By Duane Kobayashi
In concept, “team” is an easily accepted notion. Its importance is pushed within the workplace, sporting arena, and church. In any of these contexts, team is discussed, analyzed, preached, and ultimately built to achieve the expected and desired benefits. Effort expended in building a team is never […]
“In every action, we take we are doing one of two things: we are either…contributing to the broken condition of the world or participating with God in transforming the world to reflect His righteousness. We are either advancing the rule of Satan or establishing the reign of God” (from How Now Shall We […]
In John 13:34-35, Jesus said, “A new commandment I give to you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another . By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
This Scripture passage tells us that a unique characteristic […]
In Part 1 of this series, I introduced my heart to see children raised up to become passionate children with hearts after God and take the world for Jesus and His Kingdom. I believe in that these times God is not going to wait until they are adults before He […]
Many people that know me are aware that I was raised in a false religion. Despite this I had a grandmother that prayed for our family. In the midst of all the deceit from the false religion, I met Jesus and He gave me the gift of salvation which resulted in a deeply personal […]
One of the basic values Ken and I have, which we have learned from NCMI, is that Friendship comes before, during, and after Function.
All too often in the life of the church, we see that people’s relationships are based on what they do: their function, instead of on friendship. For example, on any […]
