Three weeks ago, Osh, Kyrgyzstan was a very large city with a very large population of Uzbeks, a people group very dear to my heart.
Today, a significant portion of the city lies in ruins. Hundreds are dead, and tens of thousands have fled the city.
Many Uzbeks have gone back to Uzbekistan, where it is much [...]
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There was a time in my life when Campus Crusade For Christ was an important tool that God used to shape and mature me.
I have met hundreds of Campus Crusade staff over the years, and every one of them impresses me with their passion, vision, and persistence in their desire to reach college students with [...]
Please, please, please pray for Uzbekistan!
The article I just stumbled over begins:
WHEN her baby died soon after delivery, Gulbahor Zavidova, 28, a poor farmer’s wife, longed to be pregnant again. After months of trying she and her husband visited a doctor who told her she could never have another child because she had been sterilised.
The [...]
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Remember this series of posts from several months ago?
I wrote about the book “Religion Saves (and 9 other misconceptions)” by Mark Driscoll, head pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle.
The book is based on the sermon series by the same name (which you can watch, listen to, or download for free).
Well, this month, like every [...]
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This is the trailer for a documentary that was recently released called “Collision”.
Here’s the synopsis, as copied from the ‘About’ page of the website:
COLLISION carves a new path in documentary film-making as it pits leading atheist, political journalist and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens against fellow author, satirist and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson, as they go [...]
If you’re a high school senior or a college student — or that age — I would highly encourage you to consider checking out Passion 2010.
It’s a conference just for you, with music from Chris Tomlim, Steve Fee, and others, and life-changing teaching from Louie Giglio, Francis Chan, John Piper, Beth Moore, and others!
I [...]
While sitting in my cube this afternoon — twiddling my thumbs and waiting for some processes to catch up with me so I can keep working — I came across this article on the BBC.
That lizard in the photo above: it’s called the “Jesus Christ” lizard.
Seriously.
Why?
Because it can walk on water.
Hey, if you have a minute, would you mind cruising over to the Gap ‘casting call’ website and voting for Josiah?
You’ll find a couple of photos of Josiah, and if they get the most votes, we can use the cash to get his college fund started!
You can vote for as many photos as you want, [...]
This showed up in my inbox this week.
Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio, & Christy Nockels will be doing a Christmas tour this year!
As you can see, they completely neglected our great state of North Carolina when they planned this thing, but I’m still tempted to try and get to Virginia Beach.
Anybody interested?
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My great, great friend and brother, Tim, launched a new website this week: www.PeaceMakersBlog.com
Tim has an amazing heart for muslims living in America, and his vision is for this blog is to serve as a place of respectful dialog between christians, muslims, and jews about our agreements and disagreements regarding the most important topic in [...]
Next weekend, I’ll be in Durham with some of my favorite Bible teachers in the world.
I can’t wait!
There’s still room to sign up if you want to join me: www.Advance09.com
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This won’t make your 5:00 news, but it’s way more important than the latest defector from the Republican party…
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The bridge God used to bring Stephanie and I into each other’s lives in the first place was missions.
I had just returned from being overseas for almost a year, and Steph was in the process of heading overseas for a 2-year commitment, after 9 previous trips.
We decided to pause for a length of time to [...]
Just came across this article saying that one of the very last moves of the Bush administration was to designate Uzbekistan as one of the top 8 religious rights violators in the world.
It makes me sad that the Obama administration will probably completely ignore this because they ‘need’ to build an air force base there.
Here’s [...]
Saw this on the Smiths’ blog.
These kinds of things really get the wheels in my head turning (video embedded below):
The September Campaign Trailer from charity: water on Vimeo.
