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After praising God the Father, the next line of Jesus’ model prayer is a petition for God’s will to be enacted in…

Pastor Walter and his compassion Looking out over the 600,000 people living in the poorest part of Lima, Peru, you can almost…

“A disciple is a disciple, right?” “Every disciple looks different.” Maybe you’ve heard or even asked these types of questions at some…

Too often, strategy remains in the clouds and never touches the people on the ground. I’m not saying our church strategies are…

What does it actually mean to obey Jesus and love God with our heart, soul, mind, and strength? I want to focus…

The synoptic gospels (the ones not written by the apostle John) each record Jesus’ teaching about what is commonly called The Great…

Middle school kids are high energy!!  No surprise for anyone that’s spent 5 minutes with middle schoolers.  What is surprising is how,…

Spiritually mature middle school students? Does this sound like an oxymoron? A pipe dream? Isn’t the best we can possibly hope for…

You are home from a trip to a developing country that is more than six time zones away. The journey back to…

The following is an excerpt from Dave Buehring’s book “The Great Opportunity” As long as I can remember, there has been a…

When I first came to Bethel, to my surprise, there were people who were interested in getting to know me. At first,…

The second dimension of a disciple is that he is progressively developing the character and the competencies of Jesus in his own…