Silly Songs to Save Your Soul

27 Sep, 2022

Our four-song EP, "Silly Songs to Save Your Soul," is probably the greatest music ever created. You totally could play our songs while you sleep and grow closer to Christ.

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Is Christianity Anti-Science?

27 Sep, 2022

Christians are often accused of being anti-science - especially regarding evolution and the age of the earth. But how valid are these accusations? In this episode, Conrad and Jesse become 1970's detectives to find out.

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Top Myths About Christianity

christian myths
10 Jul, 2021

What do Conrad and Jesse have in common with Voldemort? More than you might suspect. Find out in this episode as we tackle two myths that are prevalent about Christianity that concern goodness.

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Why Does Atheism Fail?

atheism fail
15 Apr, 2021

Can meaning be found without God? Can you prove God's existence with a taco? Can Conrad and Jesse pass for southern gentlemen? Find out in this episode, where we study existence itself while somehow referencing tacos.

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What Does it Mean to be a Christian?

17 Oct, 2020

What does it mean to be a Christian? Is it about behavior? Is it about beliefs? In this episode, we somehow explain all this with a musical number called “Salsa: The Musical”.

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What’s the Deal with My Self-Esteem?

Self-Esteem
18 Aug, 2020

Where does my self-worth come from? How can I raise my self-esteem? Should I use the self-checkout lane? This episode is all about self.

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30 – What is Heaven Like?

Mistakes We Make About Heaven
10 Jun, 2020

Is Heaven an endless church service in the clouds? Is there golf? More importantly, are there tacos? In this episode, we correct some of the common mistakes we make about Heaven. We also sing a heavenly song ... about Heaven.

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1 Minute Theology: Is Joel Osteen Wrong?

15 Dec, 2016

Some Christians are curious about Joel Osteen's preaching. This 1 minute video explains what 'Prosperity Gospel' actually preaches.

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Interview #2 With Conrad

21 Nov, 2016

Forgetting Walls had me on their podcast where I talk about what else... Star Wars and Theology.

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1 Minute Theology: What is Heaven Like?

22 Sep, 2016

Heaven isn't a long church service. So what is it?

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1 Minute Theology: Does the Bible Teach the Earth is Young?

15 Sep, 2016

Somehow many Christians believe the Earth is young. This video explains what's going on with that.

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1 Minute Theology: Why Does God Allow Me to Suffer?

08 Sep, 2016

Suffering is hard. This 1 minute video answers one of the most common questions Christians ask.

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1 Minute Theology: How Do I Know God’s Will?

31 Aug, 2016

This one minute video explains how to know God's will.

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1 Minute Theology: What Should Christians Do About Their Worry Over Politics?

06 Aug, 2016

This one minute video explains what we can do about our worry over politics and the election.

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1 Minute Theology: If God Is Good Why Is There Suffering?

06 Aug, 2016

This one minute video explains a common question all Christians must ask about God and suffering.

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Interview with Conrad

07 May, 2016

I was recently interviewed on the podcast, "Urban Achiever" where we chatted a bit about my upbringing, the band, ministry, prosperity gospel, and a whole lotta other stuff. You can listen to the podcast here.

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3 Ways to Be a Better Spouse

13 Apr, 2016

As Christians, we all proudly say stuff like, "I'd die for my spouse. I'd do anything for my spouse." Really? Then why we don't we do devotions, watch our diet, or workout regularly, memorize Scripture or stop listening to smooth jazz?

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Why Doesn’t God Stop Terrorist Attacks?

28 Mar, 2016

If God is good and all-powerful then why doesn’t he stop terrorist attacks? How can we answer this legitimate question?

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3 Reasons Why Christians Shouldn’t Worry about Trump, Hillary or the Election Outcome

21 Mar, 2016

I've seen many Christians worry about the election. Hillary might win, might lose. Trump might win, might not win, might open his mouth. So here are three reasons why Christians shouldn't worry about Trump, Hillary, or the outcome of the election.

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What Should I Do When My Spouse and I Fight?

14 Mar, 2016

"What should I do when my spouse and I fight?" comes up because in marriage we get into arguments and fights all the time. Whose fault is it that dinner wasn't prepared? What's the best way to get to Taco Bell? What set of inoculations do you need...

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What is God’s Will For Me?

07 Mar, 2016

The biggest question we Christians ask ourselves is "What is God's will?" We treat it as if it's this mysterious, magical thing. But God didn't tell us to obey him without first telling us what he wants (2 Tim 3:16-17).

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Does God Want Me to Stay or Go?

