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You (Yes, You) Should Pray For Justin Bieber

You (yes, you) should pray for Justin Bieber. And no, not because he said a few four-letter words on his new “Freedom.” EP. Actually, quite the opposite. Justin’s latest six-song offering, released on Easter Sunday, is another iteration of the Bieber brand of tasteful pop that’ll find you rolling the windows down to bop on…

Reflections On a Year of Grace

By: Nate Lake June 17, 2021June 18, 2021

Uncategorizedchristian living, Christianity, God, Gospel, grace, Grace Church, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Kansas City, KC, life, ministry, spirituality, Truth3 Comments

On Tuesday I teared up on a zip line. While I’m not the type hesitant to shed a tear, I think that’s a first for me. And before you draw conclusions, no, it wasn’t because I was deathly afraid of the zip line. Tuesday marked one year since I started at Grace Church. I found…

We Must Not Be Silent: Why the Only Gospel is a Social One

By: Nate Lake May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

UncategorizedAhmaud Arbery, black lives matter, Breonna Taylor, Christianity, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Minneapolis, police brutality, police violence, racism, social action, social activism, social gospel, Social Issues, social justice2 Comments

Originally posted on NATE LAKE:
A few days ago, in the midst of this past week’s series of tragedies that included the horrific deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five members of the Dallas Police Department, Christian leader John MacArthur appeared in a video titled “Racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement.” The video was posted…

White Christians: Time to Get Woke

By: Nate Lake May 9, 2020

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Originally posted on NATE LAKE:
I should start by giving a disclaimer. I don’t claim to be completely “woke.” In fact, I’m probably far from woke. I’m trying to get woke, hence the title. I simply want other people like myself to try, simply attempt to get woke with me. I am as white as it gets. Nearly…

The Dangerous Devil of our Days

By: Nate Lake May 2, 2020May 2, 2020

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Today I was on Twitter, as I am most days (okay, every day). I follow a fairly prominent news reporter in Denver who I believe does a very good job of unbiased (loaded word alert!) distribution of information to the public for the benefit of the public, which is what is – as I understand…

Death is Still Dead.

By: Nate Lake April 13, 2020

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I love Easter Sunday. Every Easter, I attend church with my family and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. There’s no shortage of singing or dancing (although there may be more or less of the latter depending on the denomination you may or may not associate with… Alright, bad joke). The point…

Why Life Begins at the Death of Normal

Death is a subject many people don’t like to discuss. It’s eerie. It’s scary. It’s just painful. Right now, it’s all too real. We’re staring death in the face, and death is staring back. Then, death is going a step further by robbing us of people we love. People who were healthy and flourishing just…

Go Home, John MacArthur…and Let Beth Moore Do Kingdom Work in Peace

While playing a word association “game” on stage at the Truth Matters Conference this week, John MacArthur and a group of his contemporaries were presented with the prompt “Beth Moore” to respond to. While the entire activity was incredibly short-sighted and immature to begin with, the true character of MacArthur and his fellow “men” was…

Still & Steady Targets

By: Nate Lake September 28, 2019

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“It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.” — Exodus 31:17 Rest and Sabbath can be difficult and confusing concepts in this “hustle” culture. My job hardly allows me time to…

YOU MATTER: In memory of Jarrid Wilson

Last night I was scrolling through Twitter, pretty mindlessly as usual. But then I saw a tweet that didn’t seem real. I did a double-take as my heart dropped out of my chest. Jarrid Wilson, a well-known pastor and mental health advocate, had passed away. The first tweet I thought didn’t say it explicitly, but…