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eLetter
A Reflection on Black History Month
In recent weeks at IBC, we’ve been discussing the importance of wrestling with our own personal past—our life story—to better understand our present and God’s intentions for our future. This is a vitally important part of our ongoing spiritual growth and development. God has made us who we are through the formative experiences and relationships of our lives: though our heritage, our heroes, our high points, and our hard times.
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Chatter
The Long Walk to School
In the summer months of 2001, a five-year-old boy named Enel Previl was brought by his family to a local church. His parents had been told that by doing so, the boy’s photo would be taken and perhaps with the help of some foreign friends, the school could pay its teachers for the coming year.
Faith & Belief
Party God
So I’m reading straight through the Bible this year, which is all fun and games as long as you’ve got miracles and floods and plagues and such. But then you get to Leviticus and the bottom falls out. Leviticus is where Bible reading plans go to die.
Home Groups
Zaccheus and Me
I have a habit of sorting Biblical redemption stories into two categories. The first kind of story is about someone who is down-and-out, someone who needs rescue because life has dealt them a lousy hand.
Home Groups
When Jesus Led A Small Group
On the very day that Jesus rose from the dead, he led a small group. The story is recorded in the 24th chapter of Luke.
eLetter
Happy Day Three
At the outset of a new year, it’s natural to wonder about the future. No, not natural. COMPULSIVE.
