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Evangelization: It's About Love, Not Fear

I'm sorry, some Christians are jerks. We're not all like that, and they're misrepresenting our God. We're sorry. I think we need to start a campaign for that. In chapter 11 of Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller talks a…
The 5 Most Common Barriers to God

The following was originally posted in this blog and was written by Genie Goodwell, a professional Christian life coach. I wanted to repost this because I think it applies to everyone. I hope that we all can look at wha…
Christ Didn't Call Us To Live "Safe" Lives!

I've figured out how to embed videos!! So exciting. Anyway I really wanted to share this. Francis Chan is a great teacher, really just sold out for the Gospel and honest in teaching the Word. I've been blessed by his se…
Help: How Can I Share The Gospel?

How do you preach to somebody who you know needs it and not sound pushy? I don't want to impose my beliefs on somebody. I just want to do what God wants me to do and I want them to feel like I did when I came to God. I…
You Can Walk on Water!

As usual, I have read my bible in my quiet time, according the yearly Bible reading plan.Yesterday, I had a chance to read Matthew Ch.14-16. In particular, 14:22-33, it deeply touched my heart, and let me reflect about …
Are You Afraid of God?

On a retreat a year or so ago, I learned that Christians should have a "Fear and Awe of the Lord." I hadn't really thought much of it until yesterday: sometimes things just randomly pop into my head. Anyways, to satisf…
I Guess We're Not Supposed to Fear God

by Brant Hansen of Letters From Kamp Krusty Somebody asked me to do this "devotional" thot-thing for some mainstream, well-educated, evangelical, Bible-quoting adults. I correctly guessed it was to be about God, Jesu…
A Return to the Fear-Mongering of the 1980s

The early 1980's were a difficult time for the U.S. Many Christian and conservative writers promoted stocking up on gold and heading to the hills. Unfortunately, you would have lost 2/3 of your dollars if you boug…
My Small Heart Made Me Sick and What I Did About It

by mrs violet It has come to my attention over the past couple of years that my heart has been very small. It is not a very pleasant thought really, to think that I am the possessor of a heart not big enough to emb…
Total Immersion: I Was Drowned in Fear of Baptism

Guest post by Chad C. EstesI was an impressionable seven or eight years old when my mother was baptized during a Sunday morning church service. The whole setup was scarier than it should have been. There was a hole in th…