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Devotion: Jesus Lived it Right

Posted by Matt Hoehner | Aug 30, 2011 | Devotions, Free Resources

Genesis 3:1-21; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 In one of his first hit songs Why Georgia, John Mayer asks the question: “Am I living it right?” In the song, he is driving up 85 in the kind morning that last all afternoon just stuck inside the gloom Four more exits to my apartment but I am tempted to keep the car in drive and leave it all behind Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in the gloom…a cloud of frustrations and sufferings? Do you ever wonder if you’re living it right? How did we get to the point where...

Media Review: Monsters of Folk

Posted by Bob Hiller | Aug 30, 2011 | Pop Culture, Youth & Culture

In the book of Acts when St. Paul engages with the philosophers on Mars Hill, he demonstrates a working knowledge of their philosophies by quoting their poets to them (Acts 17:28). If we are going to talk with our friends and neighbors about the Good News of Jesus’ death and resurrection we are going to need to be aware of their philosophies of life. That is to say, we must be prepared to deal with their view of God, sin, the world, what’s right vs. what’s wrong, and so on. In order to be conversant with our neighbors, much...