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Friender mindset: The subtle difference that makes them amazing

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 [...]

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How friendship destroys evangelism as we know it

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 [...]

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10 benefits of friendship

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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How to deepen a friendship (in half an hour)

Following the pattern of How to Make a Friend (in 10 Days), I wanted condense it down even more. How can you and I deepen an already established friendship in the shortest amount of time and still get meaningful results? This is what I came up with… [Click through to watch if you're in RSS [...]

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C. S. Lewis was wrong – You need friends

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” -C. S. Lewis I liked that quote for the longest time. Actually, I still like it, but I think it only describes part of friendship. Solomon, the wisest man who ever [...]

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