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Your objections to slavery (and my responses)

Slavery is objectionable. I get that. I don’t want to imply slavery is a perfect, all-inclusive way of describing the Christian’s relationship with God. Sounds small to me. And if you don’t think of yourself as a slave, this might not change your mind – and I’m not necessarily here to do that. What I’d like to [...]

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The complete guide to others-oriented fruit of the Spirit

The Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series is the longest series I’ve published here so far. It’s taken us from love to self-control, meeting all the funness like longsuffering along the way. In general, the series was about shifting from receiving the Spirit only for ourselves to promoting the Spirit and its fruit in others. [...]

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How I learned to play drums to serve the church

“Hey, Marshall – how would you feel about learning to play drums?” It was the end of 2002 when my dad asked me. “Um, why?” I wondered. “Well, we need a drummer. I’d like to start playing out more, and you can use that kit up at the chapel.” Our worship band had just lost it’s drummer. I [...]

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The Automatic Mentor: Why “people watching” might change your life

This is a guest post by Kyle Reed from Thoughts About Nothing. If you’re interested in guest posting for bondChristian, let me know. “People watching” is probably one of my favorite hobbies. You know, sitting there, making comments in your head as people walk by you. It provides hours of entertainment that is just good, [...]

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70 Scripts to encourage others

Wouldn’t it be great if everyone spread encouragement like it were Tiger Woods gossip? I’d sure appreciate you for doing it. To help out, I’ve collected 70 scripts you can encourage others with. You can literally copy and paste them into your life. Some of these work better in short, handwritten notes. Some work better on Twitter or [...]

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