Christianity – Liberty Street https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com [Gal 5:1] Stand for the flag ....... Kneel for the Cross Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:23:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 133100691 You Must Fight Hard for Peace https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/you-must-fight-hard-for-peace/ https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/you-must-fight-hard-for-peace/#respond Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:03:26 +0000 https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/?p=19881 The dove is a nearly universal symbol of peace. And a very appropriate one. Doves are beautiful, gentle, faithful creatures. They’re also, well, flighty creatures. It doesn’t take much to send a dove fluttering away. A harsh word, a rash gesture, and off she goes. If you want a dove to stay around, you have […]

The post You Must Fight Hard for Peace appeared first on Liberty Street.

]]> https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/you-must-fight-hard-for-peace/feed/ 0 19881 Internet Trolls in Church Clothes https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/internet-trolls-in-church-clothes/ https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/internet-trolls-in-church-clothes/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:47:26 +0000 https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/?p=19857 How to ‘Comment’ the Truth in Love They wander from mountain to mountain, website to website, article to article, contributing their unsolicited thoughts on pieces that their comments betray they have hardly read. They “criticize much, and meditate little.” Seated on their homemade bench, they adorn themselves in silver wigs and dark robes as they usher […]

The post Internet Trolls in Church Clothes appeared first on Liberty Street.

]]> https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/internet-trolls-in-church-clothes/feed/ 0 19857 Should Non-Christians Lead Worship? https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/should-non-christians-lead-worship/ https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/should-non-christians-lead-worship/#respond Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:11:02 +0000 https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/?p=19835 It’s an old dilemma: a church music ministry has a need, and a local unbelieving musician is available. But is this a match made in heaven, or a manifestation of . . . somewhere else? At first, the biblical answer seems obvious. Growing up in church, I was startled by the stories of God killing people — Ananias […]

The post Should Non-Christians Lead Worship? appeared first on Liberty Street.

]]> https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/should-non-christians-lead-worship/feed/ 0 19835 Beware of Running Too Hard https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/beware-of-running-too-hard/ https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/beware-of-running-too-hard/#respond Sat, 10 Mar 2018 21:26:39 +0000 https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/?p=19809 Letter to My 30-Year-Old Self When I was 30, the Joni book was an international bestseller, the Joni movie was enjoying a nationwide release, and I had moved to California to start Joni and Friends. Notice anything? A little Joni-heavy, don’t you think? In 1979, when I moved to California from our farm in Maryland, I was in for […]

The post Beware of Running Too Hard appeared first on Liberty Street.

]]> https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/beware-of-running-too-hard/feed/ 0 19809 How Do We Avoid Over-Thinking (or Under-Thinking) the Christian Life? https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/how-do-we-avoid-over-thinking-or-under-thinking-the-christian-life/ https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/how-do-we-avoid-over-thinking-or-under-thinking-the-christian-life/#respond Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:59:06 +0000 https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/?p=19796 How do we avoid over-thinking or under-thinking the Christian life? It’s a relevant question for a podcast that spends a lot of time talking about the Christian life. And the question today comes from a listener named Ronnie. “Hello, Pastor John, and thank you for this podcast — I’ve been richly blessed by it over […]

The post How Do We Avoid Over-Thinking (or Under-Thinking) the Christian Life? appeared first on Liberty Street.

]]> https://www.kentwarrenmcdonald.com/2018/03/how-do-we-avoid-over-thinking-or-under-thinking-the-christian-life/feed/ 0 19796