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Episode #1 "What Good is Jesus?" Coming Soon!
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Post Christian Pastors podcast will be dropping soon! Our first guest a reality tv star with a PhD in Religion?? Pittsburgh's own Susie Meister is our first guest. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for updates at www.facebook.com/postchristianpastors Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2016 at :
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Recording First Episode
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Post Christian Pastors is Here!
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Welcome to Post Christian Pastors! We are just a group of Pastors seeking to live, think and act as Jesus would have us in a very complex POST CHRISTIAN culture filled with huge questions, issues, pain, entertainment, politics and relationships. Like our page and you will keep up with the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2016 at :
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By the Pool
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I recently returned from a trip to Israel. It was my first. I have been a pastor for over 25 years now but I had never been to the Holy Land. Everything I had preached and taught in my career... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2016 at :
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The Pub Awakens
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I have walked away from this blog for almost two years now, but something keeps bringing me back. There is an itch that needs scratched, a yearning that needs fulfilled that only seems to happen when I write. I have... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2016 at :
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Small Ministries Suck?
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I am afraid of small things. As far back as I can remember I have been afraid of small things. In elementary school I was afraid that my muscles were small or generally I was too small. Middle School brought... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2014 at :
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Buddy
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His name is Buddy, maybe? As I sat across from him in a pizza shop on the North Side of Pittsburgh I wondered if that was just a name he adopted after hearing phrases like, "Hey Buddy! You need to... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2014 at :
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A Man Named Chris
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I want to introduce you to a friend of mine, and someone you should get to know. His name is Chris Brown. No not that Chris Brown! Chris and I met in Ensenada, Mexico when I was there with my... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2013 at :
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How to Have an Amazing Team!
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I have been privileged over the last 22 years to work with some amazing people and on some amazing teams. For years I had interns, summer interns, volunteers and full-time staff that worked for me and with me. One of... Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2013 at :
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Addiction as Worship
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In his book Addiction and Virtue, Kent Dunnington likens addiction to counterfeit worship: "Several years ago, a friend who had worked his way through graduate school as a paramedic told me about one of his more grisly experiences on the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2013 at :
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Jesus and Spandex (Christian Stuff of the 80's) Chapter #5
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AUDIO ADRENALINE Audio Adrenaline is a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson,Kentucky. The band has received two Grammy Awards and multiple Dove Awards. They were regular performers at the annual Creation... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2013 at :
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Retro Post #3: A Tendency to Glamorize
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*This post originally appeared on October 20, 2008 I think we often tend to glamorize the past and think America was a Christian nation, where everyone loved God, was very upright and moral and that our society didn't have the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2013 at :
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Car Wash Suffering
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The other day myself and the three kids were out driving and as we approached a car wash the kids erupted in the back "Wash Car Dad! Wash Car!" Just so you know the kids have always called it "Wash... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2013 at :
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When Harry Met Dolores
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(Harry Stamps pictured above rocking the black socks and shorts) On Memorial Day I gave a message in our "Be Different" series. I used two real obituaries to start the message. The first is for Harry Stamps and the second... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2013 at :
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When The Office Has Great Theology
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I fell in love with The Office years ago when I was speaking on a High School retreat in Oklahoma. I would go back to my cabin after the evening service and watch episodes back to back that I had... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2013 at :
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Jesus and Spandex (Christian Stuff of the 80's) Chapter #4
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CARMAN *So yes I have to admit that I was a fan of Carman but wasn't every Christian in the 80's at one time! Don't be a hater! We used to do a skit to Carman's song THE CHAMPION at... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at :
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Experiencing The Impossible
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I recently watched the movie The Impossible. It is a powerful film that follows the incredible true story of a family of five swept up in the Thailand Tsunami of 2004. It stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and Tom... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at :
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Retro Post #2: A Youth Pastor Goes to Comic-Con
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This Post originally appeared July 29, 2008 Over the last couple of days I have been getting my thoughts together about my day at San Diego Comic-Con. Comic-Con is the largest pop-culture,super-hero, fantasy, gaming, comics, freak-show extravaganza in the USA.... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at :
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Jesus and Spandex (Christian Stuff of the 80's) Chapter #3
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DC TALK Little known fun fact. In the mid 90's I became friends with Kevin Max and Toby. One surreal night in Atlanta I was walking around downtown with just Toby, Kevin and little old me looking for donuts. Go... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at :
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Jonah and A Big Boat
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I just wrapped up a preaching series called The Runaway: Story of a man named Jonah. I love the story of Jonah but it is definately not a kids story, which many have sadly turned it into. If you read... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at :
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The Death of the Ragamuffin
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Many writers have affected my walk with Jesus over the last twenty three years, not many more profoundly then Brennan Manning. I picked up the book The Ragamuffin Gospel as a young pastor and Christian and it helped me in... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at :
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Jesus And Spandex (Christian Stuff Of The 80'S) Chapter #2
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STRYPER During 1980s, Stryper represented the popular glam metal style for the time which is characterized by highly visual performances, twin guitar solos, Michael Sweet's high-pitched, multi-octave screams and big hair. A trademark of the band's stage act was drummer... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at :
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A Most Rare Thing
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In this day and age one of the most rare things in our culture is deep freindships, it is a commodity in recession. Every statistic shows that friendships (not Facebook ones) are hard to find and even harder to maintain.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at :
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Jesus and Spandex (Christian Stuff of the 80's) Chapter #1
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MYLON & BROKEN HEART In 1987, the band received a Rock Album of The Year GMA Dove Award for Crack the Sky.That same year, they received a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir, or Chorus.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at :
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All The Poor and Powerless
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Have been enjoying some great worship here at the Exponential Conference. Our house band has been from a church in Boston called Reunion. They are doing an amazing job. I thought they were going to lift the roof off of... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at :
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