29 Feb, 2016

Sometimes we get stuck in a situation where we don’t know if God is pushing us out or just wants to grow our patience.

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How Can I Know If God Exists?

22 Feb, 2016

A lot of people think that believing God is based on faith. However by using simple logic we can determine if God exists or not. But is logic alone enough to prove to people to trust in Him?

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031. Relationships: Why Are Relationships So Difficult?

15 Feb, 2016

No matter how much we like someone, relationships become difficult at times - especially with the people closest to us. Especially if they insist on eating at Taco Bell.

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How Do I Pray In Faith?

08 Feb, 2016

We're told to pray in faith and that with faith anything is possible. Well, then why haven't I won the lottery?

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What is Heaven Like?

01 Feb, 2016

Heaven is so crucial to our understanding of our current life but most Christians have all sorts of weird perceptions of what it'll be like. And no, it's not an eternal church service.

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071. New Year’s Resolutions (Part 2): What Resolutions Should I Have?

25 Jan, 2016

Last time we talked about New Year Resolutions really were about what you love. So my list looked really stupid... "#1. Eat bacon everyday. #2. Learn new recipes for bacon, #3. Thank God daily for bacon."

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Why Did God Create Me & How Can I be Truly Happy?

18 Jan, 2016

OK, let's face it. We all just want to be happy. But how can one be truly happy and not just emotionally happy?

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070. New Year’s Resolutions (Part 1): What’s the Right Reason to Start?

11 Jan, 2016

Since the earth is in the same position than it was last year relative to the sun, we should get moving on things that we should be doing anyways, like exercise, get out of debt, or win the lottery.

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What is My Calling?

04 Jan, 2016

We wish figuring out our calling was as easy as the Sorting Hat telling us what to do. Well, you know what? God already did tell you what your calling is.

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If God Created Everything, Doesn’t That Mean He Created Evil?

28 Dec, 2015

Summary: God created us with a free will, not evil. God created us with a free will, not evil. Explanation: God created as free beings that could make meaningful choices. Free will is good. However, it also comes with the chance to choose the non-good, which is of course...

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If God is Good Why Is there Suffering?

21 Dec, 2015

One of the most important questions about God is, “If God is good, why is there suffering?” God created us with free will – which is a good thing. However in our free will, we chose to sin.   And since God is perfect, righteous good, and Holy, He...

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030. Relationships: People Are Disappointing, So What Do We Do?

21 Dec, 2015

I’ve said it before… ministry starts with relationships. And since people aren’t as perfect (or as humble) as I am, there’s a lot to consider.

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What is the Effect of Sin?

14 Dec, 2015

Sin screwed up a lot of stuff. But just what exactly did it do and what does it mean for us?

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Can’t God Just Forgive Our Sins Without Christ?

01 Dec, 2015

Because God is righteous, Holy and just, our sin separates us from God and incurs a moral debt we cannot pay, and the payment is death. Unless that debt is paid for that sin remains and separation from God remains. God is just, meaning He cannot dismiss sin without...

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Free Download – The Calvinists “Expiacao Limitada”

03 Jun, 2015

Since there are so many Brazilian fans, I made a special version just for you with part of the chorus in Brazilian Portuguese! The Calvinists “Expiacao Limitada”.

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Memory Verses

04 Mar, 2015

Here are some memory verses I personally like. Sanctification Verses Romans 8:28-29 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the...

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How Do I Get Wisdom?

28 Feb, 2015

People are always praying to know God’s will. That’s actually wrong. This sound heretical, but bear with me for a bit. We need to try to get wisdom, here’s why… Do you just pray that God will tell you through your feelings what to do about your back pain?...

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Why Do I Suffer? How Can God use Suffering to Grow Us?

28 Nov, 2014

We go through suffering every day. Why does it exist and where is God in all of it?

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What is God’s Goal for Me?

28 Nov, 2014

God’s goal for you is to make you like Christ (Romans 8:29) so that we can be apart of his family (1 John 3:1-3). This is called “sanctification“.  He uses all of life including trials and tribulations to strengthen Christ-like traits in us. Just like physical exercise makes our body...

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What is Faith / How Can I Be In God’s Will?

28 Nov, 2014

Many Christians define faith as belief which leads to many incorrect actions. If I have faith that I’ll become a unicorn, it’s not going to happen no matter how much I believe. So then, what is faith? Faith has three parts to be real faith: Knowing God’s Word + Having...

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135. Why Do We Work?

26 Sep, 2014

A lot of times we don’t want to work, unless it’s something fun like gardening, music or cooking bacon.

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032. Relationships: What’s the Purpose of a Relationship?

