The following text was originally intended as a short booklet with which we could communicate to our friends and partnering churches the basic Biblical context for missions that has helped to motivate us to take part in cross-cultural ministry. This is the third of a four part series. I argued in Part 2 that the blessing God pronouncedContinue reading “The Biblical Context for Missions – Part 3”
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The Biblical Context for Missions – Part 2
The following text was originally intended as a short booklet with which we could communicate to our friends and partnering churches the basic Biblical context for missions that has helped to motivate us to take part in cross-cultural ministry. This is the second of a four part series. In Part 1 I made the claim that the rootContinue reading “The Biblical Context for Missions – Part 2”
The Biblical Context for Missions – Part 1
The following text was originally intended as a short booklet with which we could communicate to our friends and partnering churches the basic Biblical context for missions that has helped to motivate us to take part in cross-cultural ministry. Since a document sitting dormant on my hard drive for three years (that will likely never seeContinue reading “The Biblical Context for Missions – Part 1”
From Despair to Hope
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, many Christians observe Advent. It is a time to reflect on the longing the Israelites had as they waited for their Messiah, or Savior-King, to come. Just Thursday evening, I read the book of Lamentations. It is a short book of the Bible that really gives a pictureContinue reading “From Despair to Hope”
Timeline
Toward the end of last semester’s Old Testament History class, which covered Joshua through 2 Chronicles, I made this timeline as a way to get a quick glimpse of not only the chronological sequence of Israel’s history, but also the spiritual state of the nation and it’s leaders. While any attempt at this has toContinue reading “Timeline”
The Prophets
Lately I’ve been intrigued by some of the unique ways information is conveyed graphically. An example of this may be seen in the idea behind word clouds. Essentially, a word cloud is an image made up of words, where the size of the word represents the frequency it occurs in a text. Brad Thomas atContinue reading “The Prophets”
Jim & Rachel 