Joshua One Ministries

In every church, enough time must be given to prayer and prayer management or there will be no prayer miracles. Asking the minister responsible for administration of the Word to administer prayer is like asking the neurologist to be the cardiologist, too. While in very small communities the police officer may also be the firefighter, in most towns [...]

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Another good Chuck Colson article: “Preparing For College By Reading the Bible.” Thirty-nine English profs at leading universities (Brown, Columbia, Princeton, etc.) were asked if they agree with the statement: “Regardless of a person’s faith, an educated person needs to know about the Bible.” All 39 professors answered “yes.”
The professors commented:
• “The Bible is the [...]

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Only 40 percent of Americans believe in evolution, according to a new study (Hat tip: Smart Christian).
University of Michigan prof Jon Miller, who led the study, attributed America’s skepticism regarding evolution to poor training in biology and a literal interpretation of the Bible by a small but vocal group of American Christians.
I would suggest some [...]

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I will be away from the blog for a long weekend. Norma and I leave in about an hour to attend a Hull family reunion in Branson, Missouri. I have four siblings and two step-siblings, so that’s seven of us, plus kids and grandkids. It has become a large family. My biggest challenge at these events [...]

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Chuck Colson voices strong disagreement with Pastor Greg Boyd’s decision not to lead his church in political activism. Here’s our original post on Boyd: “Pastor Says No…” Here’s Colson’s opinion: “Speak Out or Give In.” Colson writes:
Life issues, you see, go to the very heart of the Gospel, which is why the first-century Church cared [...]

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10. Christians miss their true calling by thinking of $10 as an offering and a tithe as something only the Jews did.
9. Christians miss their true calling by spending more time with greater regularity changing the oil in their cars than praying.
8. Christians miss their true calling by thinking winning a million dollars in the [...]

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I heard on KLOVE’s news report this morning, that another giant cross was being built near an interstate, that 80,000 people a day (presumably week day commuters) would see it, and that the church that built it was hoping it would be some sort of witness to the public.
I began to wonder: is this some [...]

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Outreach Magazine lists the 100 fastest growing U.S. churches.
* First on the list: Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston.
* Other well-known churches on the list: Willow Creek Community (Bill Hybels, S. Barrington, IL), Mars Hill (Mark Driscoll, Seattle, WA), New Life (Ted Haggard, Colorado Springs, CO), Potter’s House (T.D. Jakes, Dallas), Saddleback [...]

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If you wish you knew more about Bible prophecies of the End Times, here is a short list of six key chapters to study. Consider this your crash course on Bible prophecy.
(1) Daniel 7: The Vision of Four Kingdoms, including the fourth and final world kingdom which will dominate the world immediately prior to [...]

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Newsweek does an interview with Tim LaHaye, co-author of the phenomenally popular Left Behind series. Title of the interview: “Are These The End Times?”
I find LaHaye’s comments in this interview to be reasonable and biblical. He does not declare emphatically that these are the end times, but he does say that events unfolding before our [...]

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