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9/11 — 25 Years Later
This will be the defining moment of my entire life. It is a defining moment for an entire generation, whether they realize it or not. The impact of that day and that time will keep on reverberating, and much of that reverberation will be because we have failed, as a culture, to dig deep and examine the impact of that…
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The way home
I am wrapping up Russell Moore’s book, Losing Our Religion and if there are two places I would copy and keep near me at all times, it would be the section where he talked about the need to make peace with homelessness and the conclusion to the book. Moore is a Southern Baptist to the core, so YES the conclusion…
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There is a difference between nostalgia and revival
The American Church isn’t interested in revival. It is interested in nostalgia. We don’t get both. We are opting for the wrong one.
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The river of God
We too often have become people who want to manipulate God and manipulate people. We love our formulas for success. We like our “ankle deep” relationship with God. We’re still fully in control. Read Ezekiel 47:1-12 HERE. The prayer revival at Asbury University has been going for a week. Visitors are coming so there are times when they allow for…
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The revival we need
Two things collided in my brain this week. They have caused my heart to rejoice… and long for more… and called me to something I so desperately need.
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Why we are still so LOST as an American church
I am re-reading a classic in my life: The Dynamics of Spiritual Life by Richard Lovelace. I found a used copy online and have begun a fresh journey through these pages. Lovelace, writing decades ago, gets at why we are in such a mess in our current spiritual state in the white conservative American church. We have no awareness of…
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The painful purifying of the American Church
I love John Crist’s videos. News of years of sexual harassment and misconduct broke earlier this week. Yet another failure.
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We’ve camped at the mountain too long
What is the greatest enemy facing the Church in America today? “The treacherous enemy facing the church of Jesus Christ today is the dictatorship of the routine, when the routine becomes ‘lord’ in the life of the church. Programs are organized and the prevailing conditions are accepted as normal. Anyone can predict next Sunday’s service and what will happen… When…
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The change is in us
Reading for today: Psalm 56, 57, 58, 64, 65 Gen. 41:46-57 1 Cor. 4:8-21 Mark 3:7-19a Change in this world is possible because his kingdom has come. That kingdom flows through us. We are the change.
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Discipline is necessary
It is time to enter into the arena of spiritual discipline at a new level. It is to be aware of God’s presence in our lives and carry that presence into our world.
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