Chapter 8: The Outreach (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 8: The Outreach: That episode in college made me realize something: casual Christianity causes casualties.  When we are casual about our Christianity, when we are apathetic about others’ spiritual stages, that indifference causes casualties.  If you are going to believe the Bible and hold that there is no way to …

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Chapter 7: The Church Hop (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 7: The Church Hop: Do not fall into the temptation of becoming a spiritual couch potato.  If you have ever uttered the words concerning church, “I just didn’t get that much out of it,” you have totally missed the point.  As a part of the church, you are meant to …

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Chapter 6: The Party Scene (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 6: The Party Scene: One of the most debated issues in Christianity concerning freedom is that of social drinking.  Denominations differ.  Backgrounds divide.  Experiences direct.  When most pastors communicate to students concerning the sins to abstain from in America, the list normally starts with premarital sex, drinking, and smoking.  These …

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Chapter 5: The Purity (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 5: The Purity: The goal is not to see how close you can get to sin.  The goal is to be holy because God is holy (1 Pet. 1:16).  We don’t want to get near sin;  we should yearn to flee from it.  The problem is that many people have …

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Chapter 4: The Date (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 4: The Date: The number one danger for college students dating lies in the practice of settling.  It normally falls out like so: A young lady attended a True Love Waits rally when she was sixteen, and during that weekend, she wrote down the characteristics of the man that she …

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Chapter 3: The Entourage (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 3: The Entourage: This natural progression happens on every college campus in the country.  A freshman arrives at college with great anticipations of living for Jesus.  This freshman had a high school graduation service at her church where she received a Bible, a devotional book for graduates, and was featured …

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Chapter 2: The Worldview (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 2: The Worldview: If you attend a secular university, you will be labeled as a backwards hick if you claim to believe the message of the Bible.  Compared to the state of the church around the world, the university campus should not be classified as full-scale persecution, but most campuses …

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It’s Here!

I received the first copy today! Woo hoo!  I’m going to take a nap after ordering some. We might have them here next Sunday! Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement during this process! UPDATED (05.08.09 3:16PM) Find some errors on the publishers end in the interior of the book.  Doh!  Going to see …

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Maximum Impact

9:04 AM TravisAgnew – Will be live blogging for most of today at John Maxwell’s Maximum Impact Simulcast here at North Side. 9:09 AM TravisAgnew – Linda Kaplan Thaler is now up: The Kaplan Thaler Group is an advertising agency based in New York, NY. It was founded by Linda Kaplan Thaler, who serves as …

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Freshman 15 Submitted to Publishers

Today, I submitted Freshman 15 to the publishers.  I will hopefully get a copy of the book in approximately a week.  After that, unless there is some major issue with it, it will be available for printing! It was such a huge relief to click “submit” today.  This project has been a part of me …

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