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Possibilities Are Real

by Jason Hess on March 24, 2013

For sometime now I’ve been intrigued by the idea of Open Theism. It has been presented and talked about on two blogs that I frequent, both Kurt Willems’ site, The Pangea Blog, and Greg Boyd’s website, ReKnew.org.

Basically the brief definition as defined by Greg Boyd, and expanded on by Thomas Jay Oord (italicized portion), would be:

The belief that possibilities are real, and they’re really possibilities even for God.

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May we take a moment to…

by Jason Hess on February 8, 2013

In 2011 I attended the first ever Wild Goose Festival. One of the session speakers was a Native American fellow that I had never heard of, his name…Richard Twiss. He spoke twice at the festival and unfortunately I missed his first talk. However, I caught the second one. While he spoke I was captivated by the things he was sharing about Christianity, Native People, and what they’ve had to endure. As the session came to a close I sought out the merchandise stand and quickly bought a copy of his book One Church Many Tribes before it was sold out. [click to continue…]

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The Historic and Prophetic Landscape of America (book)

January 10, 2013
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In 2011 I attended the first ever Wild Goose Festival which was held in North Carolina. One of the many speakers featured at this event was Richard Twiss. Hearing him share his heart and the plight of this nations indigenous people made me realize that it wasn’t just the government, that swept Native Americans off [...]

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NT Wright on Reading the Scriptures (video)

December 7, 2012
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At the bottom of this post you will find a great video by none other than the Bishop, no not that bishop, but rather the Bishop N.T. Wright.

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Happy Thanksgiving (and recent trip recap)!

November 22, 2012
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Sorry for the silence from my end we have been quite busy of late. So allow me to take a moment and recount two trips that played a role in our busyness. Two trips that were only possible because people generously contributed to the fundraiser we ran a few months back. Again to those who [...]

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Being Mentored Like Timothy (by Will Vaus)

September 3, 2012
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A third role God might call us to play in a mentoring relationship, besides being a “Paul” or a “Barnabas”, is the role of Timothy. Painful lessons are usually doorways to new opportunities. Even the Apostle Paul had much to learn. Shortly after his disappointing experience with John Mark, Paul recruited another eager young man, [...]

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Remove The Idols From Your Heart

August 25, 2012
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Take a moment to check out this three-minute video from Ps. Shane Cox of Take Hold Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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To UNIFIED UNDERGROUND We Go

August 19, 2012
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For the past two or so years I’ve been aware of the annual Unified Underground conference up in Maryland but I’ve never attended one. Early on as Myra and I have been walking down the path of church planting with Anchor Mission USA we decided that we would be attending this years conference.

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