The most popular Bible verses according to Topverses have been revealed after an internet survey of 37 million Bible references. The survey results rank every Bible verse by popularity and are published on TopVerses.com website. I’ve listed the top 5 verses below for your review. Does your favorite verse rank in the Top 5? This [...]
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Posted in Christian, Church Planting, God, Great Commission, Holy Spirit, Personal, christian discipleship, christianity, church, community, evangelism, jesus, life group, missional, missionary on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I grew up in a Christian home but started following Jesus when I went off to college at the very liberal University of Michigan. I got involved with Campus Crusade for Christ there and deepened my relationship with Jesus through bible studies and outreaching on campus. When I moved out to california in 2001, I [...]
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Posted in Christian, Great Commission, christian discipleship, christianity, church, jesus, kingdom of God, missional, missionary, theology, tagged Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, scripture, Bible, Jesus Christ on October 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
As I read yesterday’s devotional from My Utmost for His Highest entitled “What is a missionary?”, I saw this as a very appropriate guideline for Missionary Road and also how we as Christians see ourselves as followers of Jesus, whether we label it “missionary”, “disciple maker”, “worker”, etc in the Kingdom of God.
Jesus said to [...]
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Posted in God, Holy Spirit, Prayer Requests, christianity, church, community, jesus, kingdom of God, tagged California wildfires, hollywood reporter, tv shows, 24 on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As I’m 1000 miles away in Dallas, TX and I continue to read the stories and see the vivid pictures reporting on the wildfires throughout Southern California, my heart breaks for the people that have been displaced and the homes that have been destroyed.
What are we to do when calamity hits like this? How should [...]
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The topic of “signs and wonders” is one that has been intriguing me more in the last year than ever before in my life. I have visited a church where an an older lady of a friend of mine had her lips anointed with oil and then began to speak in tongues and interpret these [...]
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I love reading ChristianityToday.com, because of the rich articles that not only encourage me in my faith, but get me thinking more about how to live missionally and to be a more effective missionary in the world. Christianity Today has launched a project to ask questions about culture, mission, and the gospel, as well as [...]
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I have a passion for Evangelism in the Church and making Jesus known. God placed a burden on my heart years ago when I prayed “Lord, give me a burden for the lost because I don’t have one.” As an Evangelist, I not only desire to share the Gospel but also to equip God’s people [...]
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Posted in Culture, christianity, church, community, jesus, kingdom of God, love, missional, missionary, scripture, witness on August 22, 2007 | No Comments »
”Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world,” writes James 1:27
How do you think we are doing as a nation to embody this verse in the American Church today. The Author in [...]
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Starting this week, CNN is starting a series entitled “God’s Warriors” about the three religions, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. I have tivoed the next three days, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday @ 9pm on CNN to see how they present this volatile topic to the world.
God’s Warriors - The Christian Culture War:
God’s Warriors - Jewish Civil War
God’s Warriors - [...]
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