God has a master plan to unite all things to himself (Ephesians 1:10). Christ is at the head of this plan (Ephesians 1:22). His strategy involves the church fulfilling this plan (Ephesians 1:23). Christ has so identified himself with his church that it is said to be his very body, much as Adam described Eve…
Matthew Jeffers, a senior acting major at Towson University in Maryland wrote a letter to the Baltimore Ravens, his favorite NFL team, entitled “A Reason To Win.” It was a perspective of his struggles with Skeletal Dysplasia, in relation to the struggles of winning a Super Bowl, with the ultimate lesson that, “Life is not…
“The great Pioneer Missionaries all had ‘inverted homesickness’ this passion to call that country their home which was most in need of the Gospel. In this passion all other passions died; before this vision all other visions faded; this call drowned all other voices. They were the pioneers of the Kingdom, the forelopers of God,…
Three great quotes from this week: We had the opportunity to see 42 (The Jackie Robinson story) this week—an amazing story of a man of unspeakable character and strength who changed history. My greatest quote from the movie is when Jackie says, “God built me to last.” God gave Jackie the physical ability to perform,…
We have way too much fun at summer camp! View on Facebook.
“The Prophet of the Poor”: born into poverty, and worked in the midst of poverty his whole life. When he died, 150,000 people filed by his casket, and 40,000 attended his funeral.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson My hero is my mom. As a teenager, she became a mother of two and had to drop out of high school. My father left her when I was 6-months-old, leaving my 17-year-old mother the…
Denny’s Story (adapted from Jimmy Larche’s book 13-Foot Coffins) In Judges 11, Israel cast out Jephthah because he was a son of a prostitute, but later begged him to come and lead them because he was also a mighty warrior. Be careful who your church discards as an outcast. You may one day desperately need…
I love these thoughts Noah Kaye wrote down after hearing Floyd McClung speak on values, safe theology, and what is really dangerous.
I highlighted this quote by Marianne Williamson in a book I’m reading: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually,…