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Breaking Bad: 5 Gospel Truths I Learned From Walter White
By Steve on October 9, 2013
Like many people in America I was anxiously awaiting the series finale of the hit AMC show Breaking Bad and discovering what fate would eventually befall it’s notorious anti-hero, Walter White. You know the story:…
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Exodus’ President Alan Chambers to Gay Community: “I Am Deeply Sorry”
By Steve on June 21, 2013
Having been a Christian for 37 years I have to admit, there is very little in church circles that surprises me. Yesterday I was surprised! Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International Ministries, issued an apology…
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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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With A “Vision” The People Often Perish
By Steve on June 18, 2013
I was a “Vision and Values” pastor once. In fact Habakkuk 2:2 “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets” and Matthew 11:12 “The Kingdom advances because forceful men lay hold of it” were…
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“Breaking News” shows American Christianity’s true “Kingdom” culture
By Steve on April 9, 2013
Like many of you I was saddened to hear of the tragic suicide of Pastor Rick Warren’s 27 year old son Matthew. My heart as a father broke for the Warrens and I have every…
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Rob Bell and Hell Pt. 2: Wrestling With God
By Steve on March 7, 2013
A couple posts back I wrote about an evening I had last week discussing Rob Bell’s debate on “hell” with Christian author Adrian Warrnock. That post generated more than my usual humble levels of traffic…
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All You Need Is Love…but
By Steve on January 29, 2013
One day a group guys are listening to Jesus teach and a lawyer (yes it was a lawyer) asked him a question. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You…
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James Dobson, Fear, & The Shooting in Connecticut
By Steve on December 27, 2012
About 10 years ago a Christian friend gave me a CD with a teaching by James Dobson on it. Dobson at the time was rallying Christians to support a judge who refused to remove a…
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Overcoming Fear: Or How Not to “Say” and “Do” Silly Things
By Steve on November 22, 2012
When people encountered God or angels in the Bible pretty much the first thing they they said to those they went to visit was, “Don’t be afraid”! Yes, we humans tend to be a fearful…