Spiritually vibrant teens more likely to “stand strong” against negative influences

Often in the non-profit ministry world, we are challenged on how we approach life transformation. Skeptics question whether God’s Word can really be enough to affect people’s destinies. Critics scoff and say we need to do more than proclaim God’s Word to impact young people. There are hundreds of organizations that believe social justice and […]

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Macro Trend: Paganization of the West

 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NIV) Historically the Gospel started in the East and moved westward, creating incredible growth in Europe and the Americas. But in the past 100 years, it’s like we are watching a tennis […]

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New Law Designed to Financially Sink Churches

Have you heard about this new ruling by a US District judge in Wisconsin? The church is under attack again… My friend, Peter Haas, pastor of Substance church in Minnesota, does a great job of explaining the ripple effect this ruling will have on communities, churches and individuals in ministry. He has given me permission to re-post his blog here: […]

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Adoption: The Call of a Lifetime

When Rob asked me to write for his blog, I was eager to do so. After all, the heartbeat of OneHope in so many ways is synced with ours at Focus on the Family. Both organizations exist to share the Gospel. Both have a passion to see children thrive in Christ … because of Christ. […]

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Kindrid: generosity via text

As Millennials and successive generations grow up using technology, it comes as no surprise that they are more comfortable with and actually prefer online giving. Not only do they want giving websites and platforms to look sleek and up-to-date, more importantly they want them to be quick and easy to use. Barna Group studied how technology is […]

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Know thy City: 4 steps toward effective urban ministry

You’re the God of this City You’re the King of these people You’re the Lord of this nation You are You’re the Light in this darkness You’re the Hope to the hopeless You’re the Peace to the restless You are There is no one like our God For greater things have yet to come And […]

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