By Dr. Scott Rodin* I have always found it rather unnerving to read these two texts side by side. The contrast could not be sharper. A certain ruler asked Jesus, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good except God alone. You know …
God’s generosity: A reason to know we can trust him*
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth … but not just for himself. God entrusted his glorious creation to the care of the human beings he had created in his image and for his glory. We know that the whole of creation declares the glory of God (Psalm 19:1). But it also …
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Knowing Your Moment*
<Listen> Of course we are nearing the end of the age. Jesus seemed pretty frustrated at his contemporaries’ refusal to understand their times. “Fools,” he called them. Because knowing your moment matters. Knowing where you are in the story is critical for your survival. Every moment is not like another. Living at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings is …
October Prayer Update
PRAISE:A. Thank God for the continued growth of the Jesus film ministry in the area of Internet evangelism and discipleship. (Now seeing 1 million plays per day.)B. Our new team member Charissa continues to progress well in her role. Pray for her helping lead the writing and production of our next newsletter. PRAY:A. Lift up friends and ministry partners …
You Get One Life – Steward It Well by Vicki Tiedi*
I only get one life. Newsflash! You also only get one life! I believe that each day God gives me is a gift, and I am responsible for stewarding it well. For thirty years, however, all evidence pointed out that the opposite was true. I was a slave to bad habits, which put me on a slippery slope toward …
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Six Reasons to Live More Simply—and Give More Generously–Randy Alcorn
Someone has said, “Live simply that others may simply live.” Of course, there is no automatic relationship between my simple living and someone else being rescued from starvation or reached with the gospel. There is only a relationship if I, in fact, use the resources I have freed up to feed the hungry and reach …
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5 Lessons Learned by the Boy with Five Loaves and Two Fish*
You may be familiar with the story. In John 6:1-15, we find Jesus and his disciples watching a crowd that had been following Jesus come toward them. Jesus asks his disciple, Philip, where he thought they could buy bread for the crowd, for the crowd had not eaten in a while. Philip stated the impossibility …
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September Prayer Updates
PRAISE: The language recordings and fields stories book project received the security approvals; thank you for praying. Pray now as we move forward in selecting photos, titling, etc. and the overall graphic design; ideally it will be out in early November. Charissa E., our newest team member is two weeks into her role as Assisted …
Compassion Is Passion With A Heart*
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he had been asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-year-old child whose next-door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy …
Thoughts from a previous generation:
"We can never fully major the positive effects that each kind word or deed has had on this land. " Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) "We need to restore the full meaning of that old word duty. It is the other side of rights." Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
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