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What if Caitlyn Jenner Came to My Church? | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. The Most Pivotal Issue Facing My United Methodist Church. Getting New Church Members Is Like Dating →. June 3, 2015 · 12:43 pm. What if Caitlyn Jenner Came to My Church? Most all of us did a major double take at the cover of the latest. How would we guide their social interactions and confront bullying? And now with the full public emergence of Caitlyn Jenner, these topics will only get more airtime. Other Christian thinkers have turned to Genesis 1...

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Minor Disclaimers | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. The ideas expressed on this site are strictly my personal thoughts and reflections and are not written on behalf or necessarily representative of Trinity United Methodist Church. Whom I serve as pastor. Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture is taken from the HOLY BIBLE, THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog and receive word of my new posts in your e-mail inbox. Join 2,230 other followers. Ray's Blog Page.

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Not Necessarily Religious | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. Some of you reading this blog may find yourselves uncomfortable. After all, this seems to be a religious blog, and you may not necessarily be religious. You might even think that in some underhanded way I’m trying to push religion on you in the vain hope of converting you to my religion. Well, let not your heart be troubled. For one thing, I hate the word “religion”, and frankly speaking, I. Define myself as religious, or worse yet,. Enter your emai...

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The Most Pivotal Issue Facing My United Methodist Church | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. Three Inner Keys to Growth: A New Ancient Idea. What if Caitlyn Jenner Came to My Church? May 26, 2015 · 10:18 pm. The Most Pivotal Issue Facing My United Methodist Church. What is the most pressing issue facing the church these days? I say it’s all of the above and at the same time. None of the above. Issues in our collective scope, we’ve missed the point and missed it badly. This week the Baltimore-Washington Conference will be electing delegates ...

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Three Inner Keys to Growth: A New Ancient Idea | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. Robin, You Are Never Alone. The Most Pivotal Issue Facing My United Methodist Church →. August 20, 2014 · 2:01 pm. Three Inner Keys to Growth: A New Ancient Idea. And yet Jesus could help people understand these in very earthy, rugged ways with a story. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that somebody hid in a field, which someone else found and covered up. Full of joy, the finder sold everything and bought that field. Matthew 13:44. If you no...

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Another Look at John 14:6– What Does Jesus Really Mean? | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. The Difference between Jesus and Christianity. Smashing Our Jesus Idols →. January 19, 2010 · 12:19 pm. Another Look at John 14:6– What Does Jesus Really Mean? In my last post. In response to Thomas’ question,. 8220;Lord we don’t know where you are going so how can we know the way,”. Jesus responded by saying,. 8220;I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”. Jesus was primarily addressing his disciples.

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Robin, You Are Never Alone | Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. A Scriptural Way through the LGBT Debate. Three Inner Keys to Growth: A New Ancient Idea →. August 12, 2014 · 3:23 pm. Robin, You Are Never Alone. Strangely enough, I feel like I did. How? It’s not that I knew him as a whole person. Of course not. But somewhere inside me, I knew how he died, even before reading about it. It was depression-related suicide. I knew it because I’ve been there before, far too close to the edge. Happy Days, Mork and Mindy.

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Pastor Chris Owens - - Musings, Rants, and Reflections | My thoughts on following Jesus in the here and now | Page 2

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Pastor Chris Owens – – Musings, Rants, and Reflections. Newer posts →. May 15, 2016 · 10:06 pm. A Scriptural Way through the LGBTQI Debate. Most everyone would agree that we are locked in an irreconcilable debate between two disparate points of view. To state these views concisely:. Yet there’s an irony to all of this. Both sides read the same Bible and hold to its authority as the inspired Word of God. And both sides believe in an inclusive, loving church! Now– let me stop right here because I can...