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Confession – De-Churched Part 2

We don't talk enough about this, because it means admitting that we don't have it all together. It would mean admitting that we are still growing, and that we don't have all the answers. Sadly, this isn't tolerated in the church today. We have to have all the answers, and present this shiny, happy, fake image of ourselves to the world. We might think we are doing good, but we really aren't. If anything we're hurting ourselves, and the message.
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De-Churched: How The Church Lost Me – Part 1

For someone who doesn't wear a suit or speak good 'Christianese', the church has little to offer. Everyone calls one another 'brother' and 'sister,' yet they treat their neighbors better. We call it 'fellowship' and yet there is little if any real community going on. For the hundreds and thousands of people like me, we didn't choose to be de-churched. We feel that the church left us.
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The Forgotten Sin

There is at this moment, a sin that is eating at the heart and soul of this nation. A sin that we not only tolerate but celebrate. A sin, that a sinning nation have essentially forgotten. The sin is called gossip. I know, 'gossip' probably sounds like a subject for a Sunday School lesson. I assure you that not only is gossip a sin, it is a subject vitally important for more 'mature' believers.
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Back to The Nineties; The Soundtrack of my Faith #3

The world of nineties CCM was very different than what we have today. Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant were the ultimate crossover artists. Petra was re-defining what Christian music was. DC Talk was creating music that was in a genre all it's own. Steven Curtis Chapman was writing music that went far beyond gospel music and five line praise choruses. In other words; nineties CCM was just awesome