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Author: Dan Lacich
Featured in Outreach Magazine
Outreach Magazine deals with trends that are helping churches reach more people. Recently they did a feature article called "The New Virtual". It's about using technology so people can gather for worship and reach out to their community without attending a conventional church building. They interviewed me about what we are doing at Northland. This …
Preaching in Cape Town
Here is a link to the sermon I preached recently at Vredelust Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town. It was part of a series they were doing called "Change Your World". This message was called "Change Your Work" The text was Colossians 3:17 & 23. The first few things I say are in Afrikaans so …
Why Zambia Needs Jesus
I have traveled enough to have seen my share of Third World Poverty. From Swaziland, to the Amazon Basin, to India poverty has a somewhat familiar face. There is a difference between the rural and urban face of poverty but generally speaking when you see rural poverty in one country it looks a lot like …
Ava Hunter is in the arms of Jesus
Young 5 year old Ava went home to the Lord last night. Here is the link to her Dad's blog. Continue to pray for the Hunter and Gable families. http://joshuajoelhunter.blogspot.com/2010/09/gift.html
Steven Hawking Sees No Need for God in Creation
One would think that a world-renowned physicist would be more precise in his language. Surely he cannot mean what it sounds like he is saying in this BBC report. Hawking, who once thought there was room for a supreme being in explaining the origins of the universe has changed his mind. There is no need to include …
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Burn a Qur’an for Jesus.
Okay, it has been awhile since I have posted on what I consider to be a stupid move by Christians. Not that there hasn't been any material to work from. But this one is over the top and I just had to say something before my head exploded. It is being reported in CNN that …
Keep Praying for Ava Hunter
Ava is home from Pediatric ICU after another surgery. The outlook from a strictly medical viewpoint is dire. Read her dad's blog from Tuesday evening and continue to pray for the Hunter and Gable families. http://joshuajoelhunter.blogspot.com/2010/08/we-are-home.html Dan
Blessed are the Meek
"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth" Matthew 5:5 Being meek is not a value in western culture in the 21st century. It is not a character trait that parents try to instill in their children. Yet Jesus holds up meekness as a character trait that is to be valued and the …
Ava Hunter Update August 22
This link is from Josh's blog post three days ago. Ava had surgery again and the news is not good. She did go home from the hospital today. Please keep praying for the Hunter and Gable families. http://joshuajoelhunter.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-day.html
Killed by the Taliban While Serving Jesus
For 33 years Dr Tom Little and his wife Libby served the poorest of the poor in Afghanistan. They had dedicated their lives to a ministry of eye care and preventing blindness. On Thursday August 5th, Tom and nine fellow aid workers were killed by the Taliban. The initial report from the Taliban was that …
Ann Rice Leaves Christianity. Really?
Ann Rice, the one time popularizer of the current vampire genre, has announced that she is leaving Christianity. She recently talked about her decision with Joy Behar. What is fascinating about her announcement is that she still professes a faith in Christ and actually feels that in order to keep following Christ she has to separate herself from organized religion …
August 1st Update on Ava Hunter
Here is the latest link to Josh Hunter's blog as he share their journey of faith. A month ago 5 year old Ava was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and doctors have told Josh and Lisa that she has no more than 18 months to live. Keep praying for the Hunters.
Following Jesus in China
When Christians in America talk about China it usually is a conversation filled with a sense of foreboding focusing on how hard it must be to follow Jesus in a country that has not historically been seen as friendly to Christians. What I found in on my recent trip was that it is very possible …
Latest Update on Ava
Here is the link to Josh's blog on his 5 year old daughters brain cancer. Hard to hear that doctors are saying 12 to 18 months but inspiring to see a dad who continues to trust God no matter what. http://joshuajoelhunter.blogspot.com/2010/07/up-down-up.html As Josh says at the end of the blog, "keep praying"
The Provocative Christian 