Category: Missional Living
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The Joy of Persecution
A few weeks ago we took a sweet little boat ride up river to visit dear friends. No big deal. Just two hours of zigzagging through mazes of dead trees in a tiny leaking boat, to reach a remote village in the mountains with no electricity, phones or latrines, where there was a real possibility…
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Dirty Feet
Sometimes the greatest feeling in the world is having mud in between your toes. Why? It’s because you know you’re taking it like a man and getting dirty is not going to stop you. You understand the risks of riding a motorbike through a jungle in a third world country. You know the rainy season…
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Everyone is Called, Only a Few Go
One of the greatest excuses of our time is not having been “called” to global missions. You know how it goes, “Oh yeah, that’s not for me, I’m straight yo! God has not called me to go anywhere but to serve right here in (you fill in the blank).” Jesus was pretty explicit when He…
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Bad Asian Advice
Some Asian parents can sometimes give lame advice. The worst I’ve heard was, “Don’t go around those black people, they will kidnap you and take you away.” Now that’s just wrong and racist. Other non racist advice would be: Stay in school. Get a good career. Find a stable job. Go to church. Those are…
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Get In The Game
It is well known in missions today that hundreds and thousands of people are coming to Christ daily around the world. Simple churches are multiplying by the minute and Kingdom movements are taking the global South by storm – especially in Asia. There are more Christians on the globe now than there ever has been…
