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What is “Emotional Truth” and Why is it So Powerful?
As an elder and spiritual mentor, it is both shocking and disappointing how often “good Christians”, make serious irrational, or sinful,...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 8, 20155 min read
Everybody’s Doing It!
(Part Six of the Playing King of the Mountain with God, Series) I spent three or four days with a group of guys attending a Christian...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 1, 20154 min read
I Think I Can “Get Away With Sin.”
(Part Five of the Playing King of the Mountain with God, Series) I once asked a group of Christian college students if there was any sin...
Clare DeGraaf
May 25, 20154 min read
But, Doesn’t God Want Me to be Happy?
(Part Four of the Playing King of the Mountain with God, Series) A few months ago, I sat with a 40 something Christian guy, successful in...
Clare DeGraaf
May 18, 20154 min read
At Least My Sin is Not as Bad as His!
(Part Three of the Playing King of the Mountain with God, Series) It’s been my observation that all of us, Christians and non-Christians...
Clare DeGraaf
May 11, 20154 min read
“I’m Saved, So I’m Safe.” Is God’s Love Really Unconditional?
(Part Two of the Playing King of the Mountain with God, Series) This is the second blog in a series entitled, Playing King of the...
Clare DeGraaf
May 4, 20156 min read
Playing King of the Mountain with God
The words King and Lord rolled off my tongue so effortlessly in worship, prayer and with other Christians. But in practice, in the simple...
Clare DeGraaf
Apr 27, 20154 min read
Why Church Membership?
Where in the Bible are we commanded to be members of, or to join a local church? This question came from a 30’s something guy who had...
Clare DeGraaf
Apr 20, 20154 min read
“On Our Mission Trip, 132 People Got Saved!” (And Other Preposterous Evangelistic Claims)
Not a week passes, that I don’t hear reports on Christian radio, in church, or in a ministry newsletter about how many people “got saved”...
Clare DeGraaf
Apr 13, 20152 min read
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