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One of the friends we love receiving missions updates from is the Kliebe family in Kenya, Africa. Jacob and his wife Noelle have been in Kenya for the last few years teaching at a Bible College and working with national pastors. They faithfully send out missions updates each month. The most recent one has been [...]
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This last weekend we were incredibly blessed with a mini vacation in a condo on the South Shore of Kauai. We were in the town of Poipu which is about 40 minutes from our house. This is a dryer side of the island and usually where most people from the East Side retreat to when [...]
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Backstage: Francis Chan from SBC Greater Things 2010 on Vimeo. <!–break–> View full post on TheResurgence blogs Share and Enjoy:
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As a pastor who leads others in worship through song and teaching, there is an overwhelming temptation to value what happens in public over what happens in private. It’s so easy to value public gifts over private faithfulness, and what happens on a stage more than what goes on in your closest relationships. This is [...]
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<!–break–> From the recent sermon John the Baptizer, Part 2. Let me explain to you what repentance is and is not. For some of you, this will be completely new, you’ve never heard this. For others of you, this will be information that you’ve got bits and pieces of throughout the course of your life. [...]
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How do you support your friends in ministry when you are practically broke? I’ve been asking that question recently; not because I’m broke, but because I want to do more to encourage my friends that are in full time ministry. I want to be involved, but I’m not sure my check for $10 is going [...]
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Missio Christi – Prayer – Luke 11:1a – Part 4 If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be a slothfulness in prayer. ~ Charles Spurgeon [1] When God is near to a people, the people want to talk to God. [...]
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Missio Christi – Prayer – Luke 11:1a – Part 3 In Scripture we find that Jesus tangibly connects His presence in our lives to our being on mission with Him. Matthew 28:19-20 gives His mandate to take the Gospel to the whole world: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name [...]
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My wife and I met Bryan in 2000 at Calvary Chapel Bible College. At that time he was a part of a team getting ready to go out to Australia to plant a church in Newcastle. Bryan was incredibly gifted at building relationships, doing evangelism, and teaching the Bible. Eight years later he is married [...]
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