Picture the slice of toast you had for breakfast this morning. How did it get to your table? Farmers tilled the soil, companies produced fertilizers, and logistics teams transported…
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God is love, and this truth is a theme that runs throughout the entirety of Scripture. The greatest expression of God’s love for humanity, separated from God through sin, is found…
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When I first became a Christian at the age of 20, I was part of a revival that swept through university campuses in the late 70's to the mid 80's. A number of parachurch campus ministries grew in dramatic fashion as…
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Within Christian circles, “heart” is one of those words which is used freely without really knowing what it is we are talking about. We use this word so often that…
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When was the last time you marveled at the reality that you are an adopted child of God? Too often, Christians understand justification as foundational to their faith, but they overlook…
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Throughout the New Testament, Jesus prays that His followers would be one in unity and challenges them to include others from the ends of the earth. But as many church planters find when they endeavor to obey this command, unity on the ground is always…
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At the end of last year, I attended a wedding and a funeral on the same day. It was an experience of excruciating sorrow to witness the sudden passing of…
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It has been 15 years since 17 people began a new church in Moscow, Russia with faith and prayer. Since then, we have seen amazing fruits of God’s work. The Lord has blessed the local church with remarkable growth, resulting in hundreds of saved individuals, growing ministries…
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We are people of resurrection. May we never forget: this is not a tame worldview. It defies what we might consider to be “normal.” Because in God’s economy, dead stuff comes back to life. After three…
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Recently, I’ve been reflecting on pastors in persecuted contexts and have been thinking about the concept of lament. As He often does, God…
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“The night before last I was taken away to the central investigation area of the Qingyang branch of the Chengdu Police Bureau. This time I…"
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As a nation and culture, we lead noisy lives—and I’m not just talking about sounds. I mean the constant clamoring in our heads and hearts, the endless responsibilities and distractions, and the dopamine-fueled fix of the phones we keep glued to our hands…
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The instant we step out of our homes and put our feet down onto the sidewalk, we are swept up into a powerful and deep story. It is like stepping into the current of a mighty…
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Stories have a certain power.
Protagonists, villains, redemption arcs, rising and falling action—all these elements and more come together and form frameworks for how we see the world...
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In our present socio-political climate, justice has become a loaded word that evokes debate, confusion, and hostility along theological, political, and ideological lines.
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It’s no secret many people feel overworked. You may be one of them. With employees averaging 45 hours per week in their jobs, my country of Malaysia is home to some of the most overworked people in Asia. Kuala Lumpur was recently ranked as the third most overworked city in the world.
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The church, whether it be large or small, oblong or compact, is a vessel for the raw transformative substance of God’s Word. Scripture is our source code. Our base content. God…
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Many aspiring (or existing) church planters tend to be anxious about how they’ll support themselves or raise enough money to get their church off the ground. As they prepare…
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