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May 19, 2014 The Fierce Urgency of NOWThe average response time after an emergency call is approximately 8 minutes or less as victims requiring resuscitation...
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May 15, 2014 Family Day fast factsTo celebrate International Day of Familes, here are some interesting family fast facts from our Attitudes and Behavior of Youth...
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May 13, 2014 Family is “Irreplaceable”–national encore May 15 for Family Day!Last night’s premiere of Focus’ first movie, “Irreplaceable,” was a success in every way possible thanks to God’s...
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May 11, 2014 A tribute on Mother’s DayAs a South Floridian I’m required to be a Miami Heat fan, but I put my loyalties aside...
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April 24, 2014 Syria: How can we help the children in Crisis?Read part 1--Children in Crisis Last year, OneHope partnered with Near East Initiatives (NEI) to conduct a qualitative...
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April 24, 2014 Syrian Refugee Children in crisis5.5 million children have been affected by the country’s three-year war. [1] On the anniversary of Syria’s civil unrest,...
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April 23, 2014 Fly me to love: humanity’s deepest need and the lengths people go to try and find itA 15-year-old boy made headlines last week by hiding in the wheel well of an airplane and surviving...
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April 23, 2014 Cadillac Man: an exploitation of AmericanismWhile the hubbub has died down a bit, I can’t stop thinking about “The Cadillac Man” commercial. It...
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April 17, 2014 The Bible: gaining popularity or losing ground?As a ministry whose heartbeat is to share GOD’S WORD with every child, we sit up and take...
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April 15, 2014 Museum of the BibleDo you know where the Bible came from? Well, of course everyone’s conditioned to give the “right” answer—“God”....
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April 14, 2014 Reflections on poverty of spirit, power and prestigeThe past two weeks have been surreal. In the span of a fortnight, I buried a beloved uncle, heard the news...
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April 8, 2014 When a pastor falls due to moral failureI first met Bob Coy 25 years ago on my summer break from seminary. He was a guest...
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April 2, 2014 International Q&A: ArgentinaMy good friend Osvaldo Carnival is pastor of Cathedral of Faith church in Buenos Aires. This incredible man of...
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March 30, 2014 Dressed in Overalls: work hard to invest in the eternalThe key word for OneHope this year is execution. I’ve been praying and thinking a lot about what successful...
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March 27, 2014 Sexual assault and the churchIn the U.S. [1], child abuse is reported every 10 seconds. Neglect is the most common form of...
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March 24, 2014 Missions audit: 5 steps to evaluate the strength of your Strategic VisionAt OneHope, we have set the audacious goal of reaching 4.2 billion children with God’s Word by the...
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March 20, 2014 God’s Not DeadMy good friend, Rice Broocks penned God’s Not Dead: Evidence of God in an age of Uncertainty after...
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March 13, 2014 Girl Scout CookiesRecently Seth Godin penned a post, Girl Scout Cookies, which implored parents NOT to sell on behalf of...
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March 10, 2014 7 Trends to Make You Missions SmartDespite the ubiquity of the Internet, not everyone is a specialist. As a missions futurist, I often share...
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March 6, 2014 Help or hope? The “both/and” approach to evangelismAs we partner with organizations and local churches to spread the Gospel around the world, it is inevitable...
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March 3, 2014 Oscars reveal the faith of Matthew McConaugheyAwards ceremonies give us a glimpse into the ever-changing world of pop culture. Not only do we get...
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February 21, 2014 How sports Ministry is taking the Gospel UpwardIt’s been a real treat to watch the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, where it’s been 60 degrees...
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February 18, 2014 And she sat there…and wrote a book!In honor of my dad’s 70th year of ministry, my always on-the-go mom sat down just long enough...
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February 17, 2014 Legacy: celebrating my dad’s 70th year of ministryAs a seven-year-old boy, my dad—Bob Hoskins—received a vision from the Lord, and preached his first sermon just...
