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The Real Lazarus Generation.
I have preached on the Lazarus Generation for at least twenty-five years. And I was wrong. I was given the mantle of this by the preacher who first heard it from the Spirit and coined the phrase. He and I were both wrong. If you were to gauge exactly who this generation is and how… Continue reading
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Through a Glass, Darkly.
I don’t think that you can be disqualified. I do believe that you can be hobbled. I’m just saying that there is some line between a trial and a breaking. Almost like it’s amateur versus pro or something. I thought I was broken at 10. Turns out, there was way, way more behind curtain number… Continue reading
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Get Saved, Get Real, or Get Out.
Many times over the years I have walked into a church building and felt uncomfortable. There was no single source that I could point at for what I was feeling, just that feeling of discomfort and the overwhelming desire to be out of there as soon as I could. I had a tough time putting… Continue reading
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Monday, February 8, 2021
A religious mentality, characterized by timidity and lack of moral courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually impoverished, dull, repetitious, and to a great many persons, just plain boresome. This peddled as the very faith of our fathers in direct lineal descent from Christ and the apostles. We spoon-feed this insipid pabulum to… Continue reading
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Catharsis
I packed what was most precious to me and left the rest behind. A few small tokens, some letters from my kids from the last Father’s Day, a day I saw two of them only briefly. I took my Boston Red Sox coffee mug, my Irish blessing plaque, my ceramic sign that read in… Continue reading
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They have taken away my Lord…
Joh 20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. The only thing worse than being lost is amnesia. If you don’t know who you are or where you came from, how can you… Continue reading
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The (ab)normal Christian Life
Have you ever stopped the world for a second and taken a long, hard look at what we have become? I have, and what I have seen has shocked me to my core. You see, to conform inside of the Cult of Normal truly is the easiest thing in the world to accomplish, you just… Continue reading
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Amerikan Babylon
Button your lip. Don’t let the shield slip. Take a fresh grip on your bullet proof mask. And if they try to break down your disguise with their questions – You can hide, hide, hide, Behind paranoid eyes. You put on our brave face and slip over the road for a jar. Fixing your grin… Continue reading
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Going to the Gentiles
I go to the Gentiles… What does that mean? Simply this, I no longer feel compelled to try and teach, train or change the established church. Someone told me a long time ago that it is easier to give birth than to raise the dead and they were right, of course. It is easier to… Continue reading
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Worship: Singing Your Lies.
This is not a simple thing, getting simple. Much of what we do is rooted in our identity as 21st century beings and it is very difficult to shed those thought processes. I have come to feel that the trappings of the zeitgeist can only really be seen when they are held up in contrast… Continue reading
The People’s Revival 