Bible | Discipleship | Leadership | NT
How One Verse Transformed My Faith
Discover how one key Bible verse transformed my faith, guiding me through challenges and renewing my hope every day.
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Getting to Know the Book of Jude as Well as We Know the Song, “Hey Jude”
it packs a punch! Within this small letter, there’s a wealth of doctrinal content. It’s often overlooked within the New Testament letter because it has some taglines reaching back into Jewish history, and non-biblical texts. This can leave some scratching their heads and even sermons are hard to come by.
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Reminiscing About the Days of My Youth…and Christian Punk Rock
The teens before us (in the 80s) had broken through a lot of the legalism regarding playing cards, pool halls, going to movies and best of all, listening to rock music! By the 90s, Christian rock options were coming out of every major city faster than we could memorize lyrics. Christian artists were coming out of the woodwork, creating sounds that drove teen culture; yet carried positive or at least neutral messages with every note.
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Is Justin Bieber Edging Toward Jesus Christ In Popularity?
Posted January 10, 2012. Yesterday, AllFacebook.com released its “Facebook’s Most Engaging Pages” list. Here are the top five results: Name Fans Interactions 1. Jesus Daily 10,793,374 4,654,504 2. Dios Es Bueno 4,924,265 2,072,875 3. Justin Bieber 38,824,512 1,317,489 4. The Bible 8,416,471 1,282,479 5. Mario Teguh 5,289,072 1,217,350 The headline of this article reads “Justin Bieber Is Facebook’s Third Most Engaging…
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Witnessing the Decline of Cultural Christianity in Britain
Christian culture has definitely not been sustained and preserved like the churches and cathedrals have. After spending some time in British culture, my perspective is that England is definitely showing the signs of a people who are caring less about God nor the church.
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How Working Hard Connects Us To Giving More
“Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.” (Eph. 4:28)
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Introducing Hip-Hop Artists, Level 3:16
Level 3:16 recently put out this video titled “Tell ‘Em”. They could have left out the verbal banter at the beginning of the video, but they were trying to set the stage for the content of this song, which is amazing! The conversational style of this artist’s rapping really pulled me in and clearly points to Jesus.
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The Benefits of Experiencing Culture Shock
When I was a youth pastor, I led a group of students from conservative, semi-rural Alaska on a missions trip to Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC. The first part in Seatlle was fairly familiar for them, but Vancouver was a different story. Considering their home environment, our students received the full brunt of religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic culture shock!
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Who Doesn’t Enjoy a Little Pop Rock?
Back when I was a youth pastor, I remember one youth night when we had a bonfire. We were sitting around, talking about music. Specifically, we were discussing the fact that no matter what genre of music receives current popularity, there always seems to be a vein of pop rock that drifts through and remains in culture.
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Have We Fully Grasped the Parallels Between Birth and Rebirth?
The birth of a child is an extremely exciting time. It is almost always followed by great emotion and celebration first by the parents as they gaze into the eyes of the child for the first time, then by jubilant family members who have been pacing in the waiting room for hours. For the Christian, do we engage in this kind of excitement with rebirth? And if not, why not?
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Bible | Church | Discipleship | Gospels
Will the Western Church Face Suffering?
Will the Western church truly suffer for Christ—or are we just facing discomfort and cultural pushback?
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Bible | Discipleship | Family | Gospels | NT
When Culture Clashes with Biblical Marriage
Biblical marriage roles aren’t about control—they’re about reflecting Christ and His Church in a world that’s forgotten God’s design.
