en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/308195 Comments by shifty http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/caption-please-32/#IDComment14314555 The newest member of the Obama Administration. He's Twitterific AND Blogtatstic. Take that terrorists. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:17:58 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/caption-please-32/#IDComment14314555 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/24/authentic-or-just-rude-your-thoughts/#IDComment14294054 Nah - no exxageration. "Slow fade..." right? Effectiveness at what? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:01:55 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/24/authentic-or-just-rude-your-thoughts/#IDComment14294054 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/24/authentic-or-just-rude-your-thoughts/#IDComment14290734 I guess what I am saying is why do we have to hinge it on either end of the spectrum - the naughty dirty mouth or the angelic tongue that gargles with holy water? Isn't there a nice place in the middle where we can be authentic and not seem fake or appear like nothing has changed in our lives when we found Christ? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:01:58 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/24/authentic-or-just-rude-your-thoughts/#IDComment14290734 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/24/authentic-or-just-rude-your-thoughts/#IDComment14288724 I get the whole "speaking THEIR language thing" and I know that Jesus is relatable to me because He came and walked among us. And was tempted by the same sins I am. Kicker being - He didn't succumb to them. But if I roll down to my friends who are kicking it "old authentic me" style and I don't show any change in my behavior or my attitude or my language for that matter - then really I am just nothing more to them then good old same old me - who now spouts stuff about Jesus. Ya gotta show change. I don't know how ya do that by choosing to swear, fart in church, look at porn [insert any fun sin here] and excuse it by calling it "authenticity." Why not call it what it is - humans failing? That's what I do - I fail a lot. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:18:53 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/24/authentic-or-just-rude-your-thoughts/#IDComment14288724