When it comes to overseas missions, we all like to talk about a “calling.” We often make it seem mystical and mysterious, almost impossible to attain. It keeps us up at night and is constantly on our minds. We worry if we don’t have it, or if it doesn’t compare to someone ...
We often talk about the "western church". We are not talking about the church that John Wayne attended. We are talking about the body of Christ that exists in the western part of the world today. We are generally contrasting that to what we call a book of Acts church which is the body ...
There is a tension that rests within each of us. It’s a war of priorities, ever ravaging our minds and our souls. It pursues us, and at times consumes us. The tension comes from competing values. We simultaneously espouse both God’s Kingdom and our own. We are a people dominated by ...
We all have those moments when someone speaks a word about how the Gospel of Christ has been wrecking their life and it ends up piercing our own hearts as we listen. It is one of the beautiful aspects of community; we learn more of God’s character from each other than we do if we live in ...
Have you ever been utterly amazed by what your mind does and can do? I had a friend in high school that could multiply 3 numbers by 3 other numbers and give you the answer without using a calculator. I remember being amazed by his mind. I am amazed at my mind too, but for a ...
For all of us on the journey with Christ, there is a tension that dominates our lives. We live in the “already but not yet,” seeing some of the glories of the Kingdom of God while walking in a sin-soaked world. We have tasted of the heavenly, yet are surrounded by the worldly. Our ...
