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THE GOODNESS OF PRAYING: TOMORROW

What good is praying? If God, to whom you pray, knows the future, then the future is already determined. So why bother praying? How can prayer change the future? And if God does not know the future, why bother worshiping?

Bob JonesMarch 8, 2020

Life Formation

24 Golden Rules For Getting Along With Anyone

When John D. Rockefeller was asked what quality he was willing to pay for the most when hiring employees, he responded without hesitation, "The ability to get along with people." - See more at: http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/culture/7294-how-to-pastor-difficult-people#sthash.tJgvCZZK.dpuf When John D. Rockefeller was asked what quality he was willing to pay for the most when hiring employees, he responded without hesitation, "The ability to get along with people." - See more at: http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/culture/7294-how-to-pastor-difficult-people#sthash.tJgvCZZK.dpuf When John D. Rockefeller was asked what quality he was willing to pay for the most when hiring employees, he responded without hesitation, "The ability to get along with people." - See more at: http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/culture/7294-how-to-pastor-difficult-people#sthash.tJgvCZZK.dpufLife is relationships - the rest is just details. John D. Rockefeller was asked what quality…

Bob JonesMarch 1, 2020

Health Matters Life Formation

6 Stages of Grief: Rick And Kay Warren

Rick and Kay Warren were devastated when their 27-year old son Matthew committed suicide in April 2013. Their grief was unimaginable. Matthew had suffered from depression all of his life. In September 2013 the Warrens gave their first public interview with CNN. Piers Morgan called it “one of the most moving interviews I conducted in my life.”

Bob JonesMarch 1, 2020

Life Formation Life Stories

WHEN A MONSTER CAME HOME: SUFFERING

I was five years old when my mother, who had divorced my father when I was two, met a monster and moved him into our house. He was a violent child molester who tortured me for the better part of a year, and the abuse was too graphic to describe here.

Bob JonesMarch 1, 2020

Life Formation Life Stories

RUNNING THROUGH PAIN:LESSONS ABOUT LOSS

At the halfway marker of a 10km fundraiser, a volunteer observed the pair of running shoes hanging around my neck and made an astute guess. “You must be running for someone today.”

Bob JonesFebruary 24, 2020

Life Formation Life Stories

Bob and Reuben’s Really Big Adventure

Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

Bob JonesFebruary 23, 2020

Life Formation

10 LITTLE THINGS TO BRING PEACE TO YOUR FAMILY

She dropped by unannounced. And I couldn’t help cringing somewhat. Ever-so-slightly mortified.

Bob JonesFebruary 10, 2020

Health Matters Life Formation

MR ROGERS WOULD BE PROUD: CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

Fred Rogers’ is famous for the advice to look for the helpers. “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news,” Mr. Rogers said to his television neighbors, “my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” Cue China. Compassion knows no borders or ethnicities. Helpers are popping up everywhere following the early January Coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese province of Wuhan. Mr Rogers would be proud. On February 1st, ten or so trucks that were Wuhan-bound had been festooned with red banners that read, “Pull together in times of trouble, go Wuhan!” and “The people are united, fight the epidemic together.” Several said they had…

Bob JonesFebruary 2, 2020

Life Formation

FINDING WHAT’S REAL IN A WORLD FULL OF FAKE

Micah Berteau’s Love Changes Everything is not a book for those inclined to fake it until they make it. Real love doesn’t come in a performance.

Bob JonesJanuary 20, 2020

Life Formation Life Stories

LEM’S STORY: BLACK HAT AND A HEART OF GOLD

Lem Mundorf is not the kind of guy you'd pick out a lineup of former gang members, but he knows the life. He grew up running in a gang and doing things he now regrets.

Bob JonesJanuary 20, 2020

Life Formation

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