Aaron Marcelli | December 21, 2011
During this time of year I’m sure you’ve read or heard Christians use the phrase “reason for the season.” This ‘it rhymes so it must be true’ line is usually meant to be a statement against all those people Christians feel threatened by who are supposedly trying to take Christ out of Christmas. In reading [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 14, 2011
Let me ask you a second question: What did you feel when you read my first question? I’m going to guess that most likely you felt some form of guilt. As soon as you read that question you wanted to lower your head and something to the form of, “not as good as it should [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 8, 2011
Believe me, friends, all I want for Israel is what’s best for Israel: salvation, nothing less. Romans 10:1 The Message I read the verse above and was hit by its practical message. Salvation is what’s best for people! It sounded so simple but I could not believe I had not heard or thought of [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 16, 2011
I once had lunch with a man from the Georgia Baptist Convention who wanted to meet with me. I had just lost my job on staff at a GBC church and this man wanted to make sure I was dealing well with my unfavorable circumstances. We talked about sin, discouragement, financial troubles, depression, guilt, stress, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 4, 2011
The second piece of disagreeing feedback I received from someone who read my book was over my usage of 1 John 1:9. This popularly quoted verse says that if we confess our sins God is faithful to forgive them. At one point in my book I stated the context of that verse is that it [...]
Aaron Marcelli | August 30, 2011
Last week I introduced a video clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in which he shows Fox News reporters and guests blaming America’s poor for our economic problems. I got comments, emails, and tweets about the post, most of which were surprisingly approving of the clip and my comments about it. However, I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | August 15, 2011
About a week ago I joined in my church’s staff prayer meeting. The team circled up on the auditorium platform and took turns praying over the weekend’s services. The popcorn prayer time included several staff members asking for God’s presence and blessings on the services among other requests. And then our pastor broke in and [...]
Aaron Marcelli | July 15, 2011
Nearly five months after the book was released I finally ordered my copy of the much debated Love Wins by Rob Bell. Before it was even released there were tons of online reviews and accusations going on about both the book and the author, including several well known pastors writing Bell off for stances they [...]
Aaron Marcelli | May 27, 2011
There are two quotes from Rick Warren that I am working through as of late and learning to practice in my life. “Leaders absorb pain.” “You will never have to forgive another person of as much as Christ forgave you.”
Aaron Marcelli | May 12, 2011
The following is guest post from Mike Stiner. I connected with Mike over twitter and got to spend some time with him at a ministry conference last year. You can visit Mike’s blog by clicking this link or follow him on twitter at @MikeStiner. Psalm 121:1-4 “I lift my eyes to the hills – where [...]
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