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Date: 02/10/2012
In June 2009, I traveled to Titanyen, Haiti, for a week of missionary activity with Mission of Hope , my second journey to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. On our last morning, we began the trip back to the Port-au-Prince airport in the back of a delivery truck, similar to the affectionately called “tap taps” used as public transportation along the few roads that existed. Because ...
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Date: 02/13/2012
"All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along." -Galatians 2:10 Leaders care for the poor. When Paul met with Peter, James, and John--the big three church leaders--they debated several issues and ideas. One thing they did not debate was whether to help those in need. The only question was how. If you are a spiritual leader, y ...
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Date: 02/12/2012
"1 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior..." -1 Timothy 2:1-3 We live in an age of political spite. Even seemingly devout Christians have decided it's okay to bas ...
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Date: 02/11/2012
According to a new research project by Baylor researcher Aaron Franzen, those who read the Bible are found to be more concerned about today’s social change issues, including social and economic justice. As mentioned by David Briggs today at Huffington Post : In many cases, Franzen found frequency of Bible reading was one of the most powerful predictors of attitudes on moral and political ...
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Date: 02/08/2012
When I speak about stopping human trafficking, people often ask, “How?” I don’t have all of the answers, but in our book and DVD Not in My Town , Charles Powell and I include a chapter that shares many of the solutions we are discovering along the way. These include ideas we have implemented, along with many we have picked up from our friends and partners in this effort. Choose one or more fr ...
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Date: 02/04/2012
If you've never heard of an organization called Joni and Friends , you are truly missing out. The premiere disability ministry in our nation, Joni and Friends provides a powerful example of how Christians are called to show love in practical ways to those with disabilities. My favorite program they lead is called " Wheels for the World ." The simple idea is to provide wheelchairs to every pe ...
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Date: 02/03/2012
It's an unbelievable claim: 163 millions female babies aborted by women seeking sons . This is the information shared in Mara Hvistendahl's book Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences in a World Full of Men . But even if she's off by even ten or twenty percent, the headline remains tragic. Whatever your view of abortion in general, the fact that millions of abort ...
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Date: 01/31/2012
There's a reason I sponsor a child through Compassion International- -Compassion changes lives. Richmond is one of them. His story is shared in short below, but you have to view the video to watch him share the story himself. If you think sending money each month to release someone in poverty doesn't work, Richmond's experience will change your mind. Of course, I encourage you to check out spo ...
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