I loved this devotion. Yancey really pushed in a place that we don’t often think about.
He talks about the time he’s spent with Christians in places where there’s intense persecution. He’s spoken with house church leaders in China and pastors in Myanmar. These are countries where leaders spend time in prison, and oftentimes those sentences [...]
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This is one of those videos that just makes you sit back, reflect, and pray. I hope it follows up nicely on what I said yesterday. Rather than write more, I encourage you to click and do exactly what these people are doing, say that simple prayer, “blessed be the name of the Lord,” whether [...]
Eight years ago- wow, that seems so long ago. In my own life I’ve gotten married, had two children, moved five times, and so much more has also past. At the same time, that day seems so near and so fresh in my memory as I’m sure it does for most of you.
Here’s a video [...]
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I don’t know about you, but this book has been a challenge for me. A great challenge, but a challenge nonetheless.
In each chapter Lee and Mark shared the story of how they took a chance and shared the Gospel message with someone. Sometimes they saw incredible results and sometimes the outcome was still up in [...]
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Two things that North! Or Be Eaten has made me long for:
Book 3 to be published soon!
My son to be a few years older so that I can read these stories to him chapter by chapter at bedtime!
The only drawback of the book? Not enough [...]
Maybe the title is too bold. We’ll probably never find a reform everyone will like. But I found something that I thought sounded great when I read through a bill and it’s summary being proposed by Sen. Coburn of Oklahoma. He also happens to be a doctor which I think gives him a unique view [...]
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This is part of the whole evangelism/faith-sharing process that’s a little more difficult to deal with. Most of the chapters involve what we’re supposed to do- be prepared with answers to hard questions, prepare ourselves, live authentic lives, pray, etc, etc.
In this chapter, Mark Mittelberg talks about the unseen that’s also going on, the stuff [...]
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So that wasn’t actually the title for the story I recently read, but I liked it better than, “The Big Oops”. It was a good and insightful story though, whatever the title.
Lee Stroebel had just finished up a conference on apologetics and was all pumped up. He and Mark walked over to a restaurant to [...]
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Ok, so this video doesn’t pull any punches and is a little edgy, but there’s a lot of truth in it too.
We all know people who have been or are living together. Maybe it’s been part of your own life. How do you think this video communicates? I think it gets to a lot of the [...]
Continue reading about Forwards That Make You Go, “Huh”- Cohabitation Ceremony
I haven’t talked about it yet on our blog, but my family & I will be changing directions in our lives in the coming months. We’ve accepted a new position through Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Palatine, IL to plant a brand new church in the Lake in the Hills area. While we love [...]
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