Aaron Marcelli | January 11, 2012
In chapter 8 of my book I tell of going to lunch with a church layman who taught me about the two people you need in your life. It would be to our benefit to always have people in these roles but they will prove all the more valuable during times of personal struggle or [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 1, 2011
For the million people who I’m sure want to get a copy of my book, Repentance and Recovery, but have not gotten around to it yet, I have decided to create a December deal. In the last two years I have released a book and announced that we are planning to start a church in [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 20, 2011
The following is an excerpt from the second chapter of my book, Repentance and Recovery. I believe it further clarifies the stance I took that repentance is not required for salvation; something I wrote about here. While John did require those he baptized to confess, he did not require them to repent. I think this [...]
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 | September 27, 2011
I have received a small amount of feedback on my book. There were two instances in particular where someone wrote me to disagree with something I said in the book. I want to use this post and the next to further address these issues. The first has to do with the nature and place of [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 1, 2011
If you have read even the cover of my book you know that I went through a time of deep repentance. Repentance – meaning such a deep realization or sorrow that you take action and change your behavior. The story behind the book is that I committed a private sin that became public and tossed [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 17, 2010
A little over eight months ago my book was released. I worked on writing the manuscript for almost three years and utilized the help of two editors. The book has not hit the bestsellers list (yet) but I have enjoyed the feedback I have received. A couple local book stores have decided to carry the [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 10, 2010
The following is an old journal entry of mine from October, 2007. At the time I was meeting with a small group of men who served as my restoration team after my resignation from my ministry position. After meeting with them on October 23rd, I wrote this: I never understood what the Bible meant when [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 27, 2010
I have had some people (and by some I mean exactly two) ask me if I plan to write another book and if so what it will be about. I’m going to take the media’s approach and say that every one inquiry represents a million more, so since two million people want to know about [...]
Aaron Marcelli | August 10, 2010
I’m going to take a break from the Nehemiah, leadership posts, as fourteen in a row of those may turn away those who are not as motivated by the idea of leadership as I am. (And if you would not consider yourself a leadership-type, I would encourage you to read this post I did on [...]
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