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February 12, 2014 The power of peer evangelism for kidsResearch[1] credits “word of mouth” as being capable of generating double the sales of paid advertising. Virgin Mobile—a...
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February 7, 2014 Olympic opening ceremony casts a vision of unityPerhaps the most powerful part of the Olympics is the opening ceremony. And not just because of the...
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February 6, 2014 Forgotten Russia during the Sochi Olympic Winter GamesWhen I first heard that the XXII Olympic Winter Games were going to be held in the city of...
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February 3, 2014 Sexless Japan: an unnatural patternIn Japan, Europe and the U.S., statistics are showing that people are marrying later in life or not...
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January 30, 2014 Spiritually vibrant teens more likely to “stand strong” against negative influencesOften in the non-profit ministry world, we are challenged on how we approach life transformation. Skeptics question whether...
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January 27, 2014 A courageous paradigm shiftChildren's Ministry 2.0 Part 2 Read Part 1: "Who Likes Sunday School" Courage is not simply one of...
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January 23, 2014 “Who likes Sunday School?”My dad stood in front of a group of believers and fired; “raise your hand if you like...
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January 20, 2014 Are You Driven or Led?“A market-driven organization is driven by what the market wants, regardless of what the marketing department feels like...
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January 16, 2014 Behind the scenes: The Bible App for KidsWho knew that the Bible App for Kids would spread so quickly? We are quickly approaching the 12 million download...
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January 6, 2014 Why is it so hip for a kid to be an atheist?The most recent Pew Research data clearly shows the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans—referred to as “nones” since they claim no religion—is...
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December 31, 2013 My 2013 top 10 listWow—I can hardly believe it’s about to be 2014! We have a lot of exciting things on the...
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December 30, 2013 Macro Trend: Paganization of the WestWhat has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new...
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December 23, 2013 Guilt-free ChristmasAs a member of the trustee board at Oral Roberts University (ORU), I was invited to share a devotional...
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December 19, 2013 Family, spiritual heritage, and casting visionMy dad—Bob—mom—Hazel—and my daughter, Diandra, recently traveled together to Kenya and Tanzania to preach and minister. The last...
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December 16, 2013 Money and marketing for nonprofitsI recently listened to a speaker, who briefly mentioned that he has been doing missions work in Albania...
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December 12, 2013 Macro Trend: The Emerging Middle ClassMost Americans would consider themselves “middle class”. But in many other countries, that status is in the minority—people...
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December 9, 2013 The Founder’s Syndrome: Finish wellIt’s not easy to give up something you love. In 1993, along with a group of friends and...
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December 5, 2013 New Law Designed to Financially Sink ChurchesHave you heard about this new ruling by a US District judge in Wisconsin? The church is under attack again......
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December 2, 2013 The stereotype of stereotypingI chuckled to myself as I read through the stereotypes of different nationalities charted on the Lewis Diagram. Being a...
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November 28, 2013 This changes everything: Bible App for KidsIt’s here! It’s available today! I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. There are...
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November 27, 2013 Listen to the silent crisis in the Central Africa RepublicThe UN is calling the Central Africa Republic (CAR) a “silent crisis”, defining it as housing some of...
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November 25, 2013 What if our kids’ first Bible is an app?When we hear about generations who are digital natives, I think of something that happened with my son...
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November 18, 2013 Parents vs. kids— Internet impressionsIt seems like a baby’s footprint at the hospital is barely dry before their digital footprint is stamped...
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November 14, 2013 Technology and kids — a study in contrastsSince OneHope develops relevant Scripture engagement products and programs geared for children and teens, we closely monitor what is...
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November 13, 2013 No Plot Will WorkThis week I received word that a friend and ministry partner had taken his life, leaving behind a wife...
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November 11, 2013 Warning! You are losing a generationI'm not Paul, but if he were around today writing letters to churches, I imagine that he might...
