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We’re All Born This Way

In case you can’t tell since my return I have been struggling with the issue of how the church handles homosexuality, and how our attitudes and actions do more to drive people away from the church than to help people find...
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Why are we…

Why are we vocally anti-gay, but only anti-pride in theory? Why are we OK with gossiping about someone else’s sin? Why are we so defensive about God, the Bible and the church? Do we think God can’t handle himself? W...
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Boycotting Starbucks

Read a good article the other day about whether or not we should boycott Starbucks for offering same sex benefits (or some other reason that Christians like to boycott about). Here is my favorite quote: We won’t win this argu...
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Searching for REAL conversation

It seems like everywhere I look these days there are people who have chosen sides about an issue and have decided that they will defend that issue to the death. That sounds good on things that are vital, but somewhere we have f...
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Violence Multiplies Violence

Today, on a day that we pause to remember a man who stood for making a difference without resorting to violent means can we at least pause as Christians and talk about a culture that creates more gun violence rather than less. ...
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