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Blog: Cracked Virtue Topics:Life, Church, Grace
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Prayer Hour & Pastor Shepherd
I really should have included this video in my last post. I still can’t believe I didn’t think of it until Brad commented on my previous post. If this video doesn’t move you please have someone near you check to … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Meaning, greed, perception, religion
Tagged christendom, gary busey, judging, pastor shepherd, prayer hour, religion, sublime, tithing
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Theses 7 of 95
The Church Must Stop Being So Easily Taken In “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” We’ve created our own celebrities and we long to be fooled. It’s not about living a suspicious life or … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, religion, revival
Tagged christendom, Faith, john crowder, religion, rick joyner, ted haggard, todd bentley
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Theses 6 of 95
The Church Should Be An Egalitarian Community As fast as we could get things under control, we did. We created structures, hierarchies and political systems in an effort to consolidate some kind of power and influence while at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Leadership, Reflective, emerging church, politics, religion
Tagged 95 Theses, christendom, egalitarianism, emerging church, Leadership, missional, reformation, religion
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Theses 5 of 95
The Church Must Give Up Its Claim On Morality Christians don’t own morality. Not that long ago we pushed a political agenda and tried to rally ‘true believers’ under the banner “moral majority”. Sadly, we finally said out loud what … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Life, Reflective, denial, emerging church, religion
Tagged christendom, emerging church, Faith, holiness, missional, moral majority, morals, religion
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Theses 4 of 95
The Church Must Be Honest I know that seems like such an obvious thing but with just over 25 years logged in to the Church I can tell you it’s not. Denial is as powerful a force in the Church … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Leadership, denial, emerging church, perception, reality, religion, tom cruise
Tagged christendom, emerging church, Faith, Leadership, missional, reformation, religion
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Theses 3 of 95
The Church Must Use The Common Language Loaded weapons are dangerous, but so are loaded words. “…but words can never hurt me.” is a myth. And we know it. When we send someone out on a cross-cultural mission, we place … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Reflective, emerging church, religion
Tagged christendom, emerging church, english, language, missional, religion
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Theses 2 of 95
Church Must Exist in Tension. A community where everyone thinks the same way, feels the same way and shares the same opinions is not healthy and it’s not Church. Church, to exist in a healthy form and to function in … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Leadership, Life, Reflective, Relationship, religion
Tagged adversity, christendom, emerging church, Leadership, missional, religion
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Theses 1 of 95
Church is supposed to be simple. I haven’t read the book “Simple Church” yet, it’s been recommended to me and I’ll get to it someday. So my thoughts here may or may not reflect the same idea. Church is supposed … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Meaning, Reflective, emerging church, getting old, perception, questions, religion
Tagged christendom, emerging church, Faith, Jesus, missional, religion, simple church
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95 Theses
How pretentious is that? I’ve got some thoughts about Church that I need to get out. I realized the other day that if I really intend this to be some kind of record of my life and a deposit for … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Confession, God, Meaning, Reflective, bible college, emerging church, religion
Tagged christendom, Faith, missional, reformation
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