Read more Uncategorized Fear: Do You Live Your Life Afraid? By Steve on July 30, 2014 There was a very good reason that whenever Jesus or an angel suddenly showed up in the Bible the first words out of their mouth seemed to always be “Don’t be afraid!” Most people, whether… Read more Uncategorized When Someone Uses The Term “True Christian”……Run! By Steve on July 28, 2014 “Well of course you would believe that…if you were a true Christian”. Have you ever heard that term? True Christian? Recently some of my Beyond the Pale posts have been geared toward making people aware of warning signs… Read more Uncategorized Being Delivered From “Finding The Will of God” By Steve on July 24, 2014 The Paralysis of Analysis! That term coined to describe someone who is frozen in a particular situation because they can never come to a definitive decision as there is always another “angle” to consider. Christianity… Read more Uncategorized What You Have To “Do” To Get God’s Approval? By Steve on July 19, 2014 Ever feel like you need to do something for God? As a Christian pastor, speaker, and writer I have the opportunity to talk with a lot of people about their faith and their walk with… Read more Uncategorized 4 Reasons Why The “If 7:14” Prayer And Revival Campaign Is Not Such A Good Idea By Steve on July 17, 2014 This week there was a major prayer and revival campaign in the United States called “If 7:14” In fact Iowa governor Terry Branstad even signed a proclamation calling on the nation to pray on Monday… Read more Uncategorized The Things We Don’t Think Of As Being “Church” Are More “Church” Than We Thought By Steve on July 15, 2014 Little 3 yr. old Sau Yat (Sherlock) lives on same little Island in Hong Kong that I do. I had never heard of Sau Yat before this week…there are 15,000 of us living on Park… Read more Uncategorized 9 Warning Signs Your Pastor May Be Building His Own Kingdom By Steve on July 11, 2014 Control! People like to be controlled! People want to be controlled! In a recent post I raised the question of why Christians would allow themselves to be abused in church systems that wreak havoc in their lives and… Read more Uncategorized Mark Driscoll’s House of Cards and How My Atheist Brother Was Right All Along By Steve on July 9, 2014 More than 5 years ago I wrote a blog post on Mark Driscoll when he and his Mars Hill Church were at the height of their game. If you read the post you can see I… Read more Uncategorized The Hobby Lobby Decision Reveals “Progressive” Christians Can Be Just As Narrow Minded As Conservatives By Steve on July 4, 2014 I’ve avoided discussing the Hobby Lobby controversy till now if for a couple different reasons. First, its a local American issue and half the Beyond the Pale readers are not from the U.S. But more importantly, because I could easily… Read more Uncategorized Can You Be Gay & Christian? By Steve on July 2, 2014 Same-sex relations and marriage is a divisive topic within the Body of Christ with passions running high on both sides. At Beyond the Pale I don’t steer clear of questions that are pressing in on the church so… Next
Read more Uncategorized Fear: Do You Live Your Life Afraid? By Steve on July 30, 2014 There was a very good reason that whenever Jesus or an angel suddenly showed up in the Bible the first words out of their mouth seemed to always be “Don’t be afraid!” Most people, whether…
Read more Uncategorized When Someone Uses The Term “True Christian”……Run! By Steve on July 28, 2014 “Well of course you would believe that…if you were a true Christian”. Have you ever heard that term? True Christian? Recently some of my Beyond the Pale posts have been geared toward making people aware of warning signs…
Read more Uncategorized Being Delivered From “Finding The Will of God” By Steve on July 24, 2014 The Paralysis of Analysis! That term coined to describe someone who is frozen in a particular situation because they can never come to a definitive decision as there is always another “angle” to consider. Christianity…
Read more Uncategorized What You Have To “Do” To Get God’s Approval? By Steve on July 19, 2014 Ever feel like you need to do something for God? As a Christian pastor, speaker, and writer I have the opportunity to talk with a lot of people about their faith and their walk with…
Read more Uncategorized 4 Reasons Why The “If 7:14” Prayer And Revival Campaign Is Not Such A Good Idea By Steve on July 17, 2014 This week there was a major prayer and revival campaign in the United States called “If 7:14” In fact Iowa governor Terry Branstad even signed a proclamation calling on the nation to pray on Monday…
Read more Uncategorized The Things We Don’t Think Of As Being “Church” Are More “Church” Than We Thought By Steve on July 15, 2014 Little 3 yr. old Sau Yat (Sherlock) lives on same little Island in Hong Kong that I do. I had never heard of Sau Yat before this week…there are 15,000 of us living on Park…
Read more Uncategorized 9 Warning Signs Your Pastor May Be Building His Own Kingdom By Steve on July 11, 2014 Control! People like to be controlled! People want to be controlled! In a recent post I raised the question of why Christians would allow themselves to be abused in church systems that wreak havoc in their lives and…
Read more Uncategorized Mark Driscoll’s House of Cards and How My Atheist Brother Was Right All Along By Steve on July 9, 2014 More than 5 years ago I wrote a blog post on Mark Driscoll when he and his Mars Hill Church were at the height of their game. If you read the post you can see I…
Read more Uncategorized The Hobby Lobby Decision Reveals “Progressive” Christians Can Be Just As Narrow Minded As Conservatives By Steve on July 4, 2014 I’ve avoided discussing the Hobby Lobby controversy till now if for a couple different reasons. First, its a local American issue and half the Beyond the Pale readers are not from the U.S. But more importantly, because I could easily…
Read more Uncategorized Can You Be Gay & Christian? By Steve on July 2, 2014 Same-sex relations and marriage is a divisive topic within the Body of Christ with passions running high on both sides. At Beyond the Pale I don’t steer clear of questions that are pressing in on the church so…