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kindness
Before the pesky elder brother in all of us comes out to play again (for more on the elder brother read here), I will begin with a few verses: “But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.” Romans 11:6 “For by [...]
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Evangelism, New Building, opportunity, outreach
I just finished hemorrhaging over my latest message earlier today. I decided to study and write with a grand opening of our facility service in mind. I felt led to camp out in 1 Timothy 3:14-16. I entitled the message Why Church?: A Case for Christianity in a Many-Gods Age. I worked from the word pictures Paul [...]
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It’s time for the new quarter of classes at OGC. I’m teaching a class on Peacemaking, but it’s up against some strong contenders — Systematic Theology being one of them. We like our doctrinal studies and Biblical exposition at OGC, as we should. So why shouldn’t everyone just attend the other classes, and forget about [...]
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community, Evangelism, groups
Check out this version of small group ministry that engages those outside the church. Soma Communities – Tacoma, WA from Verge Network on Vimeo.
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Evangelism, gospel, Missions, promises of God
These don’t look so hot to me today. But they dazzled with beauty on Friday, August 5, in the village of Mrima, Kenya. I mean with an Isaiah 52:7 kind of beauty. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, [...]
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christian living, culture, love your neighbor, south
gazing into the South’s view of Christianity
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Evangelism, sovereignty of God, witnessing
My mom was on an airplane flight recently. A young man sat next to her and after they made some small talk, she remarked about the beautiful sunset outside the plane window. “If that is so beautiful on this wicked earth, what must heaven be like!” she said. “I hope I go there,” he replied. [...]
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bridge building, compassion, distress, outreach
Undaunted by the rain and wind, a bunch of us worked at Walmart today from 10 AM to 4 PM wrapping gifts for patrons for free. Due to the inclement weather we got stuck under an overhang away from the main traffic going into the store. So for a good bit of the afternoon I [...]
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equipping, Gospel in Life, mercy ministry, outreach
“It’s never been cleaned before,” Darlene said. “I’ve never seen more dirt on a driveway,” Randy said. “Sorry we took so long to get to it,” I said. Almost a year ago to the day, the OGC faithful descended on my widow neighbor’s home for a massive painting project. We sought to put James 1:27 [...]
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bridge building, Evangelism, the World Cup
When I realized that the soccer final between Spain and the Netherlands takes place this Sunday at 2:30 PM I faced a dilemma of sorts. Nancy and I had already agreed to go to lunch after church with fellow believers in Jesus that we dearly love. I’ve planned for a while now to take advantage [...]
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