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Jesus “Respawned”: Explaining Life and Death To My 9 Year Old Son
By Steve on April 19, 2020
This week my 9 year old son Ethan George was taking a bath when he called for me. Papa? I jumped up fairly quick as his voice seemed a little distressed only to find him…
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Episode 026: The Gospel of Willy Wonka
By Steve on September 18, 2016
Show Notes Intro Theme: Tyler Bates Ventura Description: With the tragic passing of actor Gene Wilder, Steve & Tammy explore links between his most iconic character and the Christian Gospel. Join our adventure exploring…
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Is It Time For Church “Worship” To Grow Up?
By Steve on January 10, 2016
Worship! The very word conjures up powerful images of devotion that can take many forms…except of course in church today where it tends to conjure up visions of that 30 minutes of singing at the start…
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Why We Defend The Insane Angry God
By Steve on September 22, 2015
You know those old movies and TV shows where the “bad guy” would be holed up in his headquarters or “lair” surrounded by his loyal henchmen. Then when the “good guy” arrived these “minions” would start…
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Why “Jesus Saves”? Like, What’s The Point?
By Steve on September 1, 2015
Beyond the Pale regulars know that the idea of salvation, and what it means to be saved, keeps coming up here. (Meaning I spend way to much time thinking about it 🙂 ) In the last couple years though I’ve…
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4 Qualities of David That Made God “Smile” or How to “Get” God!
By Steve on January 22, 2015
David, the shepherd boy who became king is talked a lot about in the Bible. Fact is many people don’t realize he’s actually mentioned more than Jesus. I mean hey, there were lots of…
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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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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,…
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Identity Issues: Why the Quest To Earn God’s Love Is Turning the Church Into Harry Potter’s “Hogwarts”
By Steve on June 6, 2014
One of the great challenges facing the church today is the vast number of Christians who love Jesus…but aren’t so sure He loves them back. Yes, theologically and “biblicaly” most Christians understand God loves them;…
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Our Coast To Coast: An Ordinary Father and Son’s Extraordinary Walk Across England – out today!
By Steve on January 30, 2014
I’m happy to tell you that my first book, Our Coast to Coast Adventure: An Ordinary Father and Son’s Extraordinary Walk Across England is available now at Amazon for Kindle here. For Beyond the Pale readers…