My Best Friend Needed God

He was my best friend in the whole world. I wanted him to go to heaven and I wanted to spend eternity with him. by Jarrod Stichter, as told to Chris Lutes  I  punched Rick. He punched me. We ended up in detention together. As we walked out of detention, we got to talking about how stupid our fight had been. Before we knew it, we were best friends. After that, we only fought for fun, like when we watched pro wrestling together. That was way back in fifth grade. Then something happened in middle school that totally turned my life around. A guy from school named Dave kept bugging me to come to his church youth group. For three months, he nagged me and nagged me. I finally said, "Dave, I'll go once, if it will shut you up!"To make a long story short, I went, met a lot of cool...

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Should Christians Sing Love Songs?

from Tell Me about It Chris Lutes    I find myself very turned off by Plus One. I know they claim to be Christians, and I'm not questioning their relationship with God. But I do have to question their love songs. I think it's fine for Christian bands to sing about the love that God has given them, but it bothers me when they sing about romantic love. What do you think? —LaDonna I'm glad you wrote because I think a lot of people are confused when Christian artists sing songs about guy-girl relationships. And Plus One certainly isn't the only group with romance on its mind. Remember "Kiss Me"? Around a couple years ago this simple...

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