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Pain and Gain is the new film starring Mark Wahlburg (who will forever be Marky Mark in my heart) and The Rock. It’s smart, funny and completely over-the-top, which makes it hard to remember that the story actually happened. (Here’s a great article from Slate fact-checking the film). But the ...
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This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Already/Not YetChurch happens best when small groups of people who love Jesus get together and live out the Gospel together. This can be through serving, through studying, through celebrating. This is where I want to hang out with you today. ...
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My wife Amanda turns 28 today, and there’s nothing I like more than an excuse to shout her praises from the (virtual) rooftops. So if you’ll indulge me, in Acrostic fashion, here’s why Amanda is awesome: Adaptable Amanda is one of the most laid-back people I know. It’s not that ...
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I grew up going to Christian Youth Summer Camp. The ongoing joke was that camp concluded each year by playing the Michael W. Smith neo-classic “Friends Are Friends Forever” while everyone cried and hugged their new best friends forever and swore to write to each other. Which of course never ...
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I grew up going to Christian Youth Summer Camp. The ongoing joke was that camp concluded each year by playing the Michael W. Smith neo-classic “Friends Are Friends Forever” while everyone cried and hugged their new best friends forever and swore to write to each other. Which of course never ...
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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Already/Not YetLast week, I had the opportunity to go to Opening Day for the Dayton Dragons. The game got rained out, which made me think about how similar the Dayton Dragons are to Church. I know that sounds odd. If ...
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For more than a decade, Brad Lomenick has led Catalyst, the premier leadership brand for young Christian leaders. He’s finally distilled his 20+ years of leadership experience and his time at the helm of Catalyst into a simple, accessible and straight-forward guide to what it takes to be a next-generation ...
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Don’t miss our interview with Jackie Kessler on the latest StoryMen podcast episode! You have a chance to win a FREE set of all four Riders of the Apocalypse books! What happens when Death gets suicidal? Thus begins the final chapter of Jackie Morse Kessler’s Riders of the Apocalypse series. ...
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42 is the new biopic of Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play Major League Baseball. It’s a typical sports film in that it’s inspirational and feel-good. It’s also a typical race film in that it’s fairly heavy-handed. Even though 42 doesn’t look too hard to find a weakness ...