The Culture We See.  We live in an interesting culture. I am in London as I write this series guide. I am doing an evangelistic series at a church in Central London. London is a megacity that has meant so much to Western culture. But the reality is that the church in England and London is going through a very difficult time. Modern London culture, by and large, no longer has the imagination to bel...  Read More

Imagine . . .Imagine those moments when you are lying in bed, and you find yourself inundated with great and warm feelings about your faith. These are the moments that we find peace in our faith. These moments hook us into the idea and experience of faith. Admittedly, these moments are too few and too far between for many of us.Now, imagine a very different experience: Waking up at night feeling a...  Read More

There is an old trope in acting that the camera is the fourth wall. This convention imagines a wall between actors and their audience. While the audience can see through this “wall,” the convention assumes that the actors cannot.Every once in a while, you will see an actor look directly into the camera or at the audience, and they will speak through the Fourth Wall and break that convention. This ...  Read More

INTRODUCTIONThe following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN QUESTIONSHave you ever had the opportunity to go to the mission field and work, whether that mission field was on the other side of t...  Read More

DAY 34 - LUKE 9:44-62 Jesus Again Predicts His Death43 While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, 44 “Listen to me and remember what I say. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.” 45 But they didn’t know what he meant. Its significance was hidden from them, so they couldn’t understand it, and they were afraid to ask him abou...  Read More

DAY 33 - LUKE 9:37-43 37 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus. 38 A man in the crowd called out to him, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child. 39 An evil spirit keeps seizing him, making him scream. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It batters him and hardly ever leaves him alone. 40 I begged your disciples to cast ...  Read More