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February 29, 2016
3 Ways to Follow Along on My Upcoming Israel Tour
Insight for Living Ministries Israel Tour Begins in a Few Days
I hope you’ll follow along on my upcoming Israel tour with Insight for Living Ministries. I will serve as the Bible teacher on one of the buses, helping connect the Bible and its lands to life.
(Photo: Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate and Dome of the Rock. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
After going to Israel so many times through the years, I have to be honest . . . it never gets old.
There are several easy ways for y...
February 26, 2016
How an Awesome Creation Can Help with Your Struggles
Apply what you see to what you don't see.
The awesomeness of creation exists as more than beauty for us to observe. In spite of the chaos in our culture, the world screams order in its origin. It also speaks peace to us in our moments of struggle.
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Our world’s predictable seasons and trustworthy laws of nature reveal wisdom in its design. The wisdom of creation we see is explained in the Bible we read. Wisdom played such an integral role in creation that the author...
February 24, 2016
5 Lasting Lessons from the Lands of the Bible
How God teaches His people to walk by faith.
Biblical geography offers more for us than the maps in the back of our Bibles might imply. I recently shared a talk on how valuable the lands of the Bible can be to our understanding and application of Scripture.
(Photo: Sea of Galilee. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
This land served as God’s testing ground of faith. It was here, in this land where both personal and national existence were threatened, that Israel’s leaders and pe...
February 22, 2016
God’s Commandments—His Rules Have Reasons
You can learn today what the tribes learned too late.
The names may not sound like much. Names like Beth Shean, Taanach, Megiddo and Gezer. These were cities whose residents the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim failed to drive away. So what?
(Photo: Megiddo sat in a strategic spot. Courtesy of Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Why not let the inhabitants live in this region since they wanted it so badly? The Lord knew why. The failure of the tribes to drive out the inhabitants defied God’s comm...
February 19, 2016
Video Explaining the History of the Temple Mount [Video]
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. The good folks at SourceFlix.com have created a simple video explaining the history of the Temple Mount. If you’d like a quick summary of this significant place in the Bible and history, you owe it to yourself to watch this video. It is well done.
If you’d like more on the Temple Mount, check out this post.
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February 17, 2016
Beersheba—The Last Stop and a Point of Beginning
What God told Jacob there also applies to you.
Just say the name, “Beersheba,” and images come to mind of an old, crusty patriarch leaning on his staff in the dry winds of the wilderness. I imagine Abraham squinting through the head covering that shelters his wrinkled face and thirsty lips. He scans the barren Negev for thieves.
(Tel Beersheba, courtesy of Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Not for thieves who would take his flocks or possessions, but for those who would steal water—the Negev’...
February 16, 2016
Blogging for Ministry Course [Event]
I’m excited to teach a new course on “Blogging for Ministry” this fall at Dallas Theological Seminary. This course will introduce the nuts and bolts of blogging as an effective ministry tool. The students will learn to set up a self-hosted WordPress blog, choose a niche audience, maintain a writing schedule, apply creativity to repurposing content, write for search engine optimization (SEO), set up and grow an email list, learn tips and tools to maximize productivity, utilize Web Analy...
Quote by John Townsend on why we Christians should be most accepting. [Quote]
Of all people in the world, we who belong to Christ should be the most accepting, since we have experienced the grace that the world so urgently needs.Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book!
John TownsendThe Entitlement Cure: Finding Success in Doing Hard Things the Right Way (Zondervan, 2015), Kindle Location, 414.
February 15, 2016
The Surprising Secret to Greatness We Need to Discover
What the original team of rivals can teach us about true greatness.
My recent run-in with an opportunistic driver has me thinking about other opportunists in our lives. Including the one who smiles when someone points a camera our direction.
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God never promised us the Christian life would shield us from the temptation of popularity, greatness, or admiration. In fact, we often toy with the desire to get what we want out of life just like the world does.
Jesus once t...
February 12, 2016
What to Do When Unscrupulous Opportunists Cut You Off
And the one question we should ask ourselves when we get sideswiped.
Last week a pickup almost ran me off the highway. The driver sped past until his truck bed paralleled my hood. Then with no pause, he lurched into my lane! I’ll call him Mr. Chevy.
(Photo courtesy of Unsplash)
No blinker. No wave. No kidding. Just here I come to squash the little Prius! Mr. Chevy came close to doing it.
If fact, if I hadn’t slammed my brakes, the monster truck would have sideswiped me at 65 M.P.H. and sent m...
