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Monsters ‘R’ Us: Killers and the Killers Who Kill Them

I remember it like it was yesterday. Bill Stewart was a reporter for ABC News. At a roadblock set up by government soldiers in Nicaragua he was ordered down on the ground and then shot point blank behind his ear. … Continue reading

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What Would You Tell Someone Who Participated in an Abortion?

A great deal would depend on what that someone had to say first. Has this person repentant of the abortion? To such a one I’d encourage remembering Jesus suffered God’s wrath that was due us for our sins. When we … Continue reading

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The Bride Wore Black: Protesting Our Pride

A week or so ago the folks at Protestia tweeted this: Better to marry a former OF model who has come to know the depths of her sin and the mercy of the Lord, than an unkissed virgin with a … Continue reading

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Golfing with RC Sr.; Thief on the Cross; Ethic Cleansing

Another classic episode, complete with the story of my first time on the golf course with my father. You don’t want to miss this one. This week’s Classic Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Narcissists Gonna Narcissize: Popping Psychology’s Bubble

It is bad enough when a group of scholars determine themselves to be experts on the human psyche, while leaving behind God’s Word. Sometime in the late nineteenth century psychology as a field of study was birthed at the University … Continue reading

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A Confederacy of Dunces: Crooked Sticks, Straight Lines

Some years ago I had a refreshing, encouraging conversation on a podcast, with a well known blogging friend on the subject of writing. One of the things covered in that conversation was dealing with criticism. The irony is that each … Continue reading

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Why do good things happen by bad people? Mirrors Crack’d

Perhaps my most shared tweet answers the age old question- why do bad things happen to good people? My answer- “That only happened once, and He volunteered.” The lesson, of course, is that apart from Jesus there are no good … Continue reading

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Classic Jesus Changes Everything- Plagiarism, Youth & More

Check out this week’s podcast, straight out of the Jesus Changes Everything vault. Let us know what you think. This week’s classic JCE episode

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Getting Our Back Up and Forgetting Our Back Up

It is because we are saved by grace that we sinners are able to confess publicly that we are sinners. It is because we are sinners, however, that we are so quick to get defensive anytime someone accuses us of … Continue reading

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Discerning Why We Are So Greedy: Sinners Gonna Sin

We, not just they, but we are greedy because we’re people. The problem isn’t in the money. Which means, by the way, that one does not become more greedy than someone else by having more money than someone else. Greed … Continue reading

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