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Ben Christian
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:14) [An ...

Sadly, this Advent Card Talk is applicable every year...

O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:14) [An Advent Card Talk]
Card Talk
Ben Christian
Red stuff: Eat it! (Genesis 25:30) - A ...

Remember: for some this season, family is unsafe. 

Red stuff: Eat it! (Genesis 25:30) - A Thanksgiving Reminder
Card Talk
Ben Christian
Suffering mocking, flogging, chains, ...

"...we would like to submit that good Christians tend to read and apply this passage incorrectly because we do not fully understand what the “cloud of witnesses,” the heroes of the faith, really represent ... They aren’t examples, they are warnings."

Suffering mocking, flogging, chains, imprisonment, being stoned to death, sawn in half, killed by the sword...(Heb 11:36-38) [A Card Talk for All Saints' Day/ Halloween]
Card Talk
Ben Christian
Pentecost: too early in the morning to be ...

On the Holy Spirit, Alcohol, and How the Luke-Acts Narrative Contradicts the other Gospels

Pentecost: too early in the morning to be drunk, but who can tell? (Acts 2:15)
Guest Card Talk, Card Talk
Jeff Kaetzel
Making Stupid Life Choices and Blaming it on ...

If we ignore the context of Philippians 4:13, then our problem is much deeper than simply making stupid life choices.

Making Stupid Life Choices and Blaming it on Philippians 4:13 [A Guest Card Talk]

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Jesus was an Immigrant, a Refugee

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Jesus was an Immigrant, a Refugee

Fleeing oppression and likely death, the holy family crossed international boarders without papers. They took whatever they could carry, what little resources they had, and fled. Joseph trusted that God would provide for his family: a Brown day laborer with carpentry skills, a young, frightened wife, and their precociously wide-eyed child.

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How to Read a Bible References OR “Who the #@#$ is 'John' and is his watch stuck at 3:16 or something?”

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How to Read a Bible References OR “Who the #@#$ is 'John' and is his watch stuck at 3:16 or something?”

Learning to read Bible references is like learning to walk, talk, or wipe one’s own arse: you cognitively understand that someone helped you acquire proficiency at these skills, but often have no memory of the event.

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Trampling the Heads of the Poor into the Dust & Denying Justice to the Oppressed (Amos 2:7a) [A Card Talk on the Book of Amos]

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Trampling the Heads of the Poor into the Dust & Denying Justice to the Oppressed (Amos 2:7a) [A Card Talk on the Book of Amos]

Here we present some historical and textual context to from the book of Amos, and see it's message of social justice still (sadly) applies in the present.  We ask what fire will fall in our lives if the acts of inhumanity to man continue to be perpetrated not just out there, but in here, within the community, within the household of faith?

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"The Bible is Very Clear on Right and Wrong": An Open Letter to People Offended by 'The Trump Cards' Donations

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"The Bible is Very Clear on Right and Wrong": An Open Letter to People Offended by 'The Trump Cards' Donations

"The Church universal does not feel one way about abortion or legal proceedings within the United States. Individual denominations, and individual people within those denominations, will make up their own minds in regards to these things. And miraculously, divinely, they remain within the Love of Christ."

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"For Lent I Am Giving Up_______________"

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"For Lent I Am Giving Up_______________"

We take up or give up, lift or put down, for specific purposes, but whichever we choose, the important thing is remembering that Lent is not about self-improvement—it is not New Year’s take two, a time to re-up on failed resolutions . . .