Everyone knows hanging out with other people is a great way to make friends. We’ll invite people we know to a mid-week Bible study or a Labor Day picnic or maybe a weekend movie. As a friender, I love extending those invitations. Sometimes, though, it gets to be too much. At first, your friends really [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 18, 2010
These three steps are, briefly, how I created my version. Now, you too can do the same… 1. Make a list Start a list of all the specific things your friends have done for you, to you, or with you that helped deepen your friendship. Did they take you shopping? Did they buy you lunch? [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 17, 2010
If you visit the subscription page here at bondChristian.com, you’ll notice you have to sign up to get updates emailed to you. That’s opt-in. You “opt-in” to get them. What if instead I automatically sent you updates before you told me to? What if instead you had to sign up to stop me from emailing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 12, 2010
Evangelism is cliche. Christians keep telling us to evangelize the lost world, when really Jesus told us to make disciples. That’s a big difference. When you and I go forth to preach the good news to the whole, wide world, we don’t have much incentive to share it lovingly. It’s easier to simply proclaim the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 9, 2010
Consider the most meaningful and fulfilling moments in your life. Do they have friendships running through them? Through my life, every meaningful moment has been either a direct or indirect result of friendship. I’ve told you that before, but I’d like to share why. This is a general list – I haven’t included specific examples [...]
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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