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What Islam Taught Me About Christmas
There’s no denying that when Thanksgiving hits, it’s only a mad dash to Christmas. Anticipation builds, parties are planned, cookies are exchanged and stores are flooded with hurried shoppers. It’s all wrapped up in the season of Christmas.
4 Advent Reads To Check Out This Christmas Season
Despite the busyness that this holiday can bring, Christmas is a time for our hearts and minds to pause and reflect on how significant the meaning of Christmas is for followers of Christ. Here are four books that can help you cultivate a heart of worship this Christmas season.
The Pursuit
One man and one woman in complete harmony with God. Perfection. That is where it all began. But it didn’t last. Sin invaded the perfection of harmony, leaving everything broken and unclean. Man was now forever separated from God.
Three Biblical Principles When Considering A Life of Missions
I recently received the following question in an email from a coworker, “What would you say are the top 3 Biblical principles that are important for people considering a life in missions?”
That Was The First Time She Had Ever Heard It
Listen to one of our grads share a story about how she was able to meet a friend during her time in North Africa and share the story of Jesus with her for the first time.
Suffering and Missions
Around halfway through the semester, we hold a discussion with our students on the biblical perspective of suffering based on a sermon by Francis Chan. Personally, that discussion has had new meaning for us depending on what life circumstances are happening during that season. But no matter the season, we come to the same realization: suffering is allowed and ordained by God for the sake of the character of His children.
Five Things To Pack When Moving Overseas
I’ve moved my life overseas a few times now, and the more I do it, the easier it gets. I’ve observed many other people move overseas as well and often times I’ve thought, “Oh wow, I wish someone would’ve told you not to bring all of that medicine with you! You could have filled that space with almond butter instead and bought the pharmaceuticals here—and for so much cheaper!”
The Pinball Life of Paul: How To Respond When Life Doesn't Go Your Way
Renee spent over a year bonding with her team and building a love for this country. She worked hard to raise support and get all of her paperwork together. She prayed and prayed and then prayed some more. She sold possessions including her car. She struggled through the emotions of having to say goodbye to family and friends. She mentally prepared herself to live in a different culture vastly different than her own. She was set and ready to leave.
The Joys and Hardships of International Living
Living overseas in a culture that is not your own is both exhilarating and exhausting, sometimes all at the same time. There are highs and lows, pros and cons, victories and defeats. Have you ever lived in a different culture? Read about the joys and hardships of cross-cultural living from the perspective of one our overseas workers.
Is The Task Impossible?
In this line of work, you usually have more questions than answers. How does culture affect Christianity? How does where you were born impact your faith? Is it even possible for every people group to know Christ?
Finishing The Task
There are thousands of Muslim people groups who have never heard what Jesus Christ has done on their behalf. This sobering thought fuels missions all over the world. Our friends at Frontiers are empowering people and churches to alter that reality by 2025. We love Frontiers’ heart for loving Muslims until all have heard.
The Power of the Unnamed
Missions should be left to the professionals, right? I can’t be a missionary unless I have been to seminary or have significant training, right? You have to be more holy, like an apostle, to go out and preach the gospel to the nations, right?
8 Must Reads for This Fall
Whether you are an avid reader with a lengthy booklist or someone who considers seeing the movie the same as reading the book, we all can agree these books are worth your time. If you are considering missions, working in ministry or just want to grow in your faith, these books will guide you into a deeper understanding of God’s heart.
Missions Is For The Ordinary
We often designate missionaries as super-Christians who are born with a clear, life-long calling to overseas missions. We create such lofty pedestals that we convince ourselves that missions is only for the “higher-up” Christians.
How I Found The Unreached
I had always assumed that going to North Africa was for heroes and newscasts covering political unrest and religious restrictions in the area just heightened my assumptions. I did not consider myself a hero, but I was willing to go to an unreached people group. How could that actually happen? Who was going to teach me how to go? Who was going to prepare me to live life in such hard places?
Photos Of The Month
Sometimes words only get in the way. Check out this month's views from our overseas missions mentorship.
How Did Cafe 1040 Begin?
We love answering this widely asked question. The story of Cafe 1040 is a display of God's hand working in our history. Find out all the details of how Cafe 1040 came to be.
There's Always A Ship To Tarshish
There is an old saying “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” We have many of these pithy statements that pass down easily memorized wisdom. I would like to introduce to you a new saying of warning: “There’s Always a Ship to Tarshish.”
4 Reasons We're Excited To Launch This Site
We exist to help people see how their life actually can change the current reality that 42% of the world’s population has never heard the story of Jesus. We love providing practical and attainable steps for those who desire to see the story of Jesus known in even the most remote and unlikely places. This is why we overhauled our site.
How Did I Miss This?
“How did I miss this?,”a recent grad asked himself in response to his time living in Southeast Asia with Cafe 1040. The question wasn’t a matter of missing a “call” to missions but missing the reality that God’s prevailing purpose from Genesis to Revelation is to bring people to Himself.