04 Sep, 2014

If we are to have good relationships, we need to first understand the purpose of them. It would be like trying to try to understand how to have good bacon, without understanding its purpose. It is used for clothing? For hair styling? For skin care?...

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027. How Do I Fill Voids in My Life? Searching for Happiness?

11 Jul, 2014

We're always searching for that thing that'll make us happy. But when we attain it, we realize true happiness still eludes us. Like finally getting to the end of a mission, and instead of the saving a beautiful princess, you get an annoying, useless, know-it-all who I'm...

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026. Why Don’t Christians Spiritually Mature as they get Older?

04 Jul, 2014

On my birthday it had occurred to me that for some reason people assume that as you get older you also become a more mature Christian. But you obviously haven’t seen me wear my Star Trek uniform to church.

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025. Reverse Idols & How do I Deal with a Trial?

20 Jun, 2014

Some things are so hidden that you only find out about them when you are looking at something else. Like eating a cheeseburger to find out you don’t like pickles, or watching TV and finding you don’t like car insurance commercials, or watching Jersey Shore and finding out...

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024. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 5: During little decisions, like if I should order a Big Mac)

13 Jun, 2014

How do we live by faith in the little decisions like what should I eat for lunch, or should I wear pants to work?

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023. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 4: Our Heart)

16 May, 2014

With faith, when you miss the middle part, you pretty much feel empty. Kind of like missing the pages in between the covers of a book, or an edible entree between appetizer and dessert at Applebees.

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022. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 3: When It’s Not Faith)

09 May, 2014

Sometimes because we’re missing one crucial piece, we have nothing. Like getting in your car but missing the key. Or having a job interview but missing your pants.

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021. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 2)

02 May, 2014

There’s this fallacy that some believe where the less you know about something means the more faith you can have in it. Like it takes more faith that you'll enjoy a movie you've never heard of, or that you'll enjoy meat from Taco Bell.

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020. How Do I Live By Faith? (Part 1)

25 Apr, 2014

What does it mean when the Bible says, “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed… Nothing will be impossible for you," (Matt 17:20)? So if I have the faith larger than the size of a mustard seed that I would become a cyborg – it...

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019. What Does it Mean to ‘Wash One Another’s Feet’, and Why It’s Not Totally Gross.

18 Apr, 2014

“Whose Feet Do I Want to Wash?” is probably a question we don’t ask a whole lot. It kind of ranks up there with “Which one of my eyes do I want to poke with this stick?” or “Which Star Wars Prequel should I watch?”

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018. What’s So Wrong With the Phrase “Be True to Yourself”?

28 Mar, 2014

One of the most bogus phrases in movies and society is “Be true to yourself”. The other most bogus phrase is “delicious salad”.

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016. Pray for a Democrat/Republican, Exes, Enemies? Yeah, right.

14 Mar, 2014

It's really easy to get lost in politics. How often do we demonize people of the opposing party? Democrats want to kill babies. Republicans want to kill the poor. The Americans on the other side of the aisle aren't really even our enemies — that would be Iran, North...

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134. Why Do I Suffer? Reason #4: Position

14 Feb, 2014

Do you ever look back and notice you wouldn’t be in a better place if it weren’t for some bad past events? Walt Disney was fired as a newspaper editor. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. And Luke Skywalker’s uncle and aunt were killed.

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133. Why Do I Suffer? (Reason #3, To Glorify God? Huh?)

07 Feb, 2014

Sometimes the cause of our suffering is consequences of actions by others or us. Just think about how much suffering was caused by Hitler, or Nero, or Voldemort.

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132. Why Do I Suffer? Reason #2

23 Jan, 2014

There are a few different reasons how our suffering can turn out for good. Sometimes it’s really hard to see it, especially if our suffering involves 'health foods'.

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076. True Meaning of Christmas? So What?

25 Dec, 2013

During this Christmas time it's easy to say, "let's remember the true meaning of Christmas." It's also easy to say, "I'm going to eat three pounds of pork rinds." But some things are easier said than done.

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131. Why Do I Suffer? (Part II)

20 Dec, 2013

Do you ever wonder what the whole point of all our hardships is? Why do we have health issues? Why do we struggle financially? Why did they make Indiana Jones 4?

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130. Why Do I Suffer? (Part 1: Why is There Suffering?)

13 Dec, 2013

Life just seems to be full of suffering. There are breakups, disease, disasters and AT&T’s customer service.

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014. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 5): How Can I Make Sure I’m Not Just Worshipping God on Sundays?

06 Dec, 2013

Yeah, I'm sure you're aware of people who think Sundays are for God and worship - then the rest of the week is for non-God stuff like work, mowing the lawn, and cleaning up the dog's poop.

