I Will Make You Fishers of Men

We recently took our kids fishing. Taking four young, inexperienced children to fish for the afternoon is a lot of work, just ask my husband. I’m not too helpful when it comes to catching literal fish. There are hooks caught deep under fallen trees in the water, there are hooks snagged high overhead in still…

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Oh My Go…

I don’t think anyone will have trouble filling in the remaining letters of the title. We hear it all the time, and seemingly for any reason, shock, surprise, excitement, anger, frustration, annoyance. Taking the Lord’s name in vain has never before been so in vogue. But that is actually not what my title was going…

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Growth: Potential vs. Actual

Two years ago, we harvested two small shoots from a mature fig tree. We planted them in pots and kept them side by side in the sun. The following spring, they both budded and put out leaves, but neither grew much at all. This spring, we had room to plant one fig tree in the…

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Evangelism by Phone

Kristi Davis I was challenged a couple of years ago by a book I read on evangelism. My lack of concern for the lost troubled me. True, I always had a measure of concern for friends and family but I do not recall having any concern or action towards strangers. Stirred by the words I…

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