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My love for “Relevant Magazine”
By Steve on September 28, 2012
My wife and I have a little inside joke between us; Whenever we are a little critical of someone or something, that person or thing will, without fail, turn around and demonstrate some act of…
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Why Young Evangelicals are going Liturgical
By Steve on September 26, 2012
I have a confession to make; I have been, and probably still am, a “sneaker.” Now, don’t look so surprised. There are a LOT of us and if you are a Beyond the Pale reader…
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Keeping Heaven, and Toy Story Land, in our Hearts!
By Steve on September 25, 2012
Ethan just stood…and stared! One of the best things about living in Hong Kong is that I have a Disneyland about 30 minutes from where we live. Yes, God, in his infinite wisdom and knowing I…
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Book Review: Things Unseen by Mark Buchanan
By Steve on September 22, 2012
If there is is a passion for me right now, it would have to be the Kingdom of Heaven. For someone who spent years (decades) as a political junkie, I think many who have known…
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Does the Chinese Government understand Christianity better than America?
By Steve on September 16, 2012
I was in a meeting a couple weeks ago with some Americans and the topic of the U.S. election came up. O.K., full disclosure, I was watching the Republican National Convention with a group from…
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How not to get Sucked into Election Season Madness
By Steve on September 7, 2012
Wow, my Facebook news feed has really changed lately. I knew the 2012 political season was in full swing when the normal posts featuring my “friend’s” travel adventures, babies being born, and what they had…
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My review of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”
By Steve on August 7, 2012
I realize I’m a little late to the party on this one. Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins has been out for more than a year now and the controversy surrounding it has moved on to…
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Day 0: St. Bees
By Steve on July 7, 2012
Our friends Mark and Christine drove us from their place near the Wales border all the way up to the Coast to Coast starting point in St. Bees. Of course it would’t be a trip…
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Would the Roman Empire Persecute Today’s Church?
By Steve on June 26, 2012
A friend sent me an article recently from Relevant magazine asking some leading voices in the church whether Christians are doing social justice wrong. I lay in bed reading the article outloud to Tammy and…
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My Spring 2012 Reading List
By Steve on June 13, 2012
We’re into June and that means its time for a reading list update. If you’ve been following the blog at all you know I’ve been on roll reading books concerning Christianity, the church, theology etc….