Let’s listen in on the end of a Christian men’s group meeting: Guy 1: Great Bible study! Now who has prayer requests? Guy 2, raising a hand: I inherited a couple thousand dollars from an Aunt who died and I need prayer to know how to best handle the money. Guy 3: Put it in [...]
by Dan Edelen • Comments (18)
Posted in Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Dying to Self • Faith • Godly Character • Grace • Humility • Maturity • Men • Oddities • Prayerfulness
Tagged Boldness, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Dying to Self, Faith, Godly Character, Grace, Humility, Maturity, Men, Oddities, Prayerfulness
This last weekend, my wife and I did something we haven’t done in almost three years… We spent a day shopping. Unlike some Americans, we shop only if forced. As we try to simplify our lives by purchasing fewer and fewer things, shopping dwindles into the background along with other things we’ve relegated to the [...]
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Posted in Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Discernment • Dying to Self • Godly Character • Maturity • Revival • Simplicity • Spiritual Warfare
Tagged Avarice, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Consumerism, Counterculture, Discernment, Dying to Self, Godly Character, Greed, Maturity, Revival, Simplicity, Spiritual Warfare
We seem to be having more than our share lately of worship services that don’t follow the bulletin. We don’t have a service outline in our bulleting for just that reason. Still, since we started attending in December 2004, I’ve noticed an uptick of services when you can just throw the script away. I love [...]
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Posted in Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Dying to Self • Godly Character • Joy • Maturity • Oddities
Tagged Boldness, Bonkers, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Counterculture, Dying to Self, Embarrassing, Fools for Christ, Godly Character, Holy Fool, Joy, Loony, Maturity, Nutty, Oddities, Wacky
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