CGN Heads to New Orleans!
A special thanks to Church of God Ministries, International for hosting us last weekend! It was a blast getting to meet & talk with the local brethren in New Orleans, both during the Q&A presentation and afterwards!
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3 Year Anniversary of Church of God Network!
Last week marked the 3 year anniversary of Church of God Network! It has been a productive and encouraging year. It really is so exciting meeting and speaking with brethren from around the world. It is not lost on us how much of a gift advancing this mission is. When CGN first started it consisted…
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Disagreement in Love: Navigating Disagreements with Brethren
By Tim Reynolds One day a few months back, I got a call from a friend while I was out running errands. This particular friend doesn’t call often and normally texts, so I knew something was up. As we spoke for a few moments, things seem okay – light chit-chat – but I could tell…
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The Campaign Against Truth – Part 5: Staying Close to God
By Stephen Russo Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. He saw that there was no man,…
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Dysfunctional Conflict: the Expectation of Others to Meet our Needs
By Gary Petty This is the second blog in a series reviewing the five major core causes of dysfunctional conflict discussed in The Mercy Effect. In the last blog, we looked at one of the major causes of conflict which is our need to be emotionally healed. A second cause is based in our expectations…
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Special Bulletin: The International Centre for World Peace launches!
It’s here—the world tomorrow like you’ve never seen it before! I held my breath. Placed the headset on. And stepped into Ezekiel’s vision…in virtual reality! I saw tomorrow’s world, today. And now you can too. The International Center For World Peace (ICFWP) has created a precisely scaled 3D virtual model of the Ezekiel Temple outlined in chapters 40-43…
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The Campaign Against Truth – Part 4: Understand Yourself
By Stephen Russo The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 Most of us have read this scripture many times. Many of us may have even memorized it. But typically, we stop after the first part of the verse, neglecting to finish it. Yet the…
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Causes of Dysfunctional Conflict: The Need to Be Emotionally Healed
By Gary Petty The writing of The Mercy Effect was an arduous journey of introspection. It was a time in my life when I was struggling with why there is so much dysfunctional conflict among Christians. It would seem that of all people we should be the ones who exhibit the mercy and love of…
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The Campaign Against Truth – Part 3: Knowing the Influences
By Stephen Russo For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 Influence and deception are things not always easily seen or detected. In many cases, people who…
