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“Why would anyone voluntarily leave their native culture and move to a different land?’ David Faust asks. “Why would anyone choose to give up the conveniences of home and adjust to unfamiliar languages, climates, customs, and foods—and raise their own financial support to pay for these inconveniences?” . . .
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“I spent a week in Turkey last summer,” David Faust writes. “My travel group toured Istanbul and visited the sites of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation 2 and 3. . . . The journey increased my appreciation for first-century missionaries and for the brave believers serving Jesus in Turkey today.”
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Service has a sound. Service has a frangrance. Service has a feeling. Service has names. Service has role models . . .
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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.”
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It’s been said, “When the Lord starts blessin’, the devil starts messin.’” Right when the gospel was taking root and “the number of disciples was increasing” (Acts 6:1), an internal dispute threatened the fledgling church. . . .
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The first-century church has a lot to teach us about financial stewardship. In the book of Acts, there was a link between unity and generosity. Giving flowed naturally because the believers “were one in heart and mind” (Acts 4:32). . . .
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I was brought up in the Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, but I have remained in this tribe by personal choice. . . . But there is still more to restore. . . .
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Some say love is blind—but I disagree. Real love can see quite well, but it chooses to accept (or graciously overlook) the loved one’s imperfections. . . .
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The bride and groom don’t come to the wedding ceremony empty-handed. They bring their unique personalities, strengths, weaknesses, beliefs, habits, and hang-ups. . . .