Tag Archives: Marketplace Christian

Are the end times really just the beginning?

My big brother is onto something. He is standing end times theories on their heads. He is making us think. He’s not saying he’s got all the end times answers; he’s only saying that there are a number of passages … Continue reading

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Leaving a mark instead of being marked

Is anyone else as tired as I am of seeing report after report from the press about the evangelical vote? We’ve got politicians courting us, pollsters measuring us, and marketers surveying us. Evangelicals have become a very important bloc in … Continue reading

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World class farm boy

I’m going to brag a little. No, not about me or someone in my family, but about my old college roommate. Wayne Bridegroom grew up on a dairy farm in the little town of Denair, in central California. When people … Continue reading

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Famous seller of purple converts to Christianity

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. One of those listening was … Continue reading

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As it should be

Os Guinness pointed out that we were living at the end of 500 years of Western dominance. You don’t have to look far to see signs of this. Three blocks from where I grew up, I can drive for a … Continue reading

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Someone else’s rights

We live in a society that is obsessed with rights. I went online and found the following as a list of groups who have sought to identify and gain rights to which they feel entitled: Animal Rights Authors’ Rights Citizens’ … Continue reading

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The spiritual advantage of leaving God out

The pledge that we now use as the official Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America was originally written by a Baptist minister who chose to leave God out of it. Not only that, the original pledge he … Continue reading

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Followers of Jesus

A comment from yesterday’s Catch reads: “John…. Would you please elaborate on your comment, “Followers of religion and politics are angry and fearful. They are trying to get America back. Followers of Jesus are loving and hopeful. They are trying … Continue reading

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Coming alongside

I am normally not a fan of ten steps to this or five ways to do that, but I recently came up with these six things to remember about being a marketplace Christian. Think of them not as steps to … Continue reading

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