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Category Archives: life
3 prolife facts
If homicide and suicide are wrong, so is prenatalcide. To be against the death penalty for the guilty, but for the abortion of the innocent, is inconsistent. When prenatal kill replaces prenatal care, ALL human LIVES are devalued.
Posted in capital punishment, choice, choose life, human life, life, moral choices, pro choice, prolife prochoice, right to choose, value of life
Tagged abortion, all lives matter, antiabortion, antiabortion slogans, death penalty, homicide, prenatal care, prolife, right to life, suicide
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Unwind & ease your mind . . .
A great way to unwind & ease your mind is to be kind to everybody! It’s more powerful to love people than it is to argue with them! Life goes wrong when we don’t do right. Now’s not the time for … Continue reading
Posted in alternative lifestyle, ethics, fear, grace, hope, joy, kindness, life, life matters, love, music, positive attitude, positive thinking, Random acts of kindness, Uncategorized
Tagged better than I deserve, friends in low places, how to enjoy life, how to unwind, quotes, recipe book
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Life’s A Buzz
Life is a series of billions of moments buzzing past now, in single file, and vanishing. The future’s not here to stay. Today is tomorrow’s yesterday. There is no permanent housing. Our position is constant transition. We need God’s GPS! … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandra Bracken, best university, Eva Burrows, GPS, greatest university, life, quotation, Quotations, quote, Quotes, Salvation Army, time, waiting on God, wasting time
Tagged entertainment, Erykah Badu, Johnny Cash, music, philosophy, spirituality, time management, Time's a wastin
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Søren Kierkegaard Promoted Sermon-Free, Participatory Church
Søren Kierkegaard Promoted Sermon-Free, Participatory Church “Christianity should not be lectured about. Christ says, my teaching is food. Christ has not appointed assistant-professors — but followers.” –Søren Kierkegaard “The greatest possible error arises when we reduce the clergy to teachers. … Continue reading
Posted in acting, Christian community, church format, church meetings, church programs, church services, clergy, clergy/laity, clericalism, doctrine, dogma, eloquence, lecture, life, lifestyle Christianity, non-traditional church, nonconforming, obedience, open church, oratory, order of worship, organic church, participation in church, participatory church, preach without words, preacher, preaching, professors, quotation, quote, Quotes, reasoning, religion, religious academics, religious tradition, Søren Kierkegaard, sermon, sermon-free, sermon-hearing, sermons, simple church, teaching, witnesses
Tagged Christianity, church, Kierkegaard, quotations
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Church — A Flow Or A Show?
Is church more of a show or more of a flow? Wind and rivers are symbols of the Holy Spirit. The wind blows, a river flows; but the church tends to show what it knows through programs and presentations rather … Continue reading
Posted in Berry Street, Berry Street Worship Center, church format, church leadership, church program, church programs, church roles, church services, church structure, flo, flow, flow of the Spirit, flowing of the Holy Spirit, lecture, lecture series, led by the Spirit, life, Music City, Nashville, Nashville adventure, Nashville church, Nashville tourist attractions, Romans 8:14, simple church, Spirit-led, spiritual flow, spiritual life, spiritual worship, TN, tree of life, tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Tagged Christianity, church, community, knowledge of good and evil, practical theology, two trees in the garden
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What if Sunday morning church had less infrastructure and more networking? It could be transformed from a Sunday morning love lecture into a group of people actively living love with one another!
Posted in church format, church meetings, church program, church services, life, life together, one another, one anothering, open church, open forum, open sharing, participatory church, participatory sermons, share, simple church, Spirit's flow, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Spirit-prompted, spiritual church, spiritual formation, spiritual gifts
Tagged church, infrastructure, networking, organic church, religion
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Don’t Abort The Christ Child . . .
Don’t abort the Christ Child! Let Him live in your heart this holiday season. Think how different things would be this time of year if Mary had not made the pro-life choice. Had Mary killed the Christ Child in her … Continue reading
Posted in birth of Christ, choice, choose life, Christ child, ethics, Happy Holidays, holiday, Holiday season, holidays, Jesus, Jesus Christ, life, Merry Christmas, moral decision, moral principles, moral restraints, morality, pro choice, pro life, prochoice, quotation, Quotations, quote, Quotes, Reason For The Season, right and wrong, right conduct, right from wrong, right living, right to choose, right to life, rights, unwanted children, unwanted pregnancy, values, virgin birth, virgin Mary, virginity, What you do to the least of these, you do unto Me
Tagged abortion, Christ Child, Christmas, religion, sin
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Church isn’t lessons to be learned by lecture; but life being lived together.
Posted in church format, church leadership, church program, church programs, church services, lecture, led by the Spirit, lessons, life, life together, life transforming, lifestyle Christianity, lifestyles, non-traditional church, one another, one anothering, one anothers, simple church, speech making, speeches
Tagged church Christianity, organic church, preaching, quote, sermons
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