by Aaron Klein | Mar 30, 2012 | authentic christianity, bible literacy, READ
[serialposts]Read 1 John 3:11-24 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Talk is cheap. You’ve heard it a thousand times, yet it seemingly is so hard to grasp. What I learned as a communication arts student in college is something that I’ve seen reinforced in my ministry over and...
by Aaron Klein | Mar 19, 2012 | authentic christianity, bible literacy, READ
[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:1-6 (ESV, NIV, The Message). One of the things I’ve noticed since moving to Florida has been the sheer number of TV commercials for lawyers. I know that they run them everywhere, but it seriously seems like I’m hearing things...
by Aaron Klein | Mar 10, 2012 | authentic christianity, READ
A few years ago I was sitting on the couch with my wife Nicole. We were watching TV, and I have to say that it just looked so blurry to me. Now it wasn’t that this was the first time it had looked that way…I knew that one of my eyes was better than the...
by Aaron Klein | Jan 11, 2012 | engaged in culture
I read an article in USA Today that talked about the rise of the ‘So Whats.’ What’s that? It’s people who do not claim to be a people of faith or staunch atheists; instead, they are a growing group who say, “So what?” As one person interviewed said, “(Growing up) I...
by Aaron Klein | Nov 28, 2011 | authentic christianity, spiritual practice
Coming from a church that followed a liturgical calendar, Advent was always a focal point of the year. The Advent wreath was lit each Sunday for the 4 weeks before Christmas Eve/Day with kids and families doing a reading and lighting candles. Our message series always...