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Author: Dr. S.D. Gordon

In Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen, Donald Miller writes, “A true mission isn’t a statement; it’s a way of living and being. A mission is more than token rituals that make momentary reference to the things your employees should care about. A mission is a story you…

In June 2018, the Barna Group released results from a study that included Evangelistic practices on Social Media. They found that “three in 10 (28%) share their faith via social media, and almost six in 10 (58%) non-Christians say someone has shared their faith with them through Facebook.” —Jim L. Wilson…

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Island suffered from major power outages. One report said “The Electric Power Authority said it dispatched crews to investigate why a key 230-kilovolt line that connects the Island's northern and southern regions had failed for the second time in a week.…

Perhaps the most iconic scene in all the Star Wars movies is from the very first one at the end of the movie. Remember when Luke is traveling down the Death Star trench, with only one shot to take, he fires the torpedoes into the impossibly small hole in order to destroy the planet-destroying weapon.…

You may be closer to a complete stranger than you may think. Stanley Milgram popularized the six degrees of separation concept in his 1967 study. As it turns out, a 2011 study conducted by The University of Milan and Facebook shows that there are only 4.74 degrees of separation between you and a total…

In an article for FaithWorld, Tom Heneghan writes, “In the Netherlands, where faith has faded more dramatically than in many other parts of Europe, two churches close down on average every week. The sacred art left over is piling up in cellars and storerooms around the country.” --http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/05/03/as-dutch-churches-shut-their-sacred-art-finds-new-uses-abroad/…

During the Civil War, congress passed a bill and President Lincoln signed into law a commission to build a Railroad to the Pacific Coast. Stephen Ambrose tells the story in his book, Nothing Like It In The World. Building the Transcontinental Railroad was a dream, a call, a commission, a compelling goal.…

In his book “Chasing Daylight,” Pastor and author Erwin McManus challenges believers to actively engage the task we have been given. McManus asks, “..What would happen if we changed our thinking? If we heard the first word of Jesus in His Great Commission, Go, as all the permission we needed to do the…

SEOUL, South Korea — A Korean-American missionary believed detained in North Korea walked into the country carrying a Bible, intent on preaching Christianity in a country that bans illegal worship — a bold move that may put him at greater risk of harsh punishment. Determined to bring international attention…

Jesus' last words show us His heart for a lost and dying world. Samuel Rutherford, theologian and Bible scholar in the 1600s, had this to say as he lay on his deathbed: "Mine eye shall see my Redeemer. He has pardoned, loved, and washed me, and given me joy unspeakable and full of glory. Glory shines…

God’s last command is our first priority.—Dr. Don Sisk Roger Simms was hitchhiking his way home after serving overseas in the war. Flashing the hitchhiking sign to the oncoming car, he hopped in when the car stopped. “Going home for keeps?” “Sure am,” Roger responded. “Well, you're in luck if you're…

Life-Saving Station On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a little life-saving station. The building was primitive, and there was just one boat, but the members of the life-saving station were committed and kept a constant watch over the sea. When a ship went down, they…

The defining event of the NT is the resurrection of Christ. Jesus, the Lamb of God, died at 3:00 PM (9th hour). This was the same exact time when the lamb was sacrificed in the Temple. Traditionally the priest would blow the shofar at this time to let the whole city know that the lamb died for their…

EVANGELISM On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley Sullenberger averted a near disaster when he landed his commercial airliner in the Hudson River. Taking off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, US Airways Flight 1549 flew through a flock of geese, sucking some into the engines causing both engines to malfunction.…

Tragedies usually soften even the hardest of hearts. U.S. News and World Report reports that postwar Americans always cherished the expectation that their standard of living would improve with each generation. In polls at the onset of the Reagan era, two of every three respondents said they expected…

EVANGELISM "Bruce" walks through the church door out into the warm Columbian evening and begins panning the horizon to see if he can see the missing person from his party. Bruce doesn't get shook easily. Back home, he's a tough negotiator, a leader in his church and community. But the guerillas in the…

Why do we do what we do? Sometimes we lose our sense of purpose. On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with…

There where a lot of notable wealthy people on the Titanic in 1912. But the most notable passenger on the Titanic was someone that most of the world has never heard of before. He was a man by the name of John Harper. He was a plan ordinary Pastor from the city of Glasgow, Scotland. He had faithfully…

Are Jesus and Muhammad Buddies? SUBMITTED BY Rebecca Giselbrecht MR550 Class Dr. Robin Basselin December 8, 2006 Table of Content Introduction. 3 The Divinity of Christ 4 Quranic Point of View.. 4 Biblical Point of View.. 4 Bridges. 5 The Death, Resurrection, and Atonement of Christ 5 Quranic Point of…

Kentucky Youth Ministries YOUTH MINISTRY MANUA | OUR MISSION: We Build Students OUR OBJECTIVES Win … Reach students to Christ Build … Teach / Disciple students Send … Mobilize students !!! Kentucky Teenagers … … our mission field | YOUTH MINISTRY MANUAL INDEX Letter from the District Youth Director page…

Go & Tell Different statistics are given for the number of Christians that have never led anyone to Christ, but all of those statistics are terribly high. Can you imagine the shape a business would be in if they ran their business this way? I can hear the voices during a meeting at a department store.…

VISION At a recent speaking engagement, Pastor Jerry Falwell noted that believers today find themselves in a very critical point. He said we are called to proclaim the gospel to a culture that rejects it and to a world that is in desperate need of it. According to Falwell, truly successful ministers…

SUCCESSION In "The Servant Leader: Transforming Your Heart, Head, Hands & Habits", Blanchard and Hodges write, "Servant leaders, who consider their position as being on loan and as an act of service, look beyond their own season of leadership and prepare the next generation of leaders." —"The Servant…

MISSION In his book, “An Unstoppable Force,” Erwin McManus writes, "The gospel flows best through the establishing of significant relationships that are authentic and healthy. When relationships become stagnant and the community of Christ closes itself to the outside world, the result is an institution…