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Worshiping God, Outside of the Group
If you’re a Christian, and you’ve attended church, then you probably recognize the term: “Worship Service.” This is the time, just after the announcements and immediately before the sermon, when the congregation corporately sings — from the hymnal or off the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, sing, Steve Henderson, worship
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Megachurch Rock Star Pastors
In our younger years, the Norwegian Artist and I bicycled through small-town America, and for housing, we often asked a local church if we could camp in their basement. Encountering everything from open-armed hospitality to outright hostility, we ultimately found ourselves attending … Continue reading
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Tagged BeliefNet, church, Mark Driscoll, sheep
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Did That Christian Just Call Your Child a DOG?
Those of you who have lived with, or through, a fifteen-year-old girl know that adolescents of this age generally fight self-esteem issues. Call it hormones, peer pressure, society, or fat days, 15-year-old girls need a lot of love and reassurance … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, blogging, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, devotional, Faith, Family, fine art, home, homeschooling, Life, Lifestyle, painting, Parenting, religion, spirituality
Tagged BeliefNet, Christian, church, dog, Gary Smalley, mission trip
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The Failing Christian Corporation
Recently, I spent an hour on the phone with a scam artist who was pushing an extremely expensive, vastly overrated SEO service onto an unsuspecting client of mine. A 30-second Internet search — even nowadays as Google continues to limit, in … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Christian, church, homemaking, Steve Henderson
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Spiritual Abuse
Years ago in my little town, there was a restaurant that was known not for the quality of its food (above average), the ambiance of its surroundings (cheap chic), or the professionalism of its staff (non-existent). It was famous, and wildly … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Christianity, church, restaurant, spiritual
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Is Your Church Changing for the Worse?
If you belong to a warm, embracing, encouraging and fun church congregation, today’s post is not for you. All I can advise is this: keep it that way, and you do this by limiting the size and power of leadership/management. When these people … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, leadership, misfit, Steve Henderson
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Leaving Church — Why Do People Do It?
Years ago, when we still attended weekly church services, a longtime acquaintance (that’s generally what we are in church situations — we’re rarely given time to freely mingle and get to know one another as friends) left. If you attend … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, church situations, commonsense, People Leave Church
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False “Christian” Teaching
Apostasy is nothing new in Christianity. Two thousand years ago Jesus warned that false prophets “come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” (Matthew 7: 15) Given that we, the people of God, are frequently referred to as … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, lies, power, prosperity
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Thinking Christians: Let’s Be Those People
My four children were all homeschooled, which means that they hear, as adults, sentences like this a lot: “Oh, you must have been homeschooled. You’re such an overachiever.” “You try too hard. You must have been homeschooled.” “Why are you … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, homeschool, sheep, team player, thinking
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Role Models: Do We need Them?
When Tired of Being Youngest was six, she shocked a family in our then church by mentioning a scene out of a James Bond movie. Without approaching me directly, the family matriarch made it known — to the rest of … Continue reading
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