Tag Archives: take up your cross

Should Church Comfort Or Confront?

Should church meetings comfort or confront?  Perhaps both.  Maybe church should “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” However the goal of a church meeting is not primarily to make people comfortable or to be user friendly.  The goal of … Continue reading

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Save Money On Mission Trips

Churches and individuals:  You can save money on mission projects! If you can’t afford to spend $2,000 or $3,000 to go overseas for a short-term mission project, no problem.  Mission projects are needed right here in our USA urban areas. Just go … Continue reading

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