To live faithfully in your community, you must ask yourself if you’re willing to truly be a neighbor. Are you willing to live out of a posture of generous hospitality? Being a neighbor is something entirely different from merely having …
Oddly enough, there is no Hebrew word in the Old Testament text that corresponds exactly to our word, religion. Of course, there are a number of other words and concepts that certainly illustrate what we mean. Those words, especially within …
In 1988 the world watched as the first Jamaican bobsled team competed in the Winter Olympics. Yes, that Jamaica, the tropical Caribbean island where temperatures never drop below freezing. In 1993, Disney turned the story into a movie, Cool Runnings. …
I’m constantly amazed at the reasons people give for not having important conversations. They hold back for fear they’ll be misunderstood or because they think they don’t know enough to share about Jesus. This is pride in disguise. If you …
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I have a confession. I’m an introvert, and at times, being around other people drains me. This is especially true when I’m in social settings for extended periods with people I don’t know well. I’m pretty good at hiding it …
Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. The bible is an epic story spanning thousands of years. It is earthy and human, written by kings and shepherds, prophets and fishermen, it is also …
I hope that you’re doing well, that your heart is resting in the love of our Father in each step, that rest comes easily, and that food is satisfying. The simple things in life seem to be the basis from …
The calendar doesn’t lie. Easter is slowly creeping up on us and it is time once again for stores to pull out all the stops: Easter rabbits, chocolate eggs, lilies and all manner of unnecessary paraphanelia to help distract people …
The Bible isn’t a secret code book, but a treasure-store for everyone of universal truth that never changes. Right research can help you find and correctly understand this valuable truth. How we study the Scriptures is comparable to the process …
The last time we saw Charlie, he was working at the Greater Manila Food Terminal sorting eggs. He was one of my favorite guys among the early converts at the university in Los Banos in the Philippines. There was a …