by Brett Fuller | Posted onTuesday, September 27th, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, Blogs, character, Discovery, faith, Good resource blogs, Relationship, Theological, Will of God |no responses by Brett FullerPROVERBS 20:5 says, “A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” In Africa, where sometimes drought is common, water is mined by drilling “bore holes.” These deep wells are sometimes thousands of feet beneath the surface. Obviously it requires more than shovel and a strong back to tap into these reserves. It takes people who both know where the water is and how to get it out.Deep within the soul of every person is the understanding that he/she has been put ….
by Bruce Fidler I’VE JUST BEGUN a new series of teachings entitled, “The Attributes of God,” which will consist of approximately twelve messages, and is being taught at Bethel World Outreach Church, an Every Nation member church, in Brentwood, Tennessee. The series will focus on many of the attributes traditionally covered in Christian systematic theology textbooks. The objective of the series is to magnify the greatness and goodness of God so that believing listeners will be transformed in the way they think about God and how they live for him. Audio and notes are accessible here. ….
by Rice Broocks | Posted onTuesday, August 16th, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, calling, Discipleship, faith, knowing the truth, love, making disciples, mission, perseverance, preaching, reaching the lost, Theological |7 responses “YOU DON’T HAVE to know a drowning person to save their life.”There has been enormous emphasis placed on the need for relationship with people as the prerequisite for evangelism. So much so that some go as far as saying that relationship with others should be the only motive and not the hidden agenda of evangelism. Relationship-Relationship-Relationship… This seems to be the word of the hour. I spoke to church planters who had not succeeded in their efforts to launch a ministry. As I dug deeper it became apparent that they made a lot of friends ….
By Paul Barker (Note: We are featuring a four-part series on the subject of Humility from Paul Barker’s blog in 2009. We hope you will find this meaningful and encouraging as you live to please and honor God.) What is pride? Many profound thinkers in the history of the Church have attempted to define pride. “Pride is the commencement of all sin because it was this which overthrew the devil, from whom arose the origin of sin; and afterwards, when his malice and envy pursued man, who was yet standing in his uprightness; it subverted ….
by Lynn Nawata (Note: We’re re-posting Lynn’s ‘The Tale of Gaijin” blog post last June 21, 2008) Israel is skinny. Whereas the Philippines is a nation of skinny people, Israel is a skinny nation. From the northernmost tip to the southern border, it is at most 260 miles. When I was a kid in Canada, we used to drive farther than that to visit my grandparents for the weekend. The distance from east to west in Israel is 70 miles at its fattest point and only 10 miles at its thinnest. It can take longer ….
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