One of the world's top Christian missiologist has recently died. Dr. Ralph D. Winter (1924–2009) past away while at his house on May 20, 2009 after a long battle with myeloma and lymphoma.
While I never personally met Dr. Winter his work in missiology greatly influenced me on my journey towards Christ.
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The church talks a lot about “Who is my neighbor?” – which can be good. But I think Rich Nathan has a point when he said that the “first question the church must answer correctly is, ‘who is my enemy?’”
From this premise, Rich tackles five of the most pressing issues facing the modern [...]
Some of you may have noticed that bluecastle.us was down for a few days – if you didn’t notices, well… the site was down for a few days.
It is now back up and running as you are currently reading this note on website. Brilliant, I say, simply brilliant. I had the pleasure [...]
My beautiful bride recently picked up a Spanish / English Good News parallel Bible.
At first I was a bit skeptical – with a name like the “Good News Bible”.. I mean, come on – is that a marketing gimmick or what?
But then I started reading it (the English side… sigh… unfortunately [...]
A new couple came to our couples Bible Study last night at the personal invitation of one of the members. While this may sound like a seemingly non-earth shattering event, in reality it was HUGE!
Why?
Because it means that the folks in the study are capturing the vision, heart and importance of meeting [...]
I opened my Bible the other day to Psalms 22 – not really sure why, but it seemed like a good place to start. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (NIV)
Ah – the cry of the Lord on the cross (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34).
Yet, it was verse 6 [...]
Appalled. Disturbed. Vomiting uncontrollable.
That is my reaction to the new Thomas Nelson's new The American Patriot's Bible. It is total CRAP!!!
Why?
Because the editors filled the Bible with multiple commentary and articles related to the United States of America. Now – I love this country and am glad to be [...]
There were four of us boys at the creek that day ranging from 10 to 14 years old. We each took turns climbing the tree next to the bluff overlooking the creek before swinging out and dropping into the waters below.
The only problem was that it wasn’t a high bluff or a [...]
Close….very close to the truth.
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Thanks vjbear for the comic!
Normally I don’t watch “Christian” movies. Mostly because they tend to be very cheese and poorly made – which is kind of sad.
However, over the past few months I have watched two films that have changed my view of “Christian” movies. The first one was “Fireproof” – which did a great job at [...]
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