Chris Martin's Blog, page 54

Pictures Have a Voice (Re-blog)

This is a re-blog of a post on the One7 Ministries blog. Pictures can be a very powerful thing. They are inanimate objects, therefore unable to talk or speak aloud. However, their silent voices can move people in ways that sometimes spoken words are unable to. Click here for rest of post.   Make sure […]

Dear America

This is the hardest letter I’ve ever written. I hate to address this to such a broad audience, but it’s the only way I can possibly get my point across. As we all know, Thanksgiving is coming up, which means Christmas is right around the corner as well. I beg you to appreciate what you […]

What Are We Desperate For?

I won’t lie. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the entire year. And it’s not because I’m thankful. It’s all about the food. I start looking forward to the Thanksgiving meal the day after Thanksgiving. I mean, come on. Turkey. Mashed potatoes. Stuffing. Pumpkin pie. Gravy. Okay, I need to stop and wipe up the […]

Can You Help?

I have to admit, I really don’t like asking for things. It has nothing to do with pride or embarrassment at all. I know how hard life is and the struggles people go through, so I’m not always comfortable asking others for help. But wait, let me back up a little. Three years ago, God […]

A Dad Moment

I was thinking about my Dad this morning. He passed away suddenly and very unexpectedly in October of 2008. Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a time I think about him, and it doesn’t hurt. That was one of the darkest times in my entire life. I was blessed to have a father […]

I Was There (Re-post)

I’ve gained quite a few more followers since I first posted this, so I wanted to share it again. It’s one of my personal favorites. I Was There You don’t know me, and my name is not important. I was never mentioned in the story that millions, if not billions have most likely read by […]

Why You Shouldn’t Follow Jesus

Sacrifice isn’t easy. In fact, the very thought of it completely rebels against everything inside of our DNA. We were born into this world with one purpose. To get what we can for ourselves. That is, after all, the American dream. Graduate high school and go to college. Leave the university of higher learning and […]

What Do You Stand For?

I guess this post will be sorta-kinda like a follow up to my earlier post, “What’s in a Name?”. I feel like people know and label Christians not so much for what they stand for, but what they stand against, or protest against. That’s not how I want to be remembered. This topic reminds me […]

Soccer Time!

Reblogged from One7Blog: Wow, what a weekend. We entered five of our One7 teams into the Charlotte United Under Armour Cup. Five teams, twenty games. It's stressful and chaotic enough when we have one team in a tournament, much less five. Paperwork, player cards, socks, balls, and whatever else were finally secured at some point […]

What’s in a Name?

Let’s be completely honest with ourselves right now. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word Christian? For me, several words surface into my thought process. Hypocritical. Judgmental. Self-righteous. Whoa, wait a minute. That doesn’t sound very nice at all. I am a Christian. I believe 100% that God […]