[googlevideo width=”400″ height=”326″]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4751126217610902448&hl=en[/googlevideo] This morning we dropped off the medical supplies from America (some from Cornerstone) to Evangel Hospital. It reminds me more of a MASH unit than an American hospital, and yet it has the most advanced specialties in certain areas in all of West Africa. Amazing. When you first go into a place
Read More[googlevideo width=”400″ height=”326″]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4751126217610902448&hl=en[/googlevideo]This past July Rhonda and I joined Drs. Joel and Cindy Anthis and their family on a mission trip to Nigeria. It was an amazing experience. From our arrival in Abuja to our time in the bush with the Fulani tribe we were in a continual state (at varying degrees) of culture shock.
Read MoreThis past July Rhonda and I joined Drs. Joel and Cindy Anthis and their family on a mission trip to Nigeria. It was an amazing experience. From our arrival in Abuja to our time in the bush with the Fulani tribe we were in a continual state (at varying degrees) of culture shock. But I
Read MoreAs always, GA was a great time to get away, hear some good speakers, catch up on what’s going on across our denomination, and be a part of a bigger picture of the church and her mission. During the workshops, I heard from Dennis Haack (Ransom fellowship, www.ransomfellowship.org) and Steve Garber (direct of the Washington
Read MoreI’ve never been big on putting up pictures to help motivate me to lose or gain weight, or anything else for that matter. That doesn’t mean I haven’t had pictures in my mind. Certainly I have those from time to time, but I guess I’m too self-conscious for people to know that. I do remember
Read More(This entry is a follow-up to “Gracious Living” preached on March 2, 2008). Yesterday morning we talked about the relationship between gracious living and reward, gracious living and judgment, and gracious living and the heart. On the surface gracious living seems contrary to judgment. God instructs you to love your enemies and pray for those
Read More(This article is a follow-up to the recent two-part series on Marriage and Divorce.) In typical Jesus fashion, Jesus raises the bar on the requirement for purity in marriage as he sheds light on an Old Testament passage from the book of Deuteronomy. The passage seems to allow for a man to divorce his wife
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