persistent, forceful, suffering prayer
The relationship between prayer and the mission of the church is essential, fundamental, and priority. Prayer essentially is a rejection of Satan’s strongholds, an affirmation, and a call to God to be directly involved in the world. Prayer is a rebellion against the world views of domination (Wells, 1979, 161). Persistent prayer is an affirmation [...]
[god in the yard] sky: gratitude
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When I was young I talked to the night sky. I’d sit on a chaise lounge in the backyard or lie on the pool deck and stare at the stars—or what I could see of them from my suburban homestead. I did most of the talking and never let the sky—my tangible depiction of God—speak [...]
i’m a gossip junkie
The people from my town love to gossip. Secretly, so do I. With a population just over four hundred people, it’s small enough to know almost everyone and large enough to always have breaking news. “I heard your family bought that business… I sure hope you can manage it better than the previous owners have!” [...]
smashing cell phones
Okay, so at church tonight my wife and I attend a couples group while my son and some other boys go into their Royal Rangers meeting. During tonight’s meeting in our couples group we discussed how the differences between men and women can affect our communication. It was an interesting conversation, and we spent some [...]
[dillon burroughs] on the value of listening in evangelism
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What’s one of the most effective tools that should be in your evangelism toolkit? Many people often think that it’s about knowing the five (or other number) steps in a special method, or being able to make a convincing apologetic argument. But one of the most effective things that one can do when evangelizing is to just shut [...]
