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A few weeks ago at Catalyst, Craig Groeschel of lifechurch.tv gave a talk entitled Practical Atheist that is still on my mind and it has truly disturbed me in a good way (which was his prayer as he started his talk).  Here are some highlights that have rocked my world a bit… 

• My prayer for you… that God will disturb you so much that you can’t sleep, that you are so hungry to seek the heart of God, that you repent for everything unclean in your life.
• A practical atheist is one who believes in God but behaves as though he does not.
• As pastors, sometimes we believe God exists but we do ministry as though he does not.
• I was a full-time pastor and part-time follower of Christ.
• We believe that our private life doesn’t affect our public life.
• In the story of Samson, when it says that he did not know that the Lord had left him… That phrase freaks me out.
• I think there is way too much starting with the culture and finding what the Bible says, rather than asking what does the Bible say and applying it to the culture.
• At times I’ve asked, “What can I preach to bring people in rather than what can I preach that will bring glory to God?”
• Isaiah 29:13-14 - we honor Him with our mouth but our hearts are far from him