An Atheist teaches evangelism skills
April 13, 2014 Comments Off on An Atheist teaches evangelism skills

Pathos

Top Ten Tips For Evangelizing (From An Atheist).
1. Be Like Jesus: Hang With The Sinners and Judge The Judgers
2. Form Genuine Relationships With People, Don’t Treat Them As Projects.
3. Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
4. When Talking About Religious and Philosophical Matters, Ask More Questions And Do Less Preaching.
5. Don’t Give Unsolicited Advice or Judgments. Support People and Wait For Them To Ask For Your Input If They Want It.
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How to stop beating yourself.
January 16, 2014 Comments Off on How to stop beating yourself.

Tiny Buddha –

For most of my career as a teenager I was preoccupied with being cool, with cultivating a counter-culture, bohemian persona (assuming clove cigarettes, On the Road, and a pile of mixed tapes constituted “bohemian”). Rolling my eyes at my mother was a near-constant affectation.

I was certain that I knew it all; I had the rest of my life all figured out and I rejected anything that didn’t fit with my narrow understanding of the world.
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The family that prays together…?
November 2, 2013 Comments Off on The family that prays together…?

Salon

I was questioned earlier this week over a comment I made to a client that going to church alone would do little to protect marriage and that divorce rates were higher in the pews. That statement was both desperately right – and yet, the more I look at it, somewhat wrong.

Now that I’ve done the research, I may as well post it…
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The most sensible thing I have read all day.
October 7, 2013 Comments Off on The most sensible thing I have read all day.

Andrew Sullivan

Read the whole thing, but here are two quotes:

[Francis] is great because he is everything. He is a man who wants to do things, wants to build, he founded an order and its rules, he is an itinerant and a missionary, a poet and a prophet, he is mystical. He found evil in himself and rooted it out. He loved nature, animals, the blade of grass on the lawn and the birds flying in the sky.
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False grace?
October 3, 2013 Comments Off on False grace?

Phil Drysdale

The simple formula to spotting all false movements:

I know personally how hard it can be to spot these movements – I’ve been involved in all 3 at some point in my life to pretty serious degrees! I even preached some of this stuff!

These are just what I believe to be 3 of the biggest false movements in the church, there are many, many more though.
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Four characteristics of a spiritual abuser
September 21, 2013 1 Comment on Four characteristics of a spiritual abuser

Donald Miller

A Christian leader who is manipulative will:

– Never be truly vulnerable. They will never tell stories about their weaknesses. If they do, those stories will be about how they are too strong, too devout and too many other things that are more or less humble brags.

– Always have the true answer, and the truth is truth because they said it. The truth is the Bible is complex, but a manipulator knows they can’t get you to submit if they don’t have ALL the answers. Certainly trained pastors have answers, but nobody has all the answers.
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Those who finish last.
September 12, 2013 Comments Off on Those who finish last.

Seth Godin

Natural talent is rewarded early and often. As Malcolm Gladwell has pointed out, most of the players in the NHL have birthdays in a three-month window, because when you’re 8 years old, being six months older is a huge advantage.
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How to get rid of religion
April 6, 2013 Comments Off on How to get rid of religion

Ok, first of all, I’m not going to live link to this guy — but here’s the source:

whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/how-to-get-rid-of-religion/

It’s definitely worth a read — mostly because of how strikingly similar it is to the awarenesses Jesus had about what is so ugly about religion…
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I think I’ve seen this before…
April 1, 2013 Comments Off on I think I’ve seen this before…

Falkvinge on Infopolicy

If you want leadership in a swarm, you stand up and say “I’m going to do X because I think it will accomplish Y. Anybody who wants to join me in doing X is more than welcome.” Anybody in the swarm can stand up and say this, and everybody is encouraged to.
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So, what’s a woman good for anyway? (Part #4)
February 23, 2013 Comments Off on So, what’s a woman good for anyway? (Part #4)

A number of years ago, an interesting little scuffle occurred between the author (William Paul Young) of a new sensation called, “The Shack,” and the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Al Moher:
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Session Notes

An Atheist teaches evangelism skills

How to stop beating yourself.

The family that prays together…?

The most sensible thing I have read all day.

False grace?

Four characteristics of a spiritual abuser

Those who finish last.

How to get rid of religion

I think I’ve seen this before…

So, what’s a woman good for anyway? (Part #4)

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