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Looking Forward to PBS Frontline’s Series: Digital_Nation

This preview has me hooked!  Will definitely be tuning in to this.
I think the Frontline series will be a critical look at our culture and I’m especially interested to watch in light of this question: how will we “do community” in an increasingly digital nation?

Christine Sine writes in anticipation of this series and what it [...]

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Baptism and Symbolism

In the life of a church, baptisms are wonderful snap-shots of God’s grace!  They’re all unique, and yet they all share certain things in common.  Here are my “Top 3″ symbols of baptism:

Washing.  A new follower of Jesus understands that he or she is cleansed.  We believe that Jesus Christ died in our place on [...]

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Commitment In Relationships: A Lesson From Ruth

There once was a woman named Ruth, and she was a Moabite.  That is, she was from a mountainous strip of land in Jordan, then called “Moab.”  She can teach us a great deal about real, muscular commitment to relationships.
The Ruth of the Hebrew Scriptures made a commitment to Naomi, her mother-in-law, when her mother-in-law [...]

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Evangelism & Social Activism: On Eliminating the ‘&’

For too long, evangelism and social activism have been separated. Followers of Jesus are given the false impression they must choose to be involved with one or the other at a time.
Jesus came with saving love for the whole world. He indwells the church, empowering us to be on mission with him, redeeming [...]

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