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sisera's surprise

Posted by poh fang chia on February 13th, 2010 | 4 responses
Taking online quizzes is popular on Facebook. The quizzes range from “What Disney character are you?” to “What Bible character are you?” I wonder how a person would react if the Bible character... read more »

no ordinary people

Posted by jeff olson on February 2nd, 2010 | 5 responses
In the book The Weight of Glory, C. S. Lewis makes a stunning claim about humanity. “There are no ordinary people,” Lewis writes. “You have never talked to a mere mortal.” Whoa! Now that’s... read more »

temple of tolerance

Posted by tom felten on January 30th, 2010 | 3 responses
A news story presented the plight of a Christian school that was forced to move because a group of local citizens felt it was “proselytizing.” How were the students and staff forcing their... read more »

subversive Christians

Posted by mike wittmer on January 26th, 2010 | 9 responses
The ancient Romans were really nice people. Sure, their responsibilities demanded a certain demonstration of power, but given the large territory they governed, it was in their best interest to keep everyone... read more »

who am i?

Posted by tim gustafson on January 9th, 2010 | 6 responses
Mention the name of Moses and people think of leadership, strength, and the Ten Commandments. They tend to forget about the murder. They lose sight of his 40 years as a fugitive. They overlook... read more »

have mercy

Posted by roxanne robbins on January 5th, 2010 | 9 responses
Within a week of moving to East Africa, I was summoned to a northern Ugandan hospital to help an orphaned boy named Olwa Elly. I’d befriended him months earlier on a short-term visit to Uganda. Sorrow... read more »

theology of the small

Posted by winn collier on December 19th, 2009 | no responses
Even though the Super Bowl reigns as the largest US sporting spectacle, the television ads that run during the game have begun to receive almost as much attention as the game itself. Firms spend millions... read more »

street kid sabbatical

Posted by roxanne robbins on December 15th, 2009 | 8 responses
I have a soft spot for Uganda’s street kids and have tried to help many of them enter church-based programs that provide food, housing, school fees, and quality mentors. Often, such efforts are rewarding.... read more »

the great exchange

Posted by sheridan voysey on December 9th, 2009 | 4 responses
Haiti is an impoverished nation where 80 percent of its people live in great need. One child in 14  never reaches his or her first birthday; another one in five never lives to the age of 4; and voodoo... read more »

made in God's image

Posted by sheridan voysey on November 29th, 2009 | no responses
My wife, Merryn, and I once visited a large market in Sydney. On that day a man was cutting out small silhouettes of people’s faces from black cardstock. He would complete one in two minutes for two... read more »
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