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The Myth of a Christian Nation: A Review
By Steve on May 29, 2013
There is an old church joke that goes something like this: A ship sinks and two guys survive but are stuck in a life raft in the middle of the ocean. The first man is…
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Rediscovering “The Way” of Jesus
By Steve on March 27, 2013
Last week I had an interesting conversation with friends around my dining room table. In John 14:6 Jesus gives the familiar quote, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to…
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Palm Sunday: Do We Still Have “No King But Caesar”?
By Steve on March 24, 2013
It’s Palm Sunday. The day the church traditionally celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem just days before his execution. The sad irony of the story is of course, that the throngs of crowds who…
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Rob Bell’s Comments on Marriage Equality: Some Thoughts…
By Steve on March 19, 2013
Rob Bell has done it again! I really thought one of my next posts would be a review of Bell’s new book, What Do We Talk About When We Talk About God which I am…
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Rob Bell…And Hell!
By Steve on March 2, 2013
Last night a group of friends and acquaintances gathered together in Central Hong Kong. It was a Friday night, the work week was over, and so they came together to drink a little wine, eat…
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Awaiting Aslan: Finding Our Identity in the King and not the Message
By Steve on February 27, 2013
When I was a teenager I loved reading C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. Once when I was home sick from school I read Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair complete through…
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7 “Proofs” That God Exists!
By Steve on February 10, 2013
In Brian Zahnd’s book “Beauty Will Save the World” Zahnd suggests that Christianity has lost much of its shine and beauty in its endless pursuit of: Apologetics: Defending Christianity and attempting to “prove” God Ethics: Christians…
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Mark Driscoll’s “Obama Tweet”: How Should We Pray For Our Leaders?
By Steve on January 24, 2013
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. I was disturbed this week to see a tweet which has gone viral by Pastor Mark Driscoll in which he calls into question…
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Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson: A Clip on Forgiveness
By Steve on January 17, 2013
Hi all, I decided to take a small detour from the “salvation” series when I saw this clip below sent from a friend on Facebook. About 3 years ago I wrote a post about Mel…
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What Does It Mean To Be Saved? Part 2
By Steve on January 15, 2013
In part 1 of this series I looked at Jesus declaring salvation to Zacchaeus’ house after a meal at the chief tax collector’s house. In part 2 we’ll take a look at Jesus’ parable of…