Category Archives: Missiology

Silent Night: Christmas 2025

This holiday season, I have been thinking a lot about the lyrics of some of the songs we hear and sing around this time of year. I’ve thought about that line from Joy to the World, what it really means … Continue reading

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The Mission of God: Blessed to be a Blessing

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us — so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. Psalm 67:1-2 Why does God bless His people? Is … Continue reading

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A Month of Service

I love that I’ve been able to serve alongside so many good people this month: on mission trips to Baja (with the whole family) and Scotland (with Jackson), but also with such a loving church family willing to surround each … Continue reading

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Daniel Taylor, The Skeptical Believer

In his book, The Skeptical Believer, Daniel Taylor offers these compass points for believers wrestling with doubt. First, I remind myself that I have been invited not into an argument but into a story. Second, I recall that this story … Continue reading

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Paul in Acts: Jerusalem

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul … Continue reading

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Good Friday 2025: Sacrifice

If I had to pick one word to capture the heart of the gospel, I don’t think I could do any better than the word “sacrifice.” Sacrifice encapsulates the whole of the biblical story: from the call of Abraham to … Continue reading

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Paul in Acts: Stoned

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the … Continue reading

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Paul in Acts: Lystra, Part 2

I’m sure if you told Paul and Barnabas that the healing of the man who had been crippled from birth would prompt the crowd to worship, they would have said, “Great! That’s a good thing!” But the problem occurs when … Continue reading

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Paul in Acts: Lystra

Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith … Continue reading

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Paul in Acts: Iconium

Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the … Continue reading

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