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Tag Archives: Marketplace Christian
The mustard seed conspiracy
by Wayne Bridegroom I just returned from the 127th gathering of the Modesto Police Department Clergy Council. The Clergy Council has been meeting monthly for over nine years. Over those years, new entities have joined the procession, including the Stanislaus … Continue reading
Is Christianity a brand or a relationship?
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Yesterday we looked at Jesus plus. We realized that being a Christian today comes with a long list of assumptions — assumptions that, for the most part, are not true … Continue reading
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True Christianity
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) In a 2017 article in the New York Times Rod Dreher raises an effective argument that American Christianity is actually not true Christianity. Now this is certainly not a new … Continue reading
Think about it!
Think about it! People like Peter, Paul, Phillip, John, Timothy, Lydia, Priscilla — these, among many others, were the voice of Christ to the first church — and its amazing how these few people expanded the word of Christ throughout … Continue reading
Declaration of a Marketplace Christian (Part 2)
This declaration is so central to all that we believe and represent here at the Catch that it is a permanent document always accessible at our website, http://www.catchjohnfischer.com. However, I have found it necessary to review it often as it … Continue reading
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Declaration of a Marketplace Christian (Part 1)
This declaration is so central to all that we believe and represent here at the Catch that it is a permanent document always accessible here at our website. However, I have found it necessary to review it often as it … Continue reading
‘The Catch can’
Today we will hear from a man who is very special to the Catch Ministry. He was the founder of the Catch and our first Chairman of the Board, Peter Herschend. It’s not a particularly special day in his life, … Continue reading
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Our wishful Washington concert
What a concert! Yesterday I wrote a Catch about how music might have affected the large political gathering at the Capitol building last week the way music addressed another political crowd gathered near the nation’s capitol back in 1963 … Continue reading
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Tagged love, Marketplace Christian, mercy, politics
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More than a bumper sticker faith
We need to have some new answers. If someone asks if you are a Christian today, your answer is going to depend a lot on what that person thinks a Christian is. Based on that, you might want to say … Continue reading
The army of the Lord
So I published yesterday’s Catch on the local Neighborhood Watch which was starting to get rather nasty between the-government-is-keeping-us-safe people and the-government-needs-to-get-its-nose-out-of-my-business people. It was nice to see 13 positive reactions to my article, and a few thankful comments. This … Continue reading
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