Posts from May 2016
Winning the Battle
Worry is one of Satan’s favorite tools. We worry what might happen. We worry about what others think. We worry about the other’s responses…plus a million other worries. Part of worry is rooted in the fact that we desire to be in control and we’re not. Jesus’ answer to worry isn’t about strategizing how to get your finances in order…
One Year Might Change Your Life
Many of you are familiar with the Antioch Network of churches who host the World Mandate Missions Conference. Like us, they’re passionate about missions and discipleship. Over the past year we’ve been working with Antioch and have adopted their model to develop the CrossBridge Discipleship School starting in September. The goal is to offer you the…
Convicted by a Jehovah’s Witness
I spent some time speaking with a woman this week who is about to begin a six month course with the Jehovah’s Witnesses.If you’re not aware, the JWs are a cult that started some 170 years ago when a man named Charles Russel decided he was right and every one on the planet was wrong. He created his own religion, claimed to be a prophet (though his prophecies…
How God Wants to Include us
We have 40 people on the two teams we’re taking to Greece to engage the crisis of Syrian refugees. We already have a team from a partner church staking out accommodations for us and finding ways for us to make a practical difference in the lives of these people who’ve lost so much. Many refugees, whose hearts have been broken by Islam, have seen the love…