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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Live with Urgency! – Part 1 – Why Missions Matter – Tal Davis

June 14, 2021   |  

I was not raised in an evangelical church. I did go to church regularly and attended Sunday School, but I always felt something was missing. In High School I accepted Jesus as my Savior through the ministry of a parachurch group. Later I began attending a Baptist church in my…
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Understanding Secularism’s Bias Against Traditional Values

June 10, 2021   |  

New research published in the Academy of Management Journal purports to show that religion perpetuates the gender wage gap. This article claims that men tend to earn significantly more than women in societies with “heightened religiosity.” This worldwide survey found that nations where more than 95% of the people said…
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