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3 New Year’s Resolutions for Christians
The problem with New Year’s resolutions isn’t that they’re easy to make and difficult to keep — which is true on both counts — it’s that we feel like such failures when we fall, and give up, mid-February, on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, God, New Year, prayer, resolution
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Does Leaving Church Mean Leaving Our Friends?
For many people, the one thing that stands between their leaving a church situation that is not working for them, or staying within and being unhappy, is friendship. Understandably, wherever we spend our time is where we make friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and … Continue reading
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Tagged BeliefNet, Christian, church, fellowship, friends, social life, Steve Henderson
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Leaving Church
Leaving church — whether a specific fellowship or the industrial model altogether — is not a decision people make lightly. Nor is it one that others take well, and if you are in the process of dropping out of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, fellowship, leaving church, spiritual, teaching
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Dogs, Cats, or People — Which Are Smarter?
It’s time to bring to a close the age-old debate about whether dogs or cats — and the people who prefer one to the other — are smarter. Not because the general populace has accepted the final resolution of the issue … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, mass media, movies, Steve Henderson, TV
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God Is Never on the Evening News
Some unknown, unnamed, presumably non-existent person, long ago, said that we should never talk about sex, religion, and politics. Aside from this eliminating pretty much everything interesting worth discussing — including the weather since, with the growing mantra of “Global … Continue reading
Why Group Prayer Isn’t the Only, or Best Option
Although it’s been years since I’ve been in a regular church situation, I can still conjure up the feelings of dread I felt at “prayer time,” sitting around a circle (we’re told it’s “intimate”) and sharing details about our lives. The worst part was … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, corporate, God, group, group prayer, prayer, Steve Henderson
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If We Don’t Forgive Others, Does God Ignore Us?
Too many Christians spend too much time trying to placate a God who will not be satisfied with anything they do, simply because He dislikes them so much. Despite this being an inaccurate understanding of the intimate relationship between a loving, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, forgiveness, God, grace, relationship, Steve Henderson
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Forgiveness Is Difficult
Forgiveness. We all know we’re supposed to do it, we feel bad when we don’t, and sometimes it’s easier to just not think about it. But forgiveness is such a crucial element to Christianity — because it’s a major factor … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, five, forgiveness, God, love
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I Really Did Learn Something in Algebra Class
Like many others who struggled through algebra and its highbrow cousins in school and wondered how they would ever be useful in my life, I have successfully lived that life without advanced mathematics. Not that it was totally useless — aside from being a mind-stretching exercise … Continue reading
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Tagged algebra, art, Christianity, commonsense, information, Steve Henderson
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Following Christ, not Human Figureheads
For no other reason than that I don’t want to be cranky and unhappy, I try to go through life not getting too exasperated by annoying issues, but the other day, I snapped. It was with extreme irritation that I … Continue reading
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