Guest Post by Stephan Bauman Before the hallelujah chorus The Prince of Peace The Wonderful Counselor; Before the government falls upon His shoulders; Before the Child was born unto Us A peasant girl fell to her knees And sang with abandoned praise: “My soul glorifies My spirit rejoices For You look down upon My lowly […]
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Sarah Thebarge is a speaker and author who grew up as a pastor’s kid in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She earned a masters degree in Medical Science from Yale School of Medicine and was studying Journalism at Columbia University when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27. Her writing has appeared in Just Between Us, Relevant and Christianity Today
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Jesus began his ministry in his hometown of Nazareth. A city some forty miles removed from the shores of Galilee. A city never mentioned in the Old Testament. Because of the violent reception he received, Jesus left Nazareth for Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and, as far as we know, never
Tamara and I keep track of prayer requests on our bathroom mirror with a dry erase pen (so if we ever say we are going to pray for you we actually mean it). When a prayer gets answered we remove it from the list and put a check mark on the top corner of the
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“My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him,
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I recently shared a quote from G.K. Chesterton (the late British journalist) in a talk I was giving on community. Chesterton wrote, “The eagle knows no liberty, he only knows loneliness.” The eagle is the symbol of freedom and liberty. It is a truly American symbol. Yet in a country that is struggling with widespread
I was in Australia meeting with several Evangelical leaders in areas of justice a couple weeks back talking about The Justice Conference when someone asked me what my heart was in founding the conference. I wrestled for a way to sum up a lot of the thoughts, feelings and intentions and answered by saying, “The goal is
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Guest Post by Stephan Bauman The night was anything but silent. “In the days of Herod…” So begins the story of Jesus according to Luke. Herod became King of Judea through a massacre. During his reign, He murdered his wife and his wife’s mother. He slaughtered infants in Bethlehem. At his death, He decrees a hippodrome full
This week at Antioch I started a new sermon series on Mary the Mother of Jesus. Over the next few weeks as we lead up to Christmas we’ll be looking at some different issues through the life of Mary. This week I talked about Mary throughout church history and the development of Catholic church doctrines
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Guest Post by Justin Kron Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter… (John 10:22). To most followers of Jesus who read their Bibles, it is very easy to miss the importance of what the gospel writer, John, just shared and move on to the rest of the story. But I’ve learned to
