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Radical Christianity
John Stott as read by Joshua Wathanga
"From a past eternity to a future eternity, through the process of time, God's unchanging purpose is that, instead of being conformed to the fashions of the world, we will be conformed to the image of his Son."

Cross-Cultural Conversion
Ray Aldred
"To communicate in another heart language you must ... live out your spirituality on the level of human suffering. You begin to understand that you trying to convert the lost but you are still in need of conversion and re-creation. And you begin to hear the gospel story again."

Serving in Bible Study
Lydia Dowlath
The wonderful rewards of moving past any obstacles or hesitations we may have and letting God work through us. "Experience for yourself what I have experienced, and what God has said in His Word, that He can make us into new people."

Mission and the Kingdom of God
Samuel Escobar
"Friends of Urbana 03! I invite you to get from the Spirit the vision of mañana. The world will not always be as it is. It will not even be an outgrowth of what is. God who created the world in the first place is about to do a new thing - a thing as great and as surprising as that first act of creation. God is already doing this new thing, and we can join in it by the power of the Spirit! True, mañana is not yet today, but today can be lived out of the glory and the promise of mañana, thanks to the power of the Spirit."

Kingdom Mission: It is harvest time!
David Zac Niringiye
Bible Teaching on Luke 10:1-23:
"The immediate fruit [of mission] is shalom. It is well-being; it is harmony, because those who go and those who receive each sit at the same table, and eat the same food: that is the shalom that Jesus speaks about. It has always been the case. Kingdom mission always progresses through shalom, through partnership, through fellowship."

Choosing God's Reign
Geri Rodman
"Men and Women, I call us this evening to repentance. We need to turn from the idols that enslave us, that demonize, dehumanize, and degrade us, and return to the living God. We need to turn from the illusory kingdoms of self to the very real and substantial Kingdom of God."

Financial Sacrifice
Nikki Toyama
What happens when an idol is given up for the field.

Jesus in the Garbage
Allison Miguel
Last summer, God blessed me with an amazing opportunity to go to Cairo, Egypt with InterVarsity on the Global Urban Trek ...

Being a Good Guest
Jim Tebbe
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Commitment
N. Ohanian
Are we willing to give our very lives for this gospel?

 

 
 

""Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.""

Matthew 24:12-14 (NIV)

 
 

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