August 2011 Blog Posts (8)

Person of Peace - Daycare Owner Takes in Homeless Children

Those of you who follow this blog know may recall that one of our new converts, Cyndi Moncada, led us to start serving at the Divine Children Christian Center, a daycare center in East McKinney. The woman that runs this daycare center is Yalonda Moore, a woman who received a kidney transfer and because of this, dedicated her life to serving…

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Added by James Nored on August 31, 2011 at 11:38am — 2 Comments

Sean Dulock, High Pointe Teen, Has His Story Published In New Francis Chan Video Series, Surrender!

Earlier this year, we made a video of the story of High Pointe teen Sean Dulock during our "Harvest Sunday" (outreach giving day) presentation. In this story, Sean shared how he had become addicted to video games, and so he threw them all aw ay in preparation…

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Added by James Nored on August 29, 2011 at 1:47pm — 4 Comments

Sharing the Gospel--It is more than words

 

 

Above is a video from John Dickson, author of The Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission. In this video and book, Dickson talks about how sharing the gospel involves more than words and "presentations."…

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Added by James Nored on August 25, 2011 at 10:04am — 3 Comments

Sending Passages in the Gospel of John

Below are most all of the passage in John that use the word "sent." I have included all those referring to Jesus, with a few that refer to John the Baptist. (Thank you to www.Biblegateway.com for help with this.) Missio means "to send," and thus being missional is about being "sent" into the world to take up the mission of…

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Added by James Nored on August 24, 2011 at 1:46pm — 3 Comments

Reciprocity - When we engage in mission, we learn from those we encounter!

I just finished reading The Missional Church in Perspective, a work which outlines currents trends in thought in the missional conversation since the publication of Missional Church. It is an excellent reflective…

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Added by James Nored on August 19, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Small group adopts daycare center and continues to bless them & be blessed by them

Today I dropped by the Divine Children Christian Center, the daycare center that one of my small groups has adopted. One of our new converts, Cyndi Moncada, used to take her kids to this daycare center. As we teach people to follow Jesus, we teach them to take up Christ's mission of seeking the lost, serving the community, and sharing the good news. So when…

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Added by James Nored on August 18, 2011 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Does our language really matter? Absolutely.

One of the things that postmodernism has taught us is the important of language. Somewhere in the 1980s I can remember when politically correct language started entering into mainstream consciousness. Blacks became African-Americans. Airline stewardesses became flight attendants. Chairman became chairperson. There was a growing awareness that language shapes and sometimes…

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Added by James Nored on August 17, 2011 at 2:30pm — 7 Comments

What the Debt Crisis Tells Us About Ourselves



This past week our nation narrowly avoided an economic meltdown when the US House and Senate passed a debt limit increase bill and President Obama signed it into law. The entire nation was frustrated over how long and messy this process was; however, it does give us some insight into human nature.



What does this crisis show? First, it shows…

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Added by James Nored on August 8, 2011 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

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