This month Amy’s team (Magdalena USA) is seeing the result of an idea that started a year ago. Last winter, her team wanted to help resource some partner organizations during January, which is the national Human Trafficking Awareness month. But the funding wasn’t available to help as fully as we hoped. So last spring Amy […]
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Planning and preparation are vital to proper execution of a strategy. But is spending time establishing the plans a human effort that leaves God providence out of the picture? Well, there are many Biblical examples of well established plans which the Lord either instituted or blessed. God placed on Nehemiah’s mind the desire to rebuild
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Historians credit Francis of Assisi with gifting the world with the first nativity scene. It happened in 1223 in the Italian village of Greccio where Francis wanted to help people better understand and engage the mystery of the Word become flesh. Francis remembered a visit he made to Bethlehem years earlier that inspired the idea
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Vonette Bright is the co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. Vonette and Bill founded this ministry on prayer and faith in God. And she has led us very well by her example and encouragement. She was always so enthusiastic and positive. She died at home on December 23rd, 2015, due to complications from acute leukemia. We
This Christmas season our family is doing an advent devotional together each day. Well “together” means that we each have a time with the Lord and follow the same reading each day. Since our kids are spread around the country and schedules are hectic, we are posting each day’s reading on an online blog. The content
There are three institutions that God appointed upon this earth: the Government, the Family and the Church. God Himself has ordained government and commands that everyone must submit to government; moreover, there is no authority except that which God has established. The Lord is the author of the union of marriage, made evident when He
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A Rave is an Electronic Dance Music Concert that attracts 20,000 or more kids aged 18-25. Law enforcement has estimated that 90% of those who attend use drugs and alcohol. Other high risk behavior is also present, and human traffickers and other predators are attracted to Rave scenes. A Rave is scheduled to be in
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This weekend, 10 swimmers from The Master’s Academy varsity team competed in the Regional championships for Florida High School Athletic Association. This is one step away from qualifying for the State competition. In 2012, Mike was asked to start a swim program at the school where we have sent all of our kids. That first
In culmination of Jesus’ earthly ministry, he said “go and make disciples of all nations.” That mission, the Great Commission, has been the church’s calling for 2000 years. In the 1960s, Dr. Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, began signing his correspondences “Yours for the fulfillment of the Great Commission in this
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I (Amy) have been encouraging various ministries and churches to utilize the valuable resources of the Magdalena film, a variation of the original JESUS film. Here is a brief stay of a woman in Asia who has been going through the Magdalena Bible study with her church. Bai was diagnosed with Tuberculous pleurisy when she
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