Lost in Faith

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John Ortberg’s thoughts click here

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By all accounts, current churches are made up largely of admirers of Jesus but few genuine disciples/followers–this is not a biblical idea of fruitfulness!
from recent post in response to Dan Kimball’s Out of Ur Blog post on Missonal vs. Attractional

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Why God is Not a Megalomaniac in Demanding to Be Worshiped
By John Piper
(November 20, 2008)
The Evangelical Theological Society
Providence, Rhode Island
Several years ago Wayne Grudem told me that I should come to ETS more often because I am surrounded by people at my church who largely agree with me and may not challenge me in the [...]

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Sit back and imagine what it would be like to grow up as one of these children.  A gift of $100 a month could change the course of their life and their country.
The video is from Bambisana which is near Lusikisiki, South Africa.  These children have come from school for a meal.  Notice that there [...]

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What kind of questions is that? One I was asked this morning in a group that I am in.
It is interesting on several levels. On the obvious level, I’ve spent the last 15 years building into peoples lives and creating a community that loves those far from God. I worked a job [...]

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An Experience in Touch
I had no idea what to expect in South Africa except to not have any expectations of accomplishing our grand plans of HIV/AIDS education, spiritual formation, children’s activities and agricultural education. Sean Colin asked us at one of our pre-trip meetings to lower any expectations we had that were causing us [...]

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Elie Wiesel says that, in Hasidism, “Everything becomes possible by the mere presence of someone who knows how to listen, to love and to give of himself.” This is the essence of genuine community. A person is not left alone in his joy, and certainly never in his sorrow… “None of us today can live [...]

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“The gospel of sin management produces vampire Christians who want Jesus for his blood and little else.” Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy

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