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Why I’m NOT a big fan of authenticity

“I know you, and I don’t blame you. You don’t want to go out with her ’cause she’s a little chubby.” [Awkward pause.] “What? I’m just keepin’ it real.” I’m not sure how many times I’ve heard this or similar conversations, but it’s often enough for me to want to give up on authenticity. Why [...]

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How to win points but NOT influence people

Short answer for winning points but not influencing anyone in a positive direction: Share a message of truth instead of a message of love. I think we’ve all experienced this before. A not-quit-friend approaches you and attempts to convince you of some wonderful truth. It doesn’t even have to be Christian. It could be as [...]

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Can you do for Christianity what Michael Hyatt did for Thomas Nelson?

I hated Thomas Nelson Publishers. [Update: Check Michael's comment response here for why that hate's dwindling even faster now.] Question: What’s more important than the Holy Grail? Answer: The Holy Bible. And Thomas Nelson doesn’t get it. I’m a fan of the New King James Version. I’ve read from the same Bible my whole life: [...]

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How to cultivate someone’s gentleness

This is the ninth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is gentleness. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. There’s always that guy – that girl – who doesn’t get it. They completely blow off the feelings of others. Sometimes, their [...]

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Developing your Authenticity Policy

Today, I started writing an Authenticity Policy for bondChrsitian.com. The idea is similar to a Disclosure Policy. A Disclosure Policy for a website tells what information the site collects from its visitors, what it's going to do with the information, the site's affiliates, and so on. Usually we put these up to...

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