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13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - So long, 2010! · 0 replies · +1 points

Sounds like a great tradition. I like that the end of the year gives us a great moment for reflection.

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - I think Screwtape does... · 0 replies · +1 points

We can often fall in to the trap that by getting the bumper sticker, going to church and listening to the right music we are being good Christians. I know that I have far too often just scratched a "faith itch" and then just gone on with my day.

You are right, we can't use these things to replace an honest, deep relationship with our Savior.

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - How We View God · 0 replies · +1 points

There are two "biggies" for me. Of what Christ taught us, the biggest to me is when He tells us the two greatest commandments, to love God and to love others. That is what I struggle with and fulfill as much as I can (which is not nearly enough.) Of what Christ showed us, it is obedience to the Father.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Win 5 copies of Gabe L... · 0 replies · +1 points

10-15 per year

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - Morning Prayer as a Ki... · 0 replies · +1 points

I always seem to lack the "discipline" for my spiritual disciplines.

I have been doing a short daily devotional. They are literally small bits of scripture with some commentary. What I like is that it makes me slow down and concentrate on God's word in a way that normally don't when I am just reading. Since the devotional isn't about getting through the bible in a certain amount of time, it really frees me up to meditate on the 5 or 6 verses that I am reading. Very rewarding.

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - Howl-le-lu-ya · 0 replies · +1 points

I have to agree with my wife on this one. Creepy. However, I did watch to the end. I think that the song itself could be sort of cute, even if it is kind of misleading if the person singing i was having fun.

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - God's Method · 0 replies · +1 points

I think the problem with a lot of the church "programs" is the approach. We always seem to try a program that will attract people. It isn't about what God is calling the church to do, it is about what will bring people in the doors. I believe that if churches would do what they are called to do the Lord would lead the people to the church that need to be there. Too many times it is about increasing membership and not reaching people with the gospel. A gospel that is active and not just preaching. A gospel that touches hearts and changes lives.

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - The Questions of Surre... · 0 replies · +1 points

We are not a people who are given easily to the idea of surrender. Truly surrendering to Christ is one way that Christians stand out from the world around us and can help us to be the holy sacrifice that Paul speaks of. The idea of living as a willing servant is rare and alien to a whole lot of folks (in AND out of church.)

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - Cheap Grace · 0 replies · +2 points

That dead German is one convicting teacher. His indictments of the the teaching of the church are unfortunately as true today as they were when he was writing. He understood that once we have accept cheap grace, it makes it even harder to know costly grace.

"The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ." Bonhoeffer's idea of grace was that of a gift that is free, yet costs us everything.

Preaching Cheap grace is probably the most destructive aspect of the church. because it destroys the heart of the Christian while pretending to save him.

13 years ago @ FRACTURED SAINTS - A C... - False teachers · 0 replies · +1 points

How do you balance patience and kindness with protection and perseverance? So many of the false teachers that I see are trying to use human means to change things in the world instead of trusting the ways of God.

I think the biggest false teachers now are the ones that teach anything other than living in love under God's grace.

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