CHANGE IS IN THE WIND

CHANGE IS IN THE WIND

Solomon says: Wise planning will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe. (2:11 LB) An old joke says: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your future plans. At the OPEN Connect in Bangkok last month, one of the primary issues we were dealing with was...
MORE THAN WE DREAMED

MORE THAN WE DREAMED

The A, B, C’s of B4T: …give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back. – Luke 6:38 When we first started the OPEN Network we...
BELIEVING GOD MORE

BELIEVING GOD MORE

I was reading today about Henrietta Mears. Toward the end of her life, said, If ever I had my life to live over again, I would believe God more. Miss Mears was the Director of Christian Education at the Hollywood Presbyterian Church.  She grew Sunday school attendance...

Haiti – We Failed! What Can We Learn?

In my own life time, Haiti may be the best example of the failure of traditional mission strategies.  Church after church has poured time and money into Haiti and in 20+ years what has changed?  There are churches everywhere, but poverty and corruption continues to...

Reaping What You Sow

… you reap what you sow.   Why is it that so few Muslims discovering the kingdom?  Greg Livingstone the founder of Frontiers an organization committed to bringing Jesus’ blessing to Muslims puts it this way; Little sowing à Little reaping. And how is realsowing done? ...

WORK IS WORSHIP

The LORD said to Moses, “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,  to devise artistic designs, to work...