I’ve been thinking about Christmas; I know you have too. My emotions are so mixed. Yesterday, we saw the Christmas extravaganza at Prestonwood Church in Dallas. Wow! What a joyous, Christ honoring celebration! It warmed my heart. Just singing or hearing songs like, “O’ Come Let Us Adore Him” stirs the soul of any Christ follower. But all is not well in Narnia! There are
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Where Do We Find Peace?
What a day in History we are living in! Anthrax scares, bombings, assignations, war, and terrorism are the daily news. Millions are desperate to find a sense of safety and escape from terror. The Bible speaks of a day like ours when “men’s hearts fail them for fear.” As we observe how people react in uncertain times, it challenges us to ask, “Where is
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Gratitude, The Mother of Virtue
Thanksgiving is an American holiday to remind Americans to pause and be grateful. Our forefathers who fled from oppression in Europe came to this continent seeking freedom. When they got here, they stopped to say “Thank you.” “Thank you” to whom? Their hearts turned in prayer to say thank you to God. It was He who delivered, sustained, and provided for them. Their gratitude
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Well, how was last week? I hope it went well. Just to encourage you a bit, let me tell you about mine. This past week for me has been like a Six Degrees of Separation novel. You remember the book- its theme is we are all connected and what comes around goes around. I do know we are ALL connected in God’s Kingdom, because
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Many People Coming to Faith in Christ
So far in 2012, our ministry has shared Christ with with over 900,000 people! 293,259 have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior and 70 churches have been started. God is really blessing as our staff of 20 missionaries travel to unreached villages to share the Gospel! Continue to praye as God moves! travel to unreached villages to share the Gospel! Continue to praye as
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Today I read for the first time from my new bible. It is a Gospel Transformation study bible from Crossway publishers. I love it, because it seeks to find and affirm the Gospel in every book of the book. Then I got to thinking about how many bibles I have in this study where I sit. I just counted them-14! Really! Maybe you too
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Titles
I’ve been thinking about titles, you know how we all want to be somebody important. It started when we were kids, dressing up like superman, or pretending to be so and so. There is in most of us the desire to be recognized. Our ancestors came to America from Europe where Kings and Queens ruled the land. Looking for freedom, they fled the monarchs
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Good Leaders Make All The Difference
I am in Tanzania, Africa as I write this. Each evening when I return from teaching Christian leaders how to reflect the glory of Christ in their lives, I turn on the BBC news in my hotel room, and hear how American politicians are gridlocked so tightly…they are willing to defund the government of what has been the greatest nation the world has ever
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Attached is a video from a church service in Rwanda where I preached this past Sunday. The music was pure joy and celebration. Two and a half hours of it! There was jumping, dancing, shouting and some very heart-felt serious worship. As a white man observing it made me think how “church” can be so different in cultures, yet all worship the same Savior,
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Do you have a good conscience? I ask because I am concerned about the senseless violence we see in our world. I have been thinking about “conscience” recently. Here’s why- as a nation, we don’t seem to have a good one anymore. From our national leaders on down to the local level we seem to expect to be lied to, deceived, defrauded or extorted.
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