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40 by 40: Two or Three In my goal to talk to 40 people about Jesus before I turn 40, it was time to make another push. Day two of my mission led me to two black ladies who believed and one who declined. I was out for another Thursday night basketball park arrangement. I…
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Do you Identify as a Christian? How you define yourself can be picked up pretty quickly in introductory conversations. I am a runner. A teacher. A writer. One or the other will be mentioned within the first few minutes of talking to someone, and these things can be a great hinge for the rest of…
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Kids make you simplify the deep “Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25 In our Bible reading plan we hit a tough straight with some Exodus tabernacle construction and Hebrews. We determined that this year it’s important to…
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40 by 40 – It Starts with One I initiated the challenge, bought & marked the Bibles and set the ideal date. My husband plays basketball near a great park on Thursdays. Last Thursday I took the kids and recognized the opportunity. This Thursday I’d bring the kids and take the opportunity. My ambition was…
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Identity is one of the fundamental questions of life: Where did I come from? Where am I going? What is my purpose? How should I live? What is truth? People without answers to these questions head through life aimless, bound to be dissatisfied as one who doesn’t recognize their purpose is unable to find fulfillment.…
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40 by 40 set up I’ve been setting up for the challenge of sharing about Jesus with others my entire life. I was baptized when I was 13, but raised in the church, I’d known much about the Bible growing up. I’d even read through the whole children’s Bible in a night engaging with the…
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The dread of year 40 is a cultural impulse. I remember people suggesting to my mom that she just turn 39 several times. Well here I am at thirty nine—not feeling like I belong in the 49ers group yet, but that special month is on the horizon. Ironically, as I entered the funeral of a…
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Did God really say we had a choice in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? While studying Adam and Eve, Javelin asked a question that I feel like most kids get to: why did God even put that tree in the garden? We say that he wanted to give people a choice…