The Provocative God - Introduction In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. …
Author: Dan Lacich
Letting God Rock Your World.
This is a guest post by my friend Ann Zuccardy. As you will see, Ann is a new Christian who recently went on her first mission trip. I have great respect for Ann and appreciate her honesty about the struggle such a trip entailed. One thing I love about Ann and her journey with Christ …
Is the “Son of God” Jesus Too Sexy?
The hashtag, "HotJesus" went viral last week. It all had to do with the Son of God movie that was released to theaters and the physical appearance of actor Diogo Morgado who portrays Jesus. Apparently some people think Morgado is a good-looking guy and said so. That raised the issue of whether or not his …
A World On Fire
Freedom always comes with a price tag. The sad and tragic fact is the price is often shed blood. My own country's struggle for freedom 240 years ago was a struggle soaked in blood. This morning as I read the news from around the world I see that same struggle happening in country after country. …
Three Cultural Values That are Suffocating Your Faith: Part 3, Security
I remember hearing a professional athlete some years ago make the case for renegotiating his contract. He was already making several million dollars a year and had a hefty signing bonus from his current contract already in the bank. There were a few years left on that contract but for a number of reasons he …
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Three Cultural Values that are Suffocating Your Faith: Part 2, Comfort.
Safety, comfort, and security. They sound like wonderful, worthy goals that no one would take issue with. After all, who would willingly seek out and embrace their opposite numbers, danger, suffering, and turmoil? Yet in a previous post I began to make the case that these three nearly universally accepted values of the western world …
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Three Cultural Values That are Suffocating Your Faith and You Don’t Even Know It.
Faith in Jesus is a living, breathing thing. Like all living things when healthy it grows and even reproduces. As long as it receives the proper nourishment and right environment it can flourish. But if we cut back on the nourishment or the environment becomes toxic, sickness and even death can result. The scriptures speak …
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Hollywood Falls in Love With the Bible
Recently I was asked to be a guest on a local news program to share a few thoughts about Hollywood's new found fascination with stories from the Bible. With the upcoming release of Noah starring Russell Crowe as well as The Son of God, as telling of the life of Jesus, there appears to be …
When someone you love and care about takes their own life …
When someone you love and care about takes their own life ... … it is one of the most traumatic and disorienting times you can face. The questions are seemingly endless and unanswerable. The what ifs become breeding grounds for regret, guilt and self-accusation. The recent death of Isaac Hunter has brought all of that …
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Pope Francis Bold Statement for Change
On balance I like more and more of what I am hearing out of Pope Francis. His call for abandoning traditions that, while beautiful, have lost their meaning and no longer connect to the Gospel is making him sound more like an evangelical all the time. This blog from CNN Beliefnet is an encouraging example.http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/26/pope-calls-for-hurting-and-dirty-church/
JFK and C.S. Lewis 50 Years to the Day.
They died on the same day, November 22nd 1963, within just a few hours on one another. One, struck down by an assassin's bullet in a scene captured on film for all time and seared into our brains, a scene which played out on the world stage again and again. The other quietly in his …
U2’s Bono interview about Christ
This is well worth reading all the way through. Bono nails it on the exclusive claims of Jesus that set Him apart from all other religious figures and about the supremacy of grace and our need for it.
Jesus-Stomping College Class
Recently a controversy erupted around a Florida Atlantic University course on cross-cultural communication in which students were asked to write the name Jesus on a piece of paper and then consider stomping on it. It ended up getting a reaction from the Governor of Florida as well as national news headlines. Here is an Orlando …
Each One Is Tempted When
http://www.northlandchurch.net/media/each_one_is_tempted_when/ Sermon from Northland this past weekend on James 1:13-18. Enjoy the worship. The sermon starts at the 29 minute mark.
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