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Authentic Christian Living on August 26th, 2010

Michael Jinkins offers some good examples of healthy leadership in his recent article. We often assume leadership to be a positive trait, but in fact, it can be good or bad, constructive or destructive. Or, as I believe, healthy or unhealthy. How do we distinguish healthy from unhealthy leadership? I believe there are 10 characteristics [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on May 23rd, 2010

Literalism: Isn’t the Bible historically unreliable and regressive? This is a great short (30 minute) audio clip of Tim Keller answering the question. Some people claim that they can’t trust in the Bible because it is historically unreliable and culturally regressive. But do we have cultural blinders on? Dr. Tim Keller discusses solid reasons that [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on April 22nd, 2010

These checklists and questions can help you evaluate your church. How healthy is your church? Please consider sharing this article with others in your church or your pastor (links at the bottom of the article allow for easy sharing). Christianity Today’s Leadership set out to answer that question. We did not find just one answer, [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on January 17th, 2010

How do we begin to treat church unlike the way we determine what coffee to buy at Starbucks? Read Mike Pohlman’s blog post Against Church Shopping

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Authentic Christian Living on January 4th, 2010

This is a must read. If you want to see someone change their lives, they’ll have to change how they look at the world first. All of these worldviews have consequences. Every day we’re affected and influenced by them. We’re often not even aware of it. These worldviews affect the happiness and success of the [...]

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