Ministry
By Steve on September 5, 2014
I turned 48 yesterday. Not a milestone birthday I grant you (save for the joy found in reminding myself I’m not 50 yet) but it did cause me to reflect on an actual milestone anniversary…
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“…but some doubted.” What Does Jesus Do With Christians Who Doubt?
By Steve on August 26, 2014
Doubt was a dirty word in the church circles I came from. Prayers for healing, prosperity, good grades at school, or a job promotion at work could all be derailed by simply doubting it would happen….