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Our educational system and culture train us in a way of reading literature that works against the way the Scriptures were designed to be read and experienced. Our information culture resists embracing a text written primarily for transformation rather than information.
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Point Man of Newburgh—an Indiana ministry that helps combat veterans returning from war—is moving toward purchasing and developing a $4.5 million retreat center. The project is a monumental one for the 13-year-old nonprofit organization that got its start with the help of Crossroads Christian Church in Newburgh, Ind.
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The vision of the valley of dry bones that Ezekiel was given pictured this new life and restoration of Israel to their homeland.
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I gazed at my weary listeners—mothers with young children, a scared-looking teenage boy, and some tired-looking old men and women with despair on their faces. How could I possibly help them?
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Looking at the entire passage (Ezekiel 37:1-14) what does the valley of dry bones and their reanimation represent . . . for Israel? For God’s church today?
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As with track runners, we Christians also have a finish line upon which we focus.
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Doug Lucas of Team Expansion writes: “We have been surprised and amazed that in the 12 months since our troops’ rushed departure from Afghanistan in August 2021, God has raised up more than 100 families in a Christian network that defies anything previously known in that nation.”
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Briefs about a “Fresh Hope” Mental Health Care Summit for Pastors in Iowa, expansion by Traders Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, and more.
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The apostle Peter wrote to people who were suffering and challenged them to “commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good” (1 Peter 4:19). James Fehl, who passed away on Aug. 21, did just that . . . serving Christ throughout his life after contracting polio as a college freshman.