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2019
SWO19 Youth Pastor Breakout: Preparing Your Students for Cultural Engagement
Summer 2019 We have to train our students to be uniquely Christian in the culture that we are living in today. This means that we have to think about what …
2019
3 Billion People Haven’t Heard the Name of Jesus. What Can You Do Today?
There are billions of people around the world that don’t know a Christian, don’t live within reach of a church, and haven’t even heard the name of Jesus. These men, …
2019
10 Ways to Identify and Develop Missionaries from Your Student Ministry
By Erik Odegard Student pastors have a unique opportunity to raise up missionaries from within their student ministries. During the 2019 Student Pastor Summit at Midwestern Seminary, I had the …
2019
The Painful (and Joyful) Christian Life
By Robert Lane “God did not call us to a life of misery; He called us to a life of pain.” – Piper “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for …
2019
Ramadan: Friendship, Language Learning, and the Gospel in North Africa
By Greg Helms My last day in this sandy, sub-Saharan, African city had arrived bringing a month-short visit with long-admired missionary friends to a close. My flight out was the …
2019
Ramadan Stories: Hospitality in the Middle East, Africa, and Tennessee
Jim and Sarah are friends of Snowbird in Tennessee. They love Jesus, raise their kids in the truth of the Gospel, serve their church, love their neighbors, and actively engage …
2019
Ramadan Stories: Hospitality, Faith, and False Gods in Saudi Arabia
By Isaac Thomas* The night before Ramadan started, I went out to dinner with a few local men to grab burgers, fries, and some surprisingly good banana pudding. They were …
2019
Muslims & Intentional Hospitality
What’s the big deal? “It is easy to love those who are most like us, but it is distinctly Christian to love those who are least like us.” Micah Fries …
2019
Engage Muslims Through Daily Habits & Conversations
What do my daily habits have to do with sharing the Gospel? Whether you realize it or not, each of us lives each day by certain routines. These routines are …
2019
Did Jesus Really Claim to be God?
We’ve noted that all of Scripture points to Jesus, but what did Jesus say about Himself? Did He really claim to be God? Does Islam have any ground to stand …