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013. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 4): How Can I Work on Wrong Things I Worship?

15 Nov, 2013

We all are trying to worship God but we end up worshipping other things all the time. But like a lot of things in life, things just naturally happen and we don't necessarily realize what we're doing is wrong. Like spreading the flu or having body odor,...

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012. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 3): How Can I Spot When I Replace Him with Other Stuff?

25 Oct, 2013

We were created to worship God. Unfortunately we end up worshipping other things - like money, celebrities, and in my case... pancakes.

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011. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 2): What are the Different Parts of Worship?

18 Oct, 2013

Churches use the word "worship" in a bunch of different ways which can get confusing. Heck, I get confused just telling the difference between the communion tray and the offering tray. And let me tell you, a twenty dollar tastes just as bad as you might think.

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010. How Do I Worship God More? (Part 1): How Did God Set Up The World?

11 Oct, 2013

The first thing people associate with the term worship is singing in church. If that's the case, and let's be honest here, some of people around us, their singing could hardly be called worship. It either sounds like a remote controlled airplane or an air raid siren.

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009. God’s Will (Part VIII): How Do My Callings Affect Others?

04 Oct, 2013

Again we go deeper into discerning God's Will. It's like going to a buffet with bacon. You take a few pieces and they keep on bringing more out. There's just more and more to appreciate.

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008. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part VII: How Do I Manage My Callings?

27 Sep, 2013

The last time I went over how to figure out your callings, I realized that one of my callings was to eat a pound of cheese, which I did as unto the Lord.

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007. God’s Will (Part VI): How Do I Figure Out My Callings?

20 Sep, 2013

We talked about God's Will in general in the previous devotionals. Now we need to get more specific... we need to talk about the individual. Now I know you all want to hear more about me as an individual, but being as humble as I am, we'll...

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006. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part V: When Do I Act?

13 Sep, 2013

So you got the Bible and you know it says a bunch of stuff, but how do you know when to apply it? Just cause the Bible says to evangelize, it doesn't mean we're supposed to do evangelize all the time, to everyone, including babies and puppies.

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005. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part IV: How Do I Get Help?

05 Sep, 2013

So if you don't have wisdom or understanding in something then you can seek out wisdom and understanding from others. But you can't just ask anybody. Unless that person is all knowing. Or really cute.

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300. Is Secular Music Evil?

29 Aug, 2013

The ever burning question in many Christians’ hearts is, “Can I listen to secular music?” There is something already wrong with this question. The problem that is inherent in a statement like this is separating music into Sacred and Secular, Spiritual and Non-Spiritual.I’ll start from the beginning – literally....

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004. How Do I Discern God’s Will? (Part 2) Wisdom

27 Aug, 2013

The first element of discerning God's will is God's Word, but just because you have a Bible in front of you, doesn't mean you know what to do with it. I feel the same way when someone hands me a baby.

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003. How Do I Discern God’s Will? (Part II): What are the Three Parts of God’s Will?

08 Aug, 2013

We discussed how there are three parts to God's Will. But what happens if you take one of these pieces out? What would that look like? Can we identify it in our own lives if we see it? What exactly is in a Taco Supreme? These burning questions and...

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002. How Do I Discern God’s Will? Part I: The Foundation

07 Aug, 2013

The burning question any Christian has is "How Do I Discern God's Will?" And in my case it's closely followed by the question, "Is it a sin for me to eat Spam?"

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102. How Do I Lead My Family?

21 Jul, 2013

As you can see I tried swimming in our backyard, but it didn’t work out too well, so we figured things would work out better if we got a pool for that spot.

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101. Parenting: Training Our Kids

09 Jul, 2013

First you must understand this one fact about all kids - their lot in life is to take your food that you were saving for yourself from the fridge. I don’t care how nice or Christian your kid is, they will always do this. It’s part of their sinful...

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100. Why is Life Unfair?

27 Jun, 2013

There’s some major questions we have to answer about the unfairness in life. Why is life so unfair? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why is Michael Bay allowed to keep on making movies?

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099. Thanksgiving (Part 2): How Do I Turn Complaints into Thanks?

29 May, 2013

Just this morning I was complaining how our weiner dog, Brutus (pictured above), wouldn't poop when I took him out. I was out walking around our yard and he's just sniffing around, peeing on stuff… after he already peed. "C'mon, you already peed. Time for puppy...

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098. Thanksgiving (Part 1): Yeah, Don’t Complain. Now What?

