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Jeremy Jernigan

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"How Should I Introduce You?"

I get this question a lot now. It used to be such an easy answer.

After spending more than two decades in full-time church ministry I've spent the last few years charting a new course. Maybe you can relate? Previously, I served as a Lead Pastor of a megachurch and worked to get a Master's degree in theology.

Currently, I guest preach at churches and I teach classes as an adjunct professor at a Christian university. Most of my professional training and experience is in the 'institutional church' environment. For the majority of my career I've been called Pastor.

But I've felt more and more uneasy with the dominant culture around Christianity these days, especially in America. How do we learn to ask better questions ...more

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I Hope You Get What You Deserve

Somewhere along the way, Christians started singing, preaching, and declaring a mantra that sounds pious on the surface but is actually deeply destructive: “We don’t deserve God’s love.” I hear it regularly in worship services. But let’s pause and ask the obvious question:

Why don't we deserve God’s love?

If we’re made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), then baked into our very existence is worth,

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Average rating: 4.04 · 45 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Redeeming Pleasure: How the Pursuit of Pleasure Mirrors Our Hunger for God 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crowdsourcing The Message by Jeremy Jernigan (Goodreads Author), Joe Grana (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds

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“We are not the masters of our own destinies. We are called to plan and strategize, to work and live active lives, to attempt things that are beyond us and tackle challenges that stretch us to the limit. Yet the outcome of our efforts, even our ability to exert ourselves, is always in God’s hands.”
― Carolyn Custis James, The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules

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“First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top priority is to discover what the Bible reveals about God.”
― Carolyn Custis James, The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules

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