a blog by Keelan Cook
This article is the second in a two-part series on Christ's command in Matthew 7:1-5. In this artile, we provide a specific application of this command. This first article provides necessary background and proper interpretation for the passage. You can read it here: Link to the first Article. I grow weary of social media. I…
Continue reading ➞ Handle with Care: Christian Conflict on Social Media
The next interview in our series is a team leader for people group engagement in a local church. Marie works in a local church in the Raleigh area, mobilizing others to reach the West African Muslims that live around the church. Marie is not church staff. She is a regular church member who is catalyzing…
Continue reading ➞ A Mile in Their Shoes: Peoples Next Door team leader in a local church
Today, I want to take a moment and highlight a simple resource for local church pastors, especially of the student variety. If you have never taken your students on a "people group excursion," then you should. Tiffany Smith works for the North American Mission Board and recently wrote a guest post at the Collegiate…
Continue reading ➞ Student Resource: “Leading Students to the Nations Here at Home”
There is something about a picture, an icon, that galvanizes emotions and sets one's conscience. The recent image of little Aylan Kurdi, washed up dead on a Turkish beach, is that image for the current migrant crisis in Europe. I call it a migrant crisis, because it is much more than a wave of immigration.…
Continue reading ➞ When Borders Get Crossed: Why We Should Care About Aylan Kurdi
A Hindu temple just outside of Raleigh, NC. I don’t know anything about fill-in-the-blank culture! Can I even do this without some level of cultural expertise? This is perhaps the most frequent question when I share about reaching international peoples in America. Without stepping on a soapbox, this attitude is the unfortunate byproduct of the…
Continue reading ➞ How to be a Missionary Without Being a “Missionary”
They say it doesn't exist, but I've been there. As a matter of fact, I feel like I'm there now. While writing these words, I stare out across a piece of glass the locals call the Marmara Denizi (Sea of Marmara). I watch the sun set in a sky so blue it meets the water…
When you crack a new book for the first time, as you leaf through the first two or three pages, you will usually notice a page with just a sentence or two nestled right into the center of it. On it, you will find someone's name. It will not be the author's name, but it…
This post comes with an assignment. Before you go any further, you need to read Acts 5:12- 42. This post will make a lot more sense if you do. The word of God is powerful. As a matter of fact, the best words I can use to describe it are the ones it uses…
About six months ago, I was given a turtle. It was a regular, garden variety turtle. This turtle had no special talents or abilities. It had no value, except that it was a gift. It was given to me by a man with whom I have developed a significant friendship this past year. Let us…
"What you live is what you really believe, everything else is just religious talk." ~Vance Havner
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