October 20th, 2010 
alandanielson Originally posted 10-08-2009. Reposted 10-20-2010 ——————————————————————- A reader named Rolland once left the following comment on my blog: “Recently there have been a couple of occasions that no one has shown up for a meeting, with no phone call – and we have 7 families represented. Now that we’re trying to move to be more [...]
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2 Comments » September 28th, 2010 alandanielson A few days ago I was talking with a friend who has been hurt by someone who just refuses to forgive and let things go. On top of being bitter, this person is down right vindictive. Then to make matters worse, this person is active in church and claims to be a follower of Christ. [...]
Posted in Special, Spiritual Growth Tags: angry, bitter, Christ, christians, facebook, Jesus, mean, rude, spiteful, Twitter, unforgiving, vindictive 4 Comments » September 20th, 2010 alandanielson I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church (First Baptist Albuquerque, NM). My father was a Deacon and both of my parents were Sunday School teachers. Like most good Baptist children, at age 7 I walked down the isle one Sunday Morning to “ask Jesus into my heart” and was baptized. Growing up in a [...]
August 31st, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted, October 19, 2009. Reposted August 31, 2010. ——————————————————————————– A friend of mine named Joe mentioned that this topic would make a good blog post. I considered what would be the best way to treat this potentially controversial subject and opted to write a simple list of points with some concluding thoughts. 6 Reasons [...]
August 16th, 2010 alandanielson People need Christ more than they need food and shelter. They need Christ more than they need water and air. It is our responsibility and privilege to reach them. For years most of our churches have used the attractional model of evangelism. This approach creates an environment at the church building or an event and [...]
Posted in Mission, Special Tags: arby's, artist, Christ, dog, Evangelism, friend, high, homeless, hot, relational, school, share 2 Comments » August 3rd, 2010 alandanielson Today I want to tell you about Vince. Vince was a married father of three girls who sold parts at a car dealership. He became a Christian at my church in Santa Fe and his life was radically changed. It was important to Vince to play pool with his buddies on Monday nights at a [...]
January 26th, 2010 alandanielson I had the great honor of baptizing my oldest son, Taylor, last Saturday night at the NW Oklahoma City campus of LifeChurch.tv. Taylor and I have been talking about what it means to be a follower of Christ for a long time and on Christmas Eve 2009 he decided to give his entire life over [...]
December 24th, 2009 alandanielson The Christmas account recorded in Matthew is full of reminders that God is faithful. In Matthew 1:20 an angel tells Joseph not to divorce Mary. In Matthew 2:12 the Magi were warned not to return to Herod. In Matthew 2:13 the angel warns Joseph to flee with Mary and the new baby to Egypt. Then [...]
Posted in Character, Leadership, Special, Spiritual Growth Tags: birth, Christ, christmas, faithfulness, God, God's, Jesus, Matthew, of, providence, trusting, will No Comments » December 22nd, 2009 alandanielson In Matthew 1:18-25 we find the story of Joseph being faced with the problem of what seemed to be an unfaithful fiancée. The love of his life, sweet little Mary, had slept with someone and been knocked up! Like us, he probably wondered how this could happen…how could it happen to him? Then, just [...]
December 16th, 2009 alandanielson One of my favorite Christmas movies is Superman Returns. I know, you’re thinking, “That’s not a Christmas movie, Alan”. To me it’s a great Christmas movie because of all the messianic symbolism in the story. It parallels the incarnation story very well. So rent it, dust off the copy you have on your shelf or [...]
