http://www.gregstier.org Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:18:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was in 3rd grade at Brown Elementary School in North Denver I got in trouble for doing something very weird as I walked down the hallway between classes. I was shuffling along with my eyes turned downward, riveted on the white tile floors beneath my feet. Both of ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/flipping-off-the-devil In case you haven't heard Mark Sanford, the Republican governor of South Carolina, was caught by his wife in an adulterous affair with a woman from Argentina. To be honest, it makes me cringe when I hear his qualifying explanations and wierd apologies. It is obvious that he is still ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/when-good-christians-go-bad We believe God is initiating a movement among teenagers to mobilize teenagers on all of the 67,000 high school and middle school campuses in America . We are seeking to inspire and equip these teenagers to relationally and relentlessly reach their friends with the gospel. Dare 2 Share will be ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/will-you-join-the-cause “If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." Charles Spurgeon http://www.gregstier.org/rants/if-sinners-be-damned I love my little girl Kailey. She is four years old and has got her daddy whipped. When she crosses her eyes and wiggles her eyebrows up and down she makes me roar with laughter. She calls me "Gregory" when she wants to irritate and amuse me at the same ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/a-bucket-of-toys I've never celebrated Father's Day with my own biological father. I never knew him or met him. I guess he died eight years or so after I was conceived. As a matter of fact I didn't even know that my brother and I had different biological dads until I was ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/fathers-day-everyday First, let me give a quick update to my goal for the month of May with Josh. I wanted to give him the College Daze article we featured in the May Mission Mobilize email. However, due to some of my crazy travels and personal calendar I have not been at ... http://www.gregstier.org/map/my-june-map I remember hearing the story of the famous evangelist D.L. Moody at a revival. The man who was closing the service in prayer was going on and on, showing off his supplication skills in front of the large crowd. After several minutes of waxing eloquent D.L. Moody approached the pulpit ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/short-prayers-with-a-punch As I read through Bible I am always secretly impressed at how often and in how many ways the kingdom of God is mentioned or eluded to in some way. I get the sense as I read about it over and over throughout the pages of God's Word that I ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/gods-underestimated-kingdom I feel like one of the luckiest men on earth ("on earth...on earth...") to work with a ministry like Dare 2 Share. Sometimes I pinch myself. Mobilizing teenagers across the United States to relationally and relentlessly share the good news of Jesus is truly an awe-inspiring privilege. I get spoiled ... http://www.gregstier.org/rants/things-are-changing-at-dare-2-share