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Making Friends in the Midst of Racism
Resolving Racism Bible Study (RRBS)- Part 4 of Many I am not mad at anybody. As far as I know I have resolved all the conflicts I have with other people. I do not think anybody is mad at me and if they are, I welcome a phone call. I must admit I am not…
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Raca and Racism
Resolving Racism Bible Study (RRBS)- Part 3 of Many I used to get a chance to host and participate in an annual dating seminar. What great fun to get to share some wisdom to college students who were hopeful that they would meet Mr. or Mrs. Right soon. We used to say that it is…
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Salt, Light and Racism
Resolving Racism Bible Study (RRBS)- Part 2 of Many I began this study as a bit of an experiment. I really do not know what the Bible says about racism. My hypothesis is that It is against it, but I don’t know for sure. As a young believer who grew up as an unchurched kid. …
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Racism and the Beatitudes
Resolving Racism Bible Study (RRBS)- Part 1 of Many In our world today we have some real issues. One of the most discussed is how the majority culture treats the minority culture. I live in America and we are having our discussions under the banner of racism. Our discussion involves White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and…
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An Open Letter to the Christian Family about Generosity to Our Missionaries
First published on the Freedom 5:one Blog I (Tim) had a world-changing meeting at Cracker Barrell recently. It was impactful to me because I was privileged to sit down with a young couple committed to reaching college students for Christ. I got to hear about what God is doing as He expands His kingdom in…
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How to Resolve a Conflict- Part 3 of 3
Sometimes you just need to forgive. In the past couple of articles in this series we have been talking about the role of active conflict resolution. Meaning the need to have a face to face interaction about the issue of contention. We discovered that whether you are the one at fault, the Scripture commands you…
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How to Resolve a Conflict- Part 2 of 3
When the conflict is the other person’s fault, it is MY responsibility to make things right. So, early in our marriage, my wife and I are in the middle of a five-year fight when he shows up. The lines have been clearly drawn and even though I am certain that we both have valid points. …
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How to Resolve a Conflict- Part 1 of 3
When the conflict is my fault, it is my responsibility to make things right My last year in college, I moved in with 7 other guys in what we called a ministry house. Our mission was to reach out to international students on our university campus. The guys who led the house were great and…
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God Forgives Like You Do
What if I told you that God forgives in the same way as you do? Almost 20 years ago, I had a rough exit from a church that I was leading. I knew that I was walking into a tough situation but felt clearly that God had led me there. Although I was a seasoned…
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Does America have a Forgiveness Problem?
As I watch these race riots work themselves out all over the country, I wonder why people are so mad. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that something is askew. But what? How have so many Americans allowed themselves to become so embittered against one another. I live in the…
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One Thing is Necessary
For years I have been mentoring/discipling men. One of my great blessing in life was to come to faith in a discipleship culture. Not only was discipleship expected but it was codified. By that I mean that my mentors were very practical in their thinking about how to make disciples and helping leaders practically disciple…
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Why I Stopped Trying to Memorize the Bible!
As a young believer I was exposed to the spiritual discipline of Scripture Memory. I can remember sitting in my living room with one of my mentors as we pulled scripture references out of jar and quoted the verse written on small piece of papers and checked one another from memory. We had tackled the Navigator’s famous TMS…
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We are not Spiritual Orphans
Ran across this picture recently. This may be the only picture I have of my nuclear family before the D-Bomb hit. I am in the plaid shirt. I guess I am about 7 or 8 and my folks would divorce when I was 10 or 11. On this day on our brown couch we had…
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The Jesus Film Project
One of the greatest films of all time is the Jesus Film. It chronicles the life of Jesus and has been translated into many languages. I am currently in a study of the Gospels and watched a little of it again today. Thought I would share the link with you in case you hadn’t seen…
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Billy and I have Eternal Life
With the passing of the great evangelist Billy Graham talk of eternal life is everywhere. Even skeptics of his message are wondering ‘where has Billy Graham gone?’. Christianity Today has an article – about a famous saying that DL Moody (a hero of Dr Graham’s and fellow evangelist) said that Graham embraced as his own.…
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