Apprentice 2 Jesus

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    The Importance of Bible Memorization

    I have been leading my church through a Bible memory exercise the past several weeks. I am not exactly sure what this is doing for them, but it is refreshing my spirit. I used to be a fanatic about Bible memory, and have just slipped horribly in the past several years. Now, I am challenging my church, so I know…

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    A New Kind of Christianity

    This video tackles Brian McLaren’s new book. They keep calling him a good writer, so I’m intrigued. I read A Generous Orthodoxy and thought he was a terrible writer. I may read this book only to see if his writing improved.

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    Social Justice — A Reprise

    This is just to irk Glenn Beck again. Just kidding. George P Wood has opened up a thread on just what IS social justice? I invite you to take a visit and post your thoughts. Again, I will not allow Glenn Beck’s narrow view define social justice. Nor will I allow a Mormon to dictate my theology. Just because “social…

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    The Heart of Worship, with Dallas Willard | Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

    The Heart of Worship, with Dallas Willard | Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. There are few who move my heart to follow Christ more than Dallas Willard. I pray this video sinks into your soul and spirit and gives you rest.

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    10,000

    Somewhere in the middle of the night, my blog finally reached 10,000 hits. Thanks to all who have taken the time to stop by regularly to see what is going on. Who knew that a post about cell phones and bathrooms could get THAT many hits? 🙂

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    Glenn Beck and the Perversion of the Gospel

    I am going to step into a minefield. I posted earlier about Glenn Beck and his crazy comment about leaving your church if you hear the “code words” of “social justice.” He tried to clarify his comments and only dug a deeper hole. According to Christianity Today online: He also called social justice “a perversion of the gospel.” According to…

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    Jihad Jane

    There is quite a stir brewing concerning a woman from New Jersey dubbed “Jihad Jane.” A second “Jihad Jane” seems to have popped up. This one from Leadville, CO. I only wanted to comment on this because of the radio report I heard this morning. The mother of the second “Jane” said to reporters as she was crying: “I just…

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    Social Justice

    One of things I try to be in life is “an equal opportunity offender.” In that spirit, I am going to poke the sacred cow of Glenn Beck. I am a Pentecostal pastor who was raised conservative (politically as well as theologically). I am still more conservative politically than liberal, but I have no qualms with calling things out. On…

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    2012 and Thoughts on the End of the World

    I just rented 2012. It’s so hard not to think about that song… “It’s the end of the world as we know it…” Anyway… Horribly formulaic movie. I know, what else should I expect? Yet, another thought: For all the hand-wringing we do over the earth coming to a crashing end scenarios, the scenario they picked was the world just…

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    Off to a Great Start