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How do you defend your church from false teachers? For the past three years, I have been a part of church planting movements in Kenya and South Asia. One question that began to nag at me was how do we protect these new believers from false teachers. I know that we can pray for their…

Do you have “olympic” spirituality? Is it as big as an olympic swimming pool? There is an “ice breaker” we often use to introduce people and establish rapport during training events. Each attendee is asked to share something about themselves that no one else knows. For example, I might offer, “I play the baritone horn.…

There are no solo Christians! Few forces of nature capture our attention and humanity like that of a hurricane or typhoon. The experience elicits the best in people where boat-driving volunteers rescue stranded citizens. Likewise, trailer towing strangers shower food, water, and clothing on the survivors. Previously little known neighbors show up to man shelters.…

Events can make you feel overwhelmed. This past week has thundered with an over-abundance of tragically electrifying events. Floods, cancer, interpersonal conflict, temptation, work overload, threats of nuclear war, financial stress…the list seems endless, and it tends to leave me exhausted, depleted, disoriented, and be muddled. Have you seen any of this in your life?…