Big News: Into the Mission Field
Jan16

Big News: Into the Mission Field

God is calling my family and I to follow Him down a turn in the trail… into the mission field. Over the past year-and-a-half, God the Holy Spirit has been pressing on my soul to follow Christ’s mission on a path largely unknown and even terrifying. When I first sensed the gentle nudge of the Spirit on my heart, my response went like this, “No! No. No way!” Every time the call to this mission field bubbled up, I continued, “Certainly not. We enjoy Your work here, Lord. We love Mayfair Bible Church. We love Flushing. Our kids are in great schools. You’ve given us a lovely home. You are working in wonderful ways here!”
Yet now for more than a year, Stephanie and I have been praying and no longer can resist God’s calling for us to be on mission with Jesus…in the United States Air Force.

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We, the Church
Apr08

We, the Church

Common nomenclature compels us to talk about going to church, being at church, and liking or disliking a church or church service. But Christ’s plan for the church is something quite different. 

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Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World: BOOK REVIEW
Sep24

Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World: BOOK REVIEW

Angry, fear-mongering Facebook video-posts go viral. Tweets echo like the “shot heard ‘round the world.” A mob of social media activists cancel a popular celebrity for a string of ill-spoken words. Politicians scream at each other on national television. A pastor’s moral ineptitude laces the news headlines. Christian pundits slam opposing political parties. All the while, we ought to wonder: Is this the way of Christ?

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The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism: Book Review
Sep10
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Aslan in Afghanistan
Sep01

Aslan in Afghanistan

Between Darkness and Light.
Wars and chaos increase around the globe. The pandemic marches on with a seemingly unending cycle. Yet Aslan is on the move. 
Aslan who?

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Afghanistan and Armchair Quarterbacks
Aug20

Afghanistan and Armchair Quarterbacks

Over this past week, hard sayings like these have been tested in my life. Maybe for you, too?

News sources continue to report the unbelievable disaster unfolding in Afghanistan. Parents tossing their crying toddlers over walls and barbed wire so that our troops can rescue them from what appears to be certain death (link). Young men falling from hundreds of feet in the air as they lose their grip on the wing of a C-17 cargo jet. Women being rapidly forced into hiding . . .

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