22 May, 2013

One thing that’s always never sat right with me is when people tell others to stop complaining and to be thankful because there are those who are worse off. Like, “Kids, be thankful for your green beans because there are starving kids in Africa who would love to have...

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097. I Had the Best Intentions But I Messed Up – Now What?

14 May, 2013

Have you ever made the wrong decision and things turned out badly - and now you feel guilty? But it's not necessarily from a sin you committed? But even though it wasn't a sin, you still feel kinda guilty? And I'm talking about more than...

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096. Are You Comparing Your Spiritual Usefulness to Others?

23 Apr, 2013

You might feel a little bit inadequate when you compare your spiritual usefulness to others. Maybe you feel like you're not quite as useful to God because you don't minister to hundreds of people like your pastor, or you don't bring dozens of people to Christ, or you...

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095. Why Shouldn’t We Tell People ‘Be Anything You Want to Be’?

09 Apr, 2013

A phrase we've heard since childhood is, "If you put your mind to it, you can grow up to be anything you want to be." That's why I became a cheeseburger.

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094. When Things are Going Wrong – How Can I Find Peace?

03 Apr, 2013

I haven't been able to sleep well or even go about my day without my mind racing about a certain turmoil I've been dealing with. I'm sure we all go through times like this. And some of you have multiple turmoils you're dealing with simultaneously. And...

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093. What’s the Quickest Way to Become Spiritually Useless?

18 Mar, 2013

There’s a ton of things that are awesome and you take out one element and it becomes useless? Like taking out an engine out of a Ferrari, or taking out the battery from your smartphone, or taking bacon out of a salad.

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092. What Should I Do When Someone is Guilty?

05 Mar, 2013

There's times where we jump to conclusions about someone after hearing one piece of information. Especially if they have history. So that doesn't automatically mean that those tap dancing shoes that were found are mine.

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091. How Do I Deal with Arguments When I’m Right

03 Mar, 2013

We get in arguments all the time… who's fault it was that dinner wasn't prepared. What's the best way to get to Taco Bell. What set of inoculations do you need before eating at Taco Bell. What's the fastest route from Taco Bell to the hospital.

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090. How Do We Deal with Judgmentalism?

18 Feb, 2013

People are judgmental. Look, I know it looked bad. But there is a very good reason why I was wearing that dress.

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089. Why is it that I don’t seem to sin less the more I spiritually mature?

14 Feb, 2013

I've been thinking... I'm probably the best Christian I know. Now if that sounds weird, well, it should. Deep down there's an inherent contradiction by saying that.

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088. What Do I Do About My Doubt?

12 Feb, 2013

When Peter was walking on the water, he eventually lost focus on Christ and focused on the wind and the waves, then started to sink. This is a great analogy for our own lives. Our waves are, "How am I supposed to pay off my financial debt," "How am...

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087. How Can I Maximize My Talents?

06 Feb, 2013

You know that parable of the talents? To paraphrase, a master gave one servant $5,000, another $2,000 and another $1,000 to invest while he went away. The first two guys doubled the money and the last one didn't do nothing and just handed back the money back...

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086. What Good Are My Past Mistakes?

24 Jan, 2013

There's another aspect of Romans 8:28 that I wanted to hit on. When God says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him," this also includes our own sins - our own mistakes. Like eating at Taco Bell.

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073. Resolutions (Part 4): What Prevents us from Accomplishing our Goals?

22 Jan, 2013

There's so much to getting new resolutions in place and actually moving. I wish it was easier because I have so many resolutions that are sitting around that remain unfinished. Exercise regularly, get financially organized and at least attain the grammar of a third grader.

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072. Resolutions (Part 3): What Makes a Successful Resolution?

16 Jan, 2013

New Year’s Resolutions really are goals. But not all goals are created equal. Goals need certain elements to be successful. For example there’s a big difference between the financial goals: “I want to eliminate my credit card debt this year” versus “I want to be as rich as a...

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075. What is Unexpected About Christmas?

25 Dec, 2012

There's something really unexpected in Christmas. And by unexpected I don't mean opening a present and getting cigarettes and lottery tickets.

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085. Why Did God Make Me Like This?

10 Dec, 2012

Many times we ask ourselves why God dealt us the hand we were given. Mainly because we would rather have been dealt a better hand, with more talent, better looks, or in my case, some understanding of grammar.

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084. Marriage/Dating: How Do I Make a Relationship Better?

27 Nov, 2012

Just because God picked someone out for you and you found that person doesn't mean that your relationship is automatically going to be awesome. It takes work, dedication and separate bank accounts.

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083. Marriage/Dating: What Do I Do When We Get Into a Fight?

