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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 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 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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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 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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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 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 7, 2013 Hope Delivered: Tiffany’s StoryBecause we do follow-up research after launching a program or distributing a product, we gather not only statistics,...
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November 4, 2013 Adoption: The Call of a LifetimeWhen Rob asked me to write for his blog, I was eager to do so. After all, the...
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October 24, 2013 Kindrid: generosity via textAs Millennials and successive generations grow up using technology, it comes as no surprise that they are more...
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October 21, 2013 Trifecta: 3 influencers for spiritual vibrancy in teensWhat does it mean to live a spiritually vibrant life as a teen? “Strong” teens live a life...
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October 17, 2013 8 strategic shifts for 21st century missionsIf you are in ministry, your head must be spinning from the rapid changes that have taken place...
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October 11, 2013 Is God’s Word Enough?We sent a team to the Catalyst conference in Atlanta, GA last week to help spread the word...
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September 26, 2013 Print or Digital? Pew Study offers surprising insightI traveled over 125 days last year, so being able to carry a library’s worth of books in a...
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September 19, 2013 Hope Delivered: Nassi’s StoryBecause we do follow-up research after launching a program or distributing a product, we gather not only statistics,...
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September 16, 2013 The ‘Delinquency Fulfilling Prophecy’Imagine how your son or daughter would feel if you were in prison. Abandoned. Ashamed. Alone. Sadly, this...
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September 5, 2013 We researchDid you know that OneHope does research? We are excited that we were able to help source research along...
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September 3, 2013 Facebook: does it help teens “like” or “dislike” themselves?While the popularity of Facebook ebbs and flows depending on the newer forms of social media (such as...
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August 29, 2013 Know thy City: 4 steps toward effective urban ministryYou're the God of this City You're the King of these people You're the Lord of this nation...
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August 21, 2013 Schools: old-but-new-again conceptNever has the need or desire for education been stronger than it is at this moment in history....
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August 13, 2013 Hacking for JesusHave you ever heard of a hackathon? Me neither, until a few weeks ago. And I’m nervous to...
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August 8, 2013 Don’t break the mirror“We need to understand that for every statistic, there is a young person who has a face, who...
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July 25, 2013 Spiritually Homeless YouthIn his book You Lost Me, David Kinnaman—president of the Barna Group—divides once church-going Millennials into three types...
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July 11, 2013 Macro Trend: Shedding light on the 4-14 windowIt's becoming "normal" to see young children easily navigating high-tech, high-priced pieces of technology. In Africa, I saw more children...
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July 8, 2013 Research before you launchAfter my epiphany about Outcomes Based Ministry in Swaziland, we launched a giant research effort in order to...
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July 6, 2013 Egyptian Uprising Offers New Day for ChurchThe Arab Spring quickly became the winter of discontent for most of the Middle East as Arab strongmen...
