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Service has a sound. Service has a frangrance. Service has a feeling. Service has names. Service has role models . . .
October 29 | Application (‘What Does It Mean to Serve?’)
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October 29 | Discovery
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These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Peter Serves in Lydda and Joppa” (Acts 9:32-43), by Mark Scott.
Josh and Denise Beck: Fully Dedicated to Helping Build Up Missionaries
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Denise Beck is executive director of Velvet Ashes, a support organization for women in missions. Josh Beck in July took over as executive director of Barnabas International, a group that provides resources and encouragement to missionaries globally. Donna Cole, global partners counselor at College Heights Christian Church, calls the Becks an “amazing servant couple.” . . .
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Origins of Lincoln Christian University (1944)
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“The closing hour of the Evangelistic Rally at Lincoln, Ill., Feb. 23 and 24, marked a culmination that will be of wide interest,” Christian Standard reported in March 1944. “The announcement by Earl C. Hargrove, minister at Lincoln, that a new preacher-training school would be opened there in September sent a thrill over the great crowd. . . .”
News Briefs for Oct. 18
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Two Point University Department of Biblical Studies faculty members have written books. Plus briefs from ICOM, Team Expansion, Milligan University, GLCC, and more . . .
‘An Unbelievable Privilege’: Tim Harlow Retiring after 33 Years at Parkview Christian
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Tim Harlow is retiring at the end of this month after 33 years as senior pastor at Parkview Christian Church in Orland Park, Ill. Harlow led the suburban Chicago church as it grew from just 150 people in 1990 to well more than 8,000 at its pre-pandemic height. Harlow said retiring and moving away after so long in one place isn’t easy. . . .
In Search of—Me
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A search to reunite pictures with their owners brings to mind God’s efforts to reunite lost humanity with himself, their Creator. . . .
October 22 | Philip Preaches in Samaria
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Philip’s ministry had three parts to it. He preached, and the crowds all paid close attention to what he said. He cast out demons (some came out with shrieks). And he healed those who were paralyzed or lame. . . .
October 22 | Application (‘Don’t Give Up on Evangelism’)
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“Our non-Christian neighbors are weary of polarizing political dialogue and are conditioned to distrust religion,” David Faust writes. “Meanwhile, Christians wonder how to share the good news with those who shy away from churches and consider sin a nonissue. . . . Here are some things I have learned about evangelism.”