Josh Christophersen
@joshchristoph
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Husband, father of 8, grandpa, church planter, pastor/elder at @bellicosechurch in KC. Currently planting Christ Church in Raytown, MO.
Kansas City, MO
Joined December 2010
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"Think of culture as a coastline hit by a century of tsunamis: feminism, the sexual revolution, no-fault divorce, birth control, abortion, high-speed internet, smartphones, and social media. Each wave crashes in and then drags everything back out to sea, reshaping the landscape.
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Good stuff.
Great stuff from @NickJFreitas on understanding and reaching young men. The church needs to get this.
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She nails it. For a Christian, therapy/professional counseling is NEVER necessary. I'm not saying it's never helpful. I'm saying that it's never necessary.
Therapy has replaced religion in the West... But more specifically, I would say that it has replaced confession and repentance found in historic Christianity. Instead of confessing to priest, who then gives you practical and spiritual guidance to make positive changes in your
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New age verification rule causes Pornhub to shut down access in Missouri https://t.co/BB8dJtW8hT
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“Advice to the young: You don’t have to listen to anybody. You can learn everything from your own personal experience. Of course, you will be at least 50 years old by the time you know what you need to know at 25.” — Thomas Sowell
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Most things worth doing are worth doing weekly. How would your life benefit from doing something 52 times a year (once a week)? How about 104 times a year (twice a week)? Think of the difference that little tweak would make this next year.
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Every distraction is costly. Every distraction is expensive. Just because something's free doesn't mean it's not expensive.
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This is really good: Things That Aren't Doing The Thing https://t.co/g04iZ4hRLz
strangestloop.io
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"We can act ourselves into a new way of feeling much quicker than we can feel ourselves into a new way of acting.” - Eugene Peterson
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"Religion in our time has been captured by the tourist mindset. Religion is understood as a visit to an attractive site to be made when we have adequate leisure.” - Eugene Peterson
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James 1:2 talks about letting endurance or steadfastness have its full effect "so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing." Underdevelopment in endurance or steadfastness is immature.
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Psalm 119:4 says that "you have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently." Diligently means with steady, earnest effort. Flaky, immature inconsistency is disobedience to God's command.
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Children consume. Young adults contribute. Parents create. Maturity moves from consuming to contributing to creating.
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Low bar out there. It's easier than ever for your kids to stand out.
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More Americans than ever attend nondenominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity. - CBS News
cbsnews.com
In 1972, fewer than 3% of Americans identified as nondenominational Christians. Now, it's up to 14%, or nearly 40 million people.
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Report: Number of babies killed annually during IVF is now more than those lost to abortion https://t.co/xEtoRRCLEQ
notthebee.com
On Sunday, Live Action reported a study from April that you might have missed:
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"The church is weak because of poor preaching, and poor preaching produces poorer preaching… and poor preaching is ever and always linked to meager thoughts of God and to unholy living in one respect or another." @B_A_Purtle
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Churches don’t drift into mission. We can’t be passive or apathetic when it comes to being on mission to lost people. We can’t just hope our churches grow. We can never turn off mission and intentionality. We reap what we sow.
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