READ: Deuteronomy 31-32, Psalm 63, Luke 19, 2 Corinthians 3 ENCIRCLED AND OVERSHADOWED Encircled. Moses entrusts his legacy to a song. Recounting the journey from death and bondage to life and freedom, Moses realizes that what we sing we remember. Moses’ song served as a reminder to God’s people that though we wander though much of […]
Region: Arab World
Abiding in Jesus: March 3
READ: Deuteronomy 28-30, Psalm 62, Luke 18, 2 Corinthians 2 OVERWHELMED Overwhelmed by Evil. I am looking out my window at an Arab city of millions, wondering how on earth the devil’s lies became so strong here. Our work takes my wife and I from Arab city to Arab city, and we are provoked and overwhelmed […]
Consuming Fire
Lindsey* is a college student who visited the Middle East with a team in Summer 2012. She will return in 2013 as a summer intern, and is praying about joining Live Dead Arab World long term. She is involved with Chi Alpha Campus Ministry at her university. When we say we want to be on […]
Abiding in Jesus: March 2
READ: Deuteronomy 25-27, Psalm 61, Luke 17, 2 Corinthians 1 COLLECTIVE SUFFERING Two days ago I was in Jordan, near the border of Syria, listening to an Arab in Bedouin garb play the American tune “Yankee Doodle Dandy” on Scottish bagpipes while standing in an ancient Roman amphitheater. Today I am in Tunisia thinking about […]
Abiding in Jesus: March 1
READ: Deuteronomy 22-24, Psalm 60, Luke 16, 1 Corinthians 16 ANATHEMA “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.” 