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WHAT’S WITH WATER BAPTISM?

I have decided. Three powerful words that will change your life. Decisions are the turning point of destiny. Deciding to follow Jesus is followed by being baptized in water. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 30, 2019

Life Formation Life Stories

4 IRONIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COURAGEOUS

Courageous people share one common quality - they don't describe themselves as courageous. They talk about being afraid and scared. Some explain that they were "just doing their duty." Volodymyr Zelensky exemplifies courage. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 29, 2019

Life Formation Life Stories

THE GIRL BEHIND THE RED ROPE

If you are familiar with M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village you will feel right at home reading The Girl Behind The Red Rope. Two Dekkers –Ted and Rachelle, father and daughter – teamed up to craft a modern parable of The Girl Behind the Red Rope. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 27, 2019

Life Formation

PASTORS DON’T INDULGE IN HYPOTHETICALS: PETERSON

Over the last three decades, no one has done more to shape my pastoral imagination than Eugene Peterson. As readers of Peterson’s The Message translation of Scripture know, he had a love affair with well-chosen words. A year before his death on October 22, 2018 he discovered how inflammatory a single word could be. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 17, 2019

Photo by Cathal Mac an Bheatha on Unsplash

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WELCOME: 17 WAYS FOR LOVE TO BE SEEN

She felt a nervous excitement signing up for the women’s event. It wasn’t easy to do, but she reasoned that spending time with other Christian women would allow her to meet friends and find a welcome into the life of her new church. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 12, 2019

Life Formation Life Stories

My Face Was On Fire: Cheryl’s Story

My name is Cheryl Turner. I’m a recovered drug addict and a follower of Jesus Christ. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 10, 2019

Holidays Posts Life Formation

THANKSGIVING NOTES

On Thanksgiving Sunday people were asked to record what they are thankful for. The following is a sample of those expressions. (more…)

Bob JonesOctober 8, 2019

Life Formation

The Casserole Rules: Death and Divorce

Unless you air your laundry, divorce in the church is as isolating as a child’s temper tantrum during the Sunday morning service. When my husband of 27 years suddenly and unexpectedly left, it was weeks before my large-church-pastors noticed I was missing from Sunday morning services. And even weeks more before someone called to check in. (more…)

Bob JonesSeptember 29, 2019

Life Formation

SHAME-FACED: WHEN LEADERS FAIL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

Justin Trudeau is feeling shame-faced over his blackface, or in his words, “make-up.” Stunning photos and a video surfaced of Trudeau, known for lecturing opposition candidates from a position of moral superiority. In the following 24 hours he would break all of his own rules. (more…)

Bob JonesSeptember 23, 2019

Life Formation

AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIANS

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Dear Christian, I’ve wanted to write this letter for a long time, but I wasn’t sure it would do any good. Like you, I’m on my own journey. (more…)

Bob JonesSeptember 14, 2019

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