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Do the Unexpected–Luke 6:27-33

By David Faust   Do you ever experience déjà vu—the eerie feeling that you have seen or experienced something before? Here’s a provocative idea: Have you ever experienced vuja de? That’s the ability to look at something familiar as though you have never seen it before. In his book Seize the Vuja De (Missio Nexus, […]

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The Lesson and Life — for July 7, 2013

By Dennis Messimer   About 15 years ago at a conference in South Africa, we were told about acongregation high up in the Drakenberg Mountains, which had split.  A second building had been built about 150 yards from the first building. The plea was made to have the local authorities lock both buildings until they […]

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Let God’s Freedom Ring!

By Tonja Talley   The children stood 225 strong. Following the pledge to the American flag, the children of the Christian Academy in Greenwood, Indiana turned to the Christian flag and with their right hands over their hearts recited, “I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior for whose kingdom it stands. […]

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Change From the Inside Out

By Shawn McMullen   Like many Christians, I’m alarmed by the rapid spiritual decline of our nation. The biblical foundation that provided a moral compass for generations of Americans has been systematically eroded by unbelief. Lifestyles and life choices once widely unacceptable are now openly embraced. What’s more, it requires increasingly more courage for Christians […]

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Churches That Send

By David Empson   I think Family Feud is one of the funniest game shows on television. And the humor isn’t always in the participants’ answers to survey questions. Sometimes it’s found in the responses of those surveyed. I have seen both team members and announcer break out in laughter at the ridiculous answers that […]