Viewpoints: Executive Director

Tuning Week 7

Forgiven and forgive Before you continue reading, listen to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4m9f4Saps ..as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive. Col 3:13 Meditation Jesus forgave me, not because I deserved it, but because he loves me. He wants

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Tuning Week 8

Worshiping God for who he is.   Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BEyDGmVaUE   Text: Psalm 145: 2-5 “Every day, I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is

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Tuning Week 9

World Wide Mission (WWM) Before you start reading, listen to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOpt_bulJxY Bible Verse:  For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “ ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends

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Tuning Week 10

Before you continue reading, listen to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNjZlHARnEk  Bible Verse: And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 NLT

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Ukraine Crisis

Dear readers.            As you all know, the Situation in Ukraine has gone from bad to worse. Ukrainians, and particularly in the east, live in fear of an escalating war. Essential services and access to food

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Culture Shift in Mexico and Brazil

Under a canopy in the warm sun, the delegates of ICPM, the Mexico Mennonite Brethren conference debated a financial challenge. Their leadership development program has begun to pay off with young leaders stepping up toward advanced training. Two young men

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A Moral Case for the Resurrection

I was enjoying a fast trip through 1 and 2 Thessalonians this morning, when suddenly I was stopped in my tracks by Paul’s instructions about the resurrection and ‘fate’ of the dead and the living at the end of time.

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Loving Constraint

2 Corinthians 5:14 says “the love of Christ constrains me.” I recently experienced a practical definition of constraint, often translated “compel” or “control”. It’s not a word that has many handles on it. On a fraternal visit to Panama recently,

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The Immutable Law of Love

To be immutable is to be unchangeable. Gravity is immutable. It works every time. Thus we have the “law” of gravity. I have done a simple exercise to illustrate: while talking about gravity, I raise my hand to head height

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Henotheists Make Reluctant Pacifists

A favorite author of mine says “Monotheism is a terrible idea but a wonderful discovery.” He explains that it took the exile for Israel to discover monotheism. It was only an idea before they went through the exile and subsequent

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