What Can Johnny Appleseed Teach Us?: The Parable of the Soils from a Worldview Perspective: Part 2 – Tal Davis

July 25, 2021   |  

In the first installment of this two part series we talked about a legendary 19th century farmer named John Chapman, better known as “Johnny Appleseed.” Chapman traveled throughout the Midwest establishing numerous apple orchards. Eventually, he became something of legendary character in American folklore. The stories had him doing all…
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China Is Making More Christians – And America?

July 22, 2021   |  

Perhaps you are aware that over the last couple of years, China has dramatically increased its persecution of religious people in that country. You have probably read how they have systematically put around one million Uighur Muslims into 260 identified concentration camps. Virtually all of these camps have a factory…
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What Can Johnny Appleseed Teach Us?: The Parable of the Soils from a Worldview Perspective – Part 1 – Tal Davis

July 21, 2021   |  

For several years after my retirement from the North American Mission Board, along with my work with MarketFaith Ministries, I pastored a small church in Ellijay, Georgia. That area of northwest Georgia is well known for growing delicious apples. Before that time I did not know there are so many…
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When Christian is No Longer Christian

July 16, 2021   |  

Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a Christian college in Washington state. It was originally founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church, as the Seattle Seminary. Somewhere along the way, the university has lost its way. With all of the secular, non-biblical…
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Chaos in the Catholic Church

June 24, 2021   |  

It is fascinating to watch how people who hold traditional biblical values are now being treated by the media, and other institutions of modern society. It is especially interesting to note how churches and other Christian organizations are trashed for promoting the traditional beliefs and values of their faith. This…
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Live with Urgency! – Part 2 – Doing Effective Missions in the 21st Century – Tal Davis

June 18, 2021   |  

Early in World War II, the United States Marine Corps fighting in the Pacific found they had a serious problem. They discovered that when various units were communicating back and forth over the radio, the messages were being intercepted by Japanese intelligence officers who understood English. They would then pass…
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