Monthly Archives: July 2008

Who’s to Blame for the Prosperity Gospel?

July 30th, 2008

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. —1 Samuel 2:7-8a Yesterday, a reader left this comment: It’s even worse, it seems, [...]

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Posted in Benevolence • Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Counterculture • Dying to Self • Faith • Godly Character • Hospitality • Love • Maturity • Oddities • Relevance • Simplicity

Tagged Dying to Self, Greed, Health & Wealth Gospel, Money, Name It & Claim It, Poor, Poverty, Prosperity Gospel, Rich, Rich Young Ruler, Selfishness, Sharing, Wealth

They’re Taking Over!

July 29th, 2008

This last weekend saw me riding the driver’s seat of our Corolla for long stretches of time as I cruised north and back. Searching for some music to imbibe, I cruised the dial, the seek feature on our car’s radio stopping every 0.3 MHz to land on a different station. Here’s what I discovered: about [...]

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Posted in Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Creativity • Oddities

Tagged AM, Boring, Christian Radio, Conformity, Family-Friendly, FM, Kid-Safe, Lowest Common Denominator, Pablum, Radio, Sell-Out, Uniformity

A Clay-Footed People

July 28th, 2008

In my Dad’s childhood days in Price Hill, a tough neighborhood in Cincinnati, he lived next door to the Roses. Like the neighborhood, his neighbors were a gritty sort of people. In a wager over a pair of steel-toed boots, that neighbor boy shot my Dad in the foot with a .22 rifle. Fortunately for [...]

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Posted in Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Dying to Self • Godly Character • Grace • Humility • In the News • Judgmentalism • Leadership • Maturity • Notable Christians • Oddities

Tagged Fall from Grace, Feet of Clay, Forgiveness, Grace, Right-Thinking, Self-Examination, Sin