Embracing the Unusual
When you encounter a thing that is unknown to you, how do you handle it? Do you reject the unusual? Or do you embrace it?
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Why Japan?
Before I left for Japan, people asked me one question. A lot. It was this: “Of all nations you could possibly go to as a foreign missionary, why Japan?”
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A World of Endless Wonder
Why do people read the Bible and Theology? There are four main reasons. But all four reasons are limiting. We urge you to be open to more. Much more.
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Meditations of the Heart (1953) by Howard Thurman
Meditations of the Heart is a collection of 54 essays by Professor Howard Thurman. A great spiritual leader, he offers hope and endurance for all people.
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The New Testament alludes to the Deuterocanonicals
We found more than 30 places where the New Testament seems to allude to the Deuterocanonical, or Apocryphal, books.
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Peter and the Rock
The Lord Jesus built his church on a rock. But what was that rock? Was it the person of Peter? Or was it Peter’s faith in Jesus Christ?
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Go and Make Disciples of all Nations
The Lord Jesus calls us to go make disciples of all nations. We are to bring people into faith in Jesus. And then we are to train them as disciples.
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Call no man on the earth your father
Jesus Christ forbids us from using the word “father” for any man. However, St. Paul violated this prohibition. And so have most Christians ever since.
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Jesus Christ will baptize in the Holy Spirit and with fire
Jesus Christ says he will baptize us with fire. What does that mean? Is it a baptism with the fire of suffering? Or with the fire of the Holy Spirit?
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What is Salvation?
Christians everywhere say that Jesus saves us. But what does it mean that Jesus “saves” us? What is Salvation?