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Jesus Lived in Occupied Territory

posted by Dillon Burroughs

Jesus lived in occupied territory. His mother, Mary, grew up in Nazareth, a small village that included a Roman bathhouse used by occupying forces. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, also occupied by Romans. He was dedicated at the Temple in [...]

Forgetting the Past–of Others

posted by Dillon Burroughs

Guest post from Daniel Darling, pastor of Gages Lake Bible Church in suburban Chicago, Illinois and author of numerous books, including iFaith: Connecting with God in the 21st Century. +++ I had a conversation the other day with someone about [...]

Do Not Lose Heart

posted by Dillon Burroughs

“1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 [...]

Make a Difference Where You Are

posted by Dillon Burroughs

[Guest post from Bibledude.net blogger and friend, Crystal Rowe.] Last week, the Barna Group released a new report revealing that 75% of adults believe that churches have a positive effect on their local communities. This sounds like good news, right? [...]

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Prayer Changes Things
Despite a lack of prayer at the official 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, YWAM found a way to show prayer changes things. Clad in "prayer changes things" T-shirts, YWAM volunteers set up a variety of prayer stations throughout the neighboring street corners, including a station near City Hall, to offer praye

posted 10:01:40am May. 16, 2012 | read full post »

From Handouts to Empowerment
The Christian Post recently announced an innovative strategy by my friends at Food for the Poor to both help those in need and create jobs for those in need. An excerpt is below. My question to readers: What other ideas are you seeing that go beyond helping the poor but also empowering those in n

posted 7:18:55am May. 15, 2012 | read full post »

Christian Friendly Fire
[The following is a guest post by pastor and author Daniel Darling. For more about Daniel, see his website at danieldarling.com.] Lately I’ve been working on a book project aimed at 2nd Generation evangelicals. In the last few years, there has been a surge of books authored by young evangelica

posted 9:22:19am May. 14, 2012 | read full post »

International Trafficking 101
As part of an effort to bring awareness to the important issue of human trafficking, I’m featuring a series of posts on the subject. Earlier today, I posted an informative article by my friend, Kathi Macias. I also asked Charles Powell to write a guest post for me. Charles is the coauthor (with Di

posted 8:38:20am May. 13, 2012 | read full post »

How to Take Your Whole Church (and the World) on a Mission Trip
Great story from ActivistFaith.org co-founder Dan King on how to take your friends on the journey with you on a mission trip. I would love to hear similar stories from any of you in the comments below. As always, thanks for reading and sharing! -Dillon +++ For me it started out as a way

posted 8:37:46am May. 12, 2012 | read full post »


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