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Ghostbusters: or How Christians Should Behave With “Portable Nuclear Reactors” On Their Backs
By Steve on February 14, 2014
You remember Ghostbusters right? Three guys with portable nuclear reactor laser like weapons on their backs that they would use to blast the demons, ghosts, and goblins invading New York City. The one rule they lived by…
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If Jesus Is The Word Where Does That Leave The Bible?
By Steve on January 3, 2014
The Apostle John had a gift for describing what we may call in the 21st century “the Big Picture.” Rather than start his account of Christ’s life with a genealogy (Matthew) or with a historical…
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What God Does When He Finds What He Lost
By Steve on October 22, 2013
I remember once when my son Gabriel was about 4 years old we were in the supermarket together. Distracted with some shopping I turned for a moment to discover my boy was not there. Any…
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If Only “Answers In Genesis” Could Find Their “Answers In Jesus”
By Steve on October 12, 2013
Can the “Culture War” in America, and the Christian response to it, get any crazier. CNN reports that the the evangelical Christian group Answers in Genesis will spend up to US$ 200,000 to display billboards…
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5 Errors That Result When Christians Pump Old Covenant Gasoline Into A New Covenant Engine
By Steve on October 3, 2013
Jesus said it doesn’t make much sense to put new wine in an old wine skin. (Mark 2:22) He said if we did, the old wineskin wouldn’t handle it and eventually would burst leaving the…
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More Thoughts on John Piper, God, And “Dexter”
By Steve on August 22, 2013
Does pastor and theologian John Piper worship a different God than the one I do? That was the question I unpacked a couple posts back when I suggested that, based on some comments made by…
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John Piper’s God Looks More Like “Dexter” than Jesus
By Steve on August 14, 2013
After reading my post yesterday on the great lengths God will go to for his children my brother Andy commented: I just did a post about a John Piper video that is making a resurgence on the…
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Bono answers “Why Jesus?”
By Steve on June 19, 2013
Why Jesus? I get asked that fairly frequently by friends of mine who do not profess Christianity. Recently at the faith discussion group I facilitate here in Hong Kong a friend put that question on…
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Jay Bakker and Learning To “Smell” Like Jesus
By Steve on June 14, 2013
I’m reading a lot of Christian books lately and some of the best books I’ve read have stemmed from hearing an interview with the author beforehand. Someone just intrigues me and I think, “I gotta…
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The Myth of a Christian Nation: A Review
By Steve on May 29, 2013
There is an old church joke that goes something like this: A ship sinks and two guys survive but are stuck in a life raft in the middle of the ocean. The first man is…