18 Nov, 2012

Something that all couples deal with are fights. Unless you're me that uses ninja skills to sneak away.

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082. Why Did God Create Marriage / How Do We Put God First in our Marriage?

16 Nov, 2012

Marriage is so trivialized in our culture. No one really seems to value it anymore. Much like VHS tapes or John Travolta.

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081. What Do I Do When Things Are Out of My Control? (Part 2): Does God’s Control Make our Actions Useless?

12 Nov, 2012

At first glance, it might be hard to mix the concepts of God's ultimate control, our responsibility and real consequences together. Kinda like what I saw at Costco yesterday - a "great tasting vegetarian burrito". It's like someone took the three opposing concepts and combined them into...

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080. What Do I Do When Things Are Out of My Control?

29 Oct, 2012

I don't know if you've noticed by we're not the gods of universe. And contrary to what you might think, I'm not in control either. I know, hard to believe that someone so handsome and intelligent isn't in control, but I'm not.

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069. How Do I Juggle the Different Parts of Life?

10 Oct, 2012

We often think of our lives our lives like a juggler. We juggle work, family, church, soccer practice, lawn care, recreation. And hopefully you're not actually juggling being a juggler in all of that because that might get a little dorky.

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068. What Do I Do In a No-win Situation?

04 Oct, 2012

Sometimes we get placed in no-win situations. You want to go to church but know your kids will throw a fit and sin when you wake them up early. Or you can't pay for both credit card balances that month. Or it's 3 AM and you need...

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067. How Do I Love a Sinner Without Condoning the Sin?

28 Sep, 2012

Sometimes we get a little confused with being all loving and trying to be non-judgemental. As if loving someone means to be all supportive of them as they live an openly sinful lifestyle like living in rebellion or eating at Taco Bell.

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066. What Can I Do I About My Weaknesses?

20 Sep, 2012

As Christians we need to understand our weaknesses. There are certain situations arise where there is almost an uncontrollable urge to sin. Like when a James Taylor song comes on the car radio - I suddenly feel the urge to jam on the accelerator and crash my...

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065. Finding God in a Sink

14 Sep, 2012

A bit ago I was trying to replace a sink and vanity at a townhouse my wife and I were trying to sell. Oh, that’s easy you say, just buy the parts and replace the old sink and vanity with the new ones. Yes, it would be...

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062. How Can I Grow Closer to God in the Car (Part III)

10 Sep, 2012

As if things couldn't get worse on the road – now I see people texting while driving. It's bad enough when you drive while talking on the cell phone, you're still actually looking at the road. But texting? I mean you take both hands...

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061. How Can I Grow Closer to God in the Car? (Part II)

07 Sep, 2012

Since our last talk, I've been doing a lot of growing in the car. Mainly because other people keep trying to crash their cars into me.

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060. How Can I Grow Closer to God In the Car?

31 Aug, 2012

If there's one place everyday that your faith is tested, it's on the road. A car is a huge weapon and they'll give a drivers license to just about anyone – teenagers, criminals and even women.

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059. How Can We Spot Our Own Foolishness?

28 Aug, 2012

I've been talking a bit about learning from previous mistakes and the mistakes of others. The Bible has verse for us if we don't learn from our mistakes, "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly" (Prov 26:11). Or a modern version...

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058. Where Do I Start to Gain Discipline?

27 Aug, 2012

Discipline is one of those things that's hard to find. It's like that famous ancient parable, "There once was a fox and a chicken. They were both so lazy... that they died."

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057. What Can I Do About My Anger?

09 Aug, 2012

We all deal with anger. I mean how can we not when radio stations still play Nickelback songs?

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056. How Can I Please Everyone?

31 Jul, 2012

As Christians, we want to show love and make everybody happy. But guess what? You can't. Not while people are close minded to the fact that I make my dog wear pants.

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055. What Do I Do When I Can’t Forgive Someone? (Part 2)

24 Jul, 2012

Forgiveness is hard. I know. Especially when there's people out there who listen to smooth jazz.

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054. What Do I Do When I Can’t Forgive Someone? (Part 1)

11 Jul, 2012

We all have people we can't forgive. Sometimes it's for something simple like they were mean to you. Sometimes it's larger like they cheated on you. And sometimes it's massive... like creating the Star Wars Prequels.

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129. How Much Should I Tithe?

05 Jul, 2012

One question we Christians face is “How much should I tithe… and if going out to eat after church count towards that tithe?” It does, but only 50% of the check, unless your household income is over $250,000, then it's 25%.

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053. What’s One Easy Way I Can Apply My Faith in Everyday Life?

