It all began with one little girl and one man in 1948. Bob Pierce was a missionary in China preaching to some children and one little girl, White Jade, became a Christian, went home, and told her family. She was beaten and thrown out by them so she came to Bob and a school director [...]
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Imagine two churches. The Church of God’s Blessings looks like what it’s name suggests. It’s been blessed to grow in a new suburban development. The staff has boomed along with the membership. Thanks to a recent campaign, they have a new building with pipe organ, sound system, video equipment. It’s all top notch. And of course, [...]
Continue reading about Is there a Hole in the Church?- The Hole in the Gospel
Are there ever things you know you should read, but you don’t feel like being discouraged by the news?
It’s been a while since I did a post in the series on the book “Hole in the Gospel”, but I thought I’d pick it back up. I’ll admit that it was a little hard to get [...]
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Stearns doesn’t mince words.
That’s kind of a nice thing because it makes it easy to figure out what he’s saying. There is very little ambiguity in his book. And that makes for some wonderful quotes and ideas that I’ll try to communicate to others, but it also means there are some zingers in here that [...]
Continue reading about Should Good Trees Bear Good Fruit?- The Hole in the Gospel
In the first part of his book, Stearns seeks to make us understand that the hole in the Gospel is a problem for all people, including himself.
He actually spends quite a bit of timing telling his story, how he became a Christian, about his absolute commitment to putting Christ first and money and other things [...]
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Does your Gospel have a hole in it?
Does this book have a hole in it’s treatment of a possible hole?
For the next few weeks I want to do a series discussing the book, “Hole in the Gospel”. The book was written by Richard Stearn, president of World Vision. They are an incredible organization and my [...]
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