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Being Delivered From “Finding The Will of God”
By Steve on July 24, 2014
The Paralysis of Analysis! That term coined to describe someone who is frozen in a particular situation because they can never come to a definitive decision as there is always another “angle” to consider. Christianity…
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What You Have To “Do” To Get God’s Approval?
By Steve on July 19, 2014
Ever feel like you need to do something for God? As a Christian pastor, speaker, and writer I have the opportunity to talk with a lot of people about their faith and their walk with…
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4 Reasons Why The “If 7:14” Prayer And Revival Campaign Is Not Such A Good Idea
By Steve on July 17, 2014
This week there was a major prayer and revival campaign in the United States called “If 7:14” In fact Iowa governor Terry Branstad even signed a proclamation calling on the nation to pray on Monday…
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The Things We Don’t Think Of As Being “Church” Are More “Church” Than We Thought
By Steve on July 15, 2014
Little 3 yr. old Sau Yat (Sherlock) lives on same little Island in Hong Kong that I do. I had never heard of Sau Yat before this week…there are 15,000 of us living on Park…
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9 Warning Signs Your Pastor May Be Building His Own Kingdom
By Steve on July 11, 2014
Control! People like to be controlled! People want to be controlled! In a recent post I raised the question of why Christians would allow themselves to be abused in church systems that wreak havoc in their lives and…
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Mark Driscoll’s House of Cards and How My Atheist Brother Was Right All Along
By Steve on July 9, 2014
More than 5 years ago I wrote a blog post on Mark Driscoll when he and his Mars Hill Church were at the height of their game. If you read the post you can see I…
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The Hobby Lobby Decision Reveals “Progressive” Christians Can Be Just As Narrow Minded As Conservatives
By Steve on July 4, 2014
I’ve avoided discussing the Hobby Lobby controversy till now if for a couple different reasons. First, its a local American issue and half the Beyond the Pale readers are not from the U.S. But more importantly, because I could easily…
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Can You Be Gay & Christian?
By Steve on July 2, 2014
Same-sex relations and marriage is a divisive topic within the Body of Christ with passions running high on both sides. At Beyond the Pale I don’t steer clear of questions that are pressing in on the church so…
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Should The Church Be Trying To Win Millennials Back? (Or Following Their Lead)
By Steve on July 1, 2014
There is a classic The Simpsons episode where Homer, after a frustrating morning getting ready, skips church. Much to the chagrin of family and friends he has such a great day skipping church he decides to give…
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Your Teenager Not Listening To You? Try Telling Them You’re From The Future
By Steve on June 29, 2014
I have a 16 year old son. Like many teenagers, and you may relate to this, he has an innate reflex to reject any life lesson advice I might happen to bestow upon him. Fortunately,…