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Warning: Bible Thumping Is Hazardous To People’s Health

Warning: Bible Thumping Is Hazardous To People’s Health

Some people are hurting so bad you have to do more than preach a message to them. You have to BE a message to them!

 -Joyce Meyer

Wikipedia defines a “Bible thumper” as someone perceived as aggressively imposing their Christian beliefs upon others. The term derives from preachers thumping their hands down on the Bible, or thumping the Bible itself, to emphasize a point during a sermon. The term’s target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religion, fundamentalist or not. The term is most commonly used in English-speaking countries.

We have all experienced a good bible thumping haven’t we? How did the experience effect you?

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January 7, 2014 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: broken, crisis, hope, humility, Jesus, journey, life

The Best of 2013

The Best of 2013

The new year has come and it feels like only yesterday that I was writing my 2012 year in review. Wow, where has the year gone? Since my last year in review a lot has happened on Heartstone Journey and in my own life. There is so much I could share, but here are some highlights:

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December 31, 2013 Filed Under: Journal Tagged With: journey, life

Merry Christmas 2013!

Merry Christmas 2013!

Let’s pause and step back into the very first Christmas Eve.

Mary and Joseph were homeless, a day away from giving birth and far away from their family. It was in this moment that they had to choose to trust the God and to this day we all know the result of their choosing to trust Him.

I’ve learned through my own life journeys that if you want God’s best then you have to walk it out with Him, on His terms, from start to finish. This journey is not an easy one, but the longer you stay on the journey with Him the greater your reward will be.

The true meaning of Christmas is becoming more blurred with each passing year.

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December 23, 2013 Filed Under: Community Tagged With: family, holiday, Jesus, life, love

Have You Lost Sight of Jesus?

Have You Lost Sight of Jesus?

After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first. —Luke 2:43

On one occasion when Jesus was twelve years old, He went missing. Mary and Joseph lost sight of Him, and it took three days of searching to find Him again. They had been in Jerusalem for the Passover, and as they were returning home, He was nowhere to be found. But here is the interesting thing: they traveled an entire day before they missed Him. It isn’t that they lost their love for Him or their faith. They just lost Him.

Can this happen to us?

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December 17, 2013 Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Christ, family, guest, Jesus, seasons

Andy Stanley

Moral authority is the credibility you earn by walking your talk.

December 13, 2013 Filed Under: Quote Tagged With: humility, integrity, leadership, self

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Living life our way, every brick and every stone of the world we made will come undone! -Tim Young

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