By William Willimon (source lost) In Matthew 4:19 Jesus called some fishermen, ordinary folks like you and like me, to be his disciples. He said to them, “Follow me and I will send you out to fish for people.” Jesus has promised that those who follow him shall work with him in ‘catching […]
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New Glory in the Ancient City: Muslim Refugees Turning to Jesus, by David Crabb; posted October 25, 2016 at: http://www.desiringgod.org . ————————— ATHENS, Greece — The spirit of Athens today lies at the crossroads between old and new. Everywhere you look are reminders of the epic grandeur this city once enjoyed. Even if
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By Virginia Prodan, on the ‘My Testimony’ page of the September 23, 2016 issue of Christianity Today magazine. Prodan is an international human rights attorney, and an Allied Attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom. She is the author of Saving My Assassin (Tyndale). ——————————— Like most people, I was born with a hunger for
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From Jesus Freaks, pages 52-55, published by ‘The Voice of the Martyrs’, 1999. “When you catch the infidels, beat them! Allah will be pleased,” Zahid encouraged them. The crowd of young men, the youth group of his mosque, waved their sticks and iron bars and cheered in agreement. Zahid’s arrogance and hatred swelled. He
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Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson, 35, is a husband, father of five, and a 12-year NFL veteran who last year had his best pro football season. In 2014, he wrote a Facebook post that went viral and led to his first book: Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race (Tyndale Momentum, 2015). Since then, Watson,
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By Steve Saint For years I thought Timbuktu (pictured above) was a made-up name for “the ends of the earth.” When I found out it is a real place, I developed a fascination for it. During a fact-finding trip to West Africa for my job in 1986 this fascination became an irresistible urge.
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Above: Mary Slessor and her family ——————– (…continued) Life was very difficult up country— especially during the first months, as entries in her diary indicate: “In the forenoon I was left alone with the mud and the rain and the general wretchedness, with a gap round the window frame and more round the
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“In measuring the woman’s power, you have evidently forgotten to take into account the power of the woman’s God. I shall go on.” –Mary Slessor (pictured above) (1848-1915) ————— The exploration and missionary work of David Livingstone and Henry Stanley inspired scores of others to embark on Africa— women as well as men.
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Think all is lost? Feel like you don’t know how to make a difference in our crazy world? Here’s a personal story that just might change your mind. –John Stonestreet, at http://www.breakpoint.org, May 25, 2016. —————————– In 9th grade, I was a knucklehead. Even worse, I was a Christian school knucklehead. Those
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There are many aspects to the crisis of the influx of Muslim refugees into Europe. This is one aspect Christians should be interested in. ———————– By Nadette De Visser, Amsterdam, 5-25-26 blog at http://www.thedailybeast.com (edited) Hundreds of Pakistanis and Afghans have been lining up at a local swimming pool in Hamburg, Germany, to
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