Nathan Elms

Author of Influence: Leading Like Jesus. Lead pastor at First Church Charlotte. Retired business guy. Compulsive student.

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"We are always dragging our past along with us. We carry within us the luggage of a thousand yesterdays." F W Boreham

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Religion is an endless checklist of boxes to tick.
The gospel is a warm embrace that lifts us up from where we've fallen. The gospel is God whispering to our hearts, "You are my beloved child. Rest in me."

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The World (As I See It) https://t.co/KLKDKrGC55

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"Jesus didn't come to make bad people good but to make dead people alive." - Lee Strobel

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"The gospel is not a religious message to be obeyed, but the work of Christ to be received." - Tim Keller

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"Religion says do, Jesus says done." - Max Lucado
Great quote, but most religious people get suspicious here, thinking we are saying that people don't need to make changes. That's wrong. People don't have the power to change. People need God.

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Religion is a fraying rope we try to climb. The gospel is God's strong arm, catching us when we fall, lifting us home.

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"Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say." -Haidt.

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A church trapped in politics does not sing psalms but propaganda.

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A sliced and diced gospel, partitioned by human divisions, distorts the seamless work of the Cross.

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When we confine the gospel to tribes of our own making, its power seeps away.

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Any fair reading of the gospels teaches that the gospel glories in breaking barriers, not fortifying them.

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Finding Grace in the Grey Spaces https://t.co/m2FSfvbpKj

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What Exactly Are You Saying? https://t.co/4PN82ZCDft

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The Roots of Anger in a Troubled Child https://t.co/lbN2C6wtnt

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Great article by one of my staff pastors at FCC,

Finding Forgiveness in a Mustard Seed https://t.co/0xST6gIibz

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Modern parenting often involves guilt and worry about the excesses of entertainment and privilege. Are we ruining our kids by caring too much about their happiness? Furthermore, our style of parenting itself has changed...

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The Five Acknowledgements of Seeking Divine Favor https://t.co/hhLeN7vUDk

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Chores … aka Saving Our Kids From the Easy Gratification of Digital Media https://t.co/MovEtWmCFC

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I'm Sorry I'm Blessed? https://t.co/dDSiMbet5O via @njelms