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Stop waiting on the Lord

Do you wait until you hear God telling you to go, or do you go until you hear God telling you to wait? For a while, I answered this question the way I assume most people do, that it’s better to wait on the Lord first. I mean, by God’s standards, we’re a pretty messed up [...]

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Living for something greater than yourself

We all do it. It’s just a matter of deciding how. [Click through to watch if you're in email or RSS.] Serving Suggestions: (1) What are you living for? (2) If you were to devote your entire life to one thing, how would your life change? (3) Of the things you already do now, how [...]

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The bondC guide to slavery

Ah yes, the ever fun topic of slavery. As you know, I have a different take on this than most people. Hence, the “bond” in bondChristian. I shared some of my thoughts on this in a series a while back but never compiled the posts in one place. So that’s what I’m doing here: providing a [...]

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Obedience: The hallmark of wisdom

“Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.” -Solomon We say experience is the best teacher, but that’s only because we’ve already thrown out advice. The stove example A kid touches a hot stove. Burned. He won’t do that again. That sure taught him, didn’t it? Well, sure [...]

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What’s the hardest part of missionary life? Being forgotten?

The other day, I read through some answers, given by missionaries, to the question, “What’s the hardest thing about life as a missionary?” I’ve said before that I’d rather be hated than forgotten, so this response immediately grabbed me: A. Being forgotten. When I left for the field, I predicted we would be forgotten within [...]

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