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Footings for Children is a curriculum for those who teach children in after-school clubs, Sunday schools, camps, and even home devotionals. It is designed to be adapted and applied in any cultural context, including settings where teaching aids and tools are limited.
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Tag Archives: Christianity
One Geography, Two Nations: Why is America Becoming More Polarized?
The following post is offered in response to Ben Hoffman’s comments last week. I think most observers of American society would agree that we are becoming more polarized. We are a nation divided. In fact, we are actually two very … Continue reading
God Plus Ordinary People = Impact
Over the years I have been struck by the fact that God inhabits the ordinary. The birth of a child is an everyday miracle. God often uses unknown people to change their community or world. Dallas Willard captures this concept … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Imago Dei, Women
Tagged Ashish Center, Christianity, disabled children, female foeticide, gendercide, humility, justice, mercy, Salt initiatives
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Restoring the Breach: A Conversation Between Practitioners in Africa
Too often, a truncated gospel message has accompanied our outreach efforts. As Scott Allen has written elsewhere, an artificial division between personal faith and daily life leaves a fragmented Christianity, full of gaps. The effects are perhaps nowhere more obvious than … Continue reading
Halftime & No-huddle Offense: Two Football Metaphors for Today’s Church
A few years ago, I was privileged to worship with Dee and Allen Robbins at their church, Solid Rock Ministries, in Kona, Hawaii. I will never forget their Harley-riding pastor, James “Tex” Texeira. During his sermon, Tex asked the congregation … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Discipleship, Great Commission, Kingdom, Vocation, Worldview
Tagged Christianity, Church, Doggie Head Tilt, football, halftime, Kona, no huddle, Solid Rock Ministries, Vocation, work
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O’Reilly, Letterman, and the Culture War
John Richard Pearcey is editor and publisher of The Pearcey Report and its blog, Pro-Existence. Rick has served as managing editor of the Capitol Hill political weekly Human Events, associate editor of the Evans-Novak Political Report, and senior writer with the MacLaurin Institute. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Worldview
Tagged America, Atheism, Bill O’Reilly, Christianity, culture wars, human rights, inalienable rights, Islam, Judeo-Christianity, Letterman, Rick Pearcey
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The Good News About the End of the Christian Era
Gabe Lyons recently released a book entitled The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America. We have not yet read it, but we like what we are hearing about it, given his emphasis on several themes that … Continue reading
Two Missing Boys and What Their Stories Say About Worldview
A society’s treatment of children provides a clear window into its soul. Two news stories this week, from two disparate societies, make a startling contrast. Seven-year-old Kyron Horman went missing from his rural Skyline Elementary School near Portland, Oregon, sometime … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Imago Dei, Worldview
Tagged Christianity, missing boy, News, Values, Worldview
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Exciting Opportunities in the Phoenix Area!
Today there are more churches in the world than ever, and yet more brokenness, poverty, corruption, and despair. Why? In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus gives his marching orders to the Church: make disciples of all nations! Today, the Church has largely … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Culture, DNA News, Evangelism, Mission
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Church, Community, Culture, Discipleship, Mission, transformation
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