Sermon: Drop-Dead Disciples?

Video/Audio

Two months ago I preached a sermon entitled “The Fear of the Lord” which was a warning to all unbelievers. This sermon, “Drop-Dead Disciples?” is the companion piece, a warning to false converts and half-hearted believers to take God seriously. This teaching about Ananias and Sapphira is not a fun talk, but I hope it

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Priest Unleashed

Humor, Pics

Yesterday I posted a Guest E-vangie about how a lady at the water store thought I was a priest (read it here). I denied it. I didn’t know about the hidden security camera… “As you come to him, the living stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones,

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Famous Lost Words: Advice Columnist

Famous Lost Words

The L.A. Times features advice columnist Carolyn Hax regularly. Read her answer to a person whose co-worker is a rather obnoxious Christian..

Dear Carolyn: My co-worker seems to have made it her mission to convert me.

null She treats every conversation as if it’s a chance to make points about her religious beliefs. I can’t even congratulate her for getting shoes on sale without her saying something like, “The Lord favors His own!”

If we’re working on a project together, she’ll say, “Oh, last night I was thinking about our report and the Lord told me we should….”

She works in the next cube, so I can hear her on the phone with her church friends, all pumped up about how “people are going to try to shut you up, but you’ve got to speak up for Jesus!”

I just keep repeating, “Well, you know I’m not a believer.”

But my inclination to be respectful of others’ views seems to put me at a disadvantage with someone who doesn’t respect mine.

Here’s Carolyn’s advice:

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