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The theme of missions, encompassing God’s redemptive plan for all nations and the sending of messengers to proclaim it, weaves throughout the entirety of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. It’s the unifying message revealing God’s desire for all people to know and worship him.  We’ve had the blessed privilege of focusing on this element […]

While there are many challenges in reaching the unreached world with the gospel, the real challenge is for us to understand the Great Commission and our response in obedience to do what Jesus commissioned us to do.  Matthew 28:18-20 is the most well-known biblical record of what is commonly referred to extra-biblically as “the Great […]

Stories… our lives are made up of stories, and the best of them, perhaps not always recognized in the moment, have God at the foundation.  Sometimes those stories turn into God-sized experiences. Back in 2013, I gave my wife, Joyce, a unique Christmas gift: I enrolled her in the Perspectives study course, offered by Perspectives […]

Human nature… it is made up of many facets.  There are the ‘get-all-you-can-while-you-can’ thinkers who grasp for stuff while doing as little as possible – the kind of individuals who want something for nothing.  We call it greed.  It’s the stuff that motivates criminals and scammers, perhaps others, too.  But human nature is comprised of […]

I got to the top of the cliff… breathless and panting, my lungs feeling like they were about to explode.  I was wheezing.  Why was I wheezing?  I was used to rigorous hikes and didn’t mind the strain of hard climbs, but for some reason it felt like someone had taken a turkey baster and […]

Church planting efforts continue in many third world countries throughout the world ‘while you are sleeping’ as well as during your awaking hours among people groups located in Central and South America.  There’s not a day goes by that an Ethnos360 missionary team is not teaching the Bible somewhere throughout the world.  Its springtime here […]

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you read the words, “Isi mplyd ontun dersta ndathi ngiamrea ding.”  Does anything sound familiar?  Is there anything similar to what you may use in conversation?  Or is it totally foreign to you? Sounds in an unfamiliar language can be downright confusing and utterly mind-boggling.  […]

Last month we put out a plea for prayer on social media about an aviation fuel shortage in Papua New Guinea.  Our planes and helicopters are dependent upon uninterrupted fuel supplies to service missionaries living & ministering in remote locations among unreached people throughout the country.  No fuel means that there will be no flights […]

PRICE CHECK ON REGISTER THREE “Price check on register three” spoke the plea for help over the store intercom system.  “Oh, just let it go,” said the customer to the clerk, then checked out, and hurriedly left the store.  I chuckled to myself… “Yep, I’ve done that a few times!” Have you ever come away […]

Yes, you heard correctly… NINE days of back-to-back mission engagement with a variety of age groups from young to old –all in one church.  It was exhilarating! Missions in worship; missions in Sunday school classes; missions in youth groups; missions with college-age; missions with families; missions with middle-age; missions with seniors; missions with men’s groups; […]