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Sit down with me as we think through some tough topics in a reflective way and examine some of the difficult issues that can trouble followers of Christ. My hope is that you'll always come away with more to think about…

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• Why Bother With Church?July 5, 2008
  Winston Churchill once said that he related to the church rather like a flying buttress: He supported it from the outside. (A flying buttress is an external support that reinforces the walls of old cathedrals.) I tried that strategy for a while, after coming to believe Christian doctrine sincerely and committing myself to God. . . .

Archive for February 21st, 2008

• What I Can’t Do (3rd of 3) | Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 21 2008

  In my last post, I talked about some specific examples of things I can’t do regardless of how much faith I have in God, myself, or anyone else. Let me give you a couple more examples and see if we can come to terms with what we can’t do:
  In addition to all of the things [...]