03 Jul, 2012

God wants us to pray continually. And we always seem to hit stoplights continually. Which means I tend to yell continuously.

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052. What are the Three Enemies of the Believer that Cause us to Misunderstand God’s Will? (Part 3)

21 Jun, 2012

How many times have you seen a kid give as his defense, "Well Billy did it too!" Or, when I say, "Well you're the one who didn't flush last time."

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051. What are the Three Enemies of the Believer that Cause us to Misunderstand God’s Will? (Part 2)

19 Jun, 2012

Last time I talked about our own feelings getting in the way of hearing God. But that's not all. And I'm not talking about Taco Supremes. While it might distract us, it doesn't really lead us down the wrong path. Well, actually, it probably does.

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050. What are the Three Enemies of the Believer that Cause us to Misunderstand God’s Will? (Part 1)

14 Jun, 2012

I've heard over and over from Christians, "I'm praying for God to show me His will." Uh. And? And what else are you doing? "Well, I've been praying really hard for a long time." And? "And what? Isn't that it?" It is...

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049. How Should We Live Since People Typically Focus on the Negative?

12 Jun, 2012

Wow, people complain a lot. People are so negative. No one ever remembers about all the things we do right. They focus on the one thing we do wrong. I mean, it's not like I was driving all that fast. And he shouldn't have...

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047. Why Do We Have to Label our Beliefs? Why do we have Denominations?

31 May, 2012

One thing I hear a lot of Christians saying is that they don’t want to label themselves as a particular denomination - like Baptist, Pentacostal or Republican.

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046. Does the Bible Really Say, “Ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it”?

29 May, 2012

According to this verse we can ask God for anything in His name and he'll do it. Which is awesome cause I just asked in Jesus' name that the Star Wars prequels would be wiped from reality.

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044. Family – Is it ever okay to disobey your parents?

18 May, 2012

Something we all have to deal with from one side or the other is parenting. And parents are prone to making mistakes.

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043. Pointing Fingers (Part IV): What To Do About Their Sin

15 May, 2012

We all know the sins of our friends and family. It's so easy to spot. They're impatient, irrational, they barely try to please God and they listen to a whole lot of rap.

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045. What is my Primary Ministry?

12 May, 2012

When people think of ministry they typically think of things like serving in their church’s childrens ministry, going overseas on a missions trip, or saving someone from wearing socks with sandals.

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042. Pointing Fingers (Part III): How do we make sure we’ve succeeded?

11 May, 2012

With all this finger pointing, the first thing we talked about was pride (Part 1), then taking care of our sin (Part 2). But there's another thing we need to see in ourselves.

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041. What Happens When We Point Fingers? (Part 2)

08 May, 2012

We love pointing fingers at other people's sins. In fact, we love doing it so much that there's entire industries supported by it. Just look at the tabloids at the supermarket. The more sin, the greater the headlines. It's all, "Arnold Schwarzenegger Cheats!" and not...

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040. What Happens When We Point Fingers? (Part 1)

04 May, 2012

How many times have you heard stuff like, "Billy hit me." "Oh yeah, well Billy hit me first." We love doing stuff like that, pointing fingers rather than caring about the underlying issue.

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039. Relationships: How Do We End Up Doing Satan’s Work for Him?

01 May, 2012

Even though we don’t know it, half the times in life, even in our own families, we do Satan’s work for him. More than just making our family listen to the Black Eyed Peas, getting cell phone service on AT&T or changing the channel to Full House.

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038. Relationships: How Can I Persuade Others To Change?

27 Apr, 2012

There’s one thing we need to remember about ourselves – not everyone agrees with us. Especially if you’re me when trying to convince my family that Spam, rice and ketchup is a perfectly good meal.

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037. Relationships: What Do I Do When I Have To Say Something That Might Hurt?

24 Apr, 2012

You ever have to face a situation where you might have to hurt someone’s feelings, but it’s something that you have to do? And I’m not talking about telling someone to shut up while you're trying to watch a movie in a theater. That's not right. ...

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036. Relationships: What to do When a Relationship Ends

20 Apr, 2012

One of the worst things to happen in a relationship is when it comes to an end. Either that or when your wife ask you to go along to go to shopping for clothes. Not sure which one is worse. In one case you want...

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035. Relationships: What Do I Do When Things Aren’t Going Well?

17 Apr, 2012

Have you ever gotten so sick of someone close to you that you just wanted to scream? Now I’m not talking about getting sick of your proctologist. I’m talking someone close in a different way, in a relationship way.

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034. Relationships: How Should I See Myself in Relation to Others?

12 Apr, 2012

This series has been on relationships because a lot of times we overlook the people closest to us. Kinda like how I just spent time going to store to buy bacon just to find out I had some in my pocket the whole time.

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033. Relationships: Where Do I Fit In?

10 Apr, 2012

In the last devotional I talked about the importance of finding your role in your relationships. I also talked about bacon. Now I will expand on how to understand your role. Your role in relationships. Not your role with bacon. But, that would make...

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001. Does God Want Our Happiness? (How Can I Find Happiness?)

12 Mar, 2012

There’s this one thing that I think we’ve all thought of at one point. I want to follow God, but hopefully He doesn’t call me to be a missionary in Africa, New Guinea or New Jersey.

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074. Happy Valentine’s Day: Who Should I Date?

14 Feb, 2012

One of the burning questions everyone faces is, "Who should I date?" It ranks right up there with other burning questions like, "What is my calling?" and, "Who actually listens to the Black Eyed Peas?"

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128. The Trinity: So what’s the major difference between Christians and with Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons?

06 Dec, 2011

Two Jehovah Witnesses came to my door and were gone in under two minutes because I was able to coherently show my understanding of the difference between their view and Christianity. Well, it was either that or because I smelled like feet and beef.

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127. But What If I’m Not Good at Anything?

18 Nov, 2011

I got this great question in reply to figuring one's calling, [How can you figure out your calling] “if you aren't good at anything?”

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126. When something bad happens, what’s something quick I can tell myself so I don’t freak out?

09 Sep, 2011

We of course know that God is in control, and we aren’t. And we know verses like Romans 8:28 where it says all things work together for good. But sometimes you just need a quick phrase to keep your mind on track. Something more than "Hakuna Matata." Something that’s...

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063. Growing Closer to God in the Car (Part IV): The Epic Conclusion

24 Aug, 2011

There's tons of lessons we can learn in the car that we can take into the rest of our lives. One of those things is to never attempt to eat a taco supreme while driving. It just ends in tears.

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048. What does Christ mean when He says “Ye are the Branches”?

07 Jul, 2011

Dear Conrad, I had a couple of questions. The first is, "What does Christ mean when He says "Ye are the branches"? The second is, "How can you be so good looking yet so humble?"

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123. How Do I Prepare for a Successful Relationship?

15 Jun, 2011

As soon as they started clearing out some land for the pool, I tried it out. Unfortunately the pool wasn’t quite done yet, so I didn’t have any fun – I just ended up getting covered in dirt.

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078. It’s Tax Time. How Is That a Good Thing?

18 Apr, 2011

So I'm doing my taxes right now, and I am so glad our money is going to politicians who can spend it a lot more wisely than we can. Let's take money out of the economy from where it wanted, and give it to a few hundred ex-lawyers and...

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029. I Want To Grow, Now What?

04 Apr, 2011

Growing is really hard. It's something we all want to do, but without a strategy it's like trying to win a game without understanding your team or the other team. Or asking out a girl on a date without figuring out what you're going to say, or...

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028. What is one of the biggest resources God has given us all?

30 Mar, 2011

There’s one amazing common resource that God has blessed us all with. And no, I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not me.

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120. How I Learned What a Sewer Ejection Pit Is

20 Jan, 2011

So I wake up to water in the basement. But it’s not just water, it’s the drained water from, you know, drains. Like from a sink, a washing machine and toilets.

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200. Those Sinful Sinners are Annoying

13 Sep, 2010

When we talk about "All things work together for good" (Rom 8:28) we have to realize that it also includes when people are purposely sinning against us. Not just people, even aliens, like Predator.

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079. Thanksgiving!

19 Mar, 2010

During this season of thanksgiving there's a good verse to keep in mind, "…Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord!" But what is this verse talking about? Thanks for what? How can you stand the tension? You must find out what this verse is...

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077. Why Does Jesus Hide Eggs on Easter?

17 Mar, 2010

We all know that Easter is ultimately to celebrate Christ's resurrection, thus defeating sin and death. Now most people think that the eggs represent the stone that was rolled away from the tomb.

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015. What is the Meaning of Life?

01 Jan, 2010

Despite what you might be thinking, the ultimate question in life isn’t, “How can Conrad be so good looking and humble at the same time?” but rather “What is the meaning of life?”

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200. What Do I Do About Being Judgemental?

18 Sep, 2009

Too bad criticizing people isn't one of the fruit of the spirit, cause man, if it were, I'd be like the best Christian ever. I wouldn't be just a tree with the fruit of judging, I'd be like a whole orchard of judging trees. Located in the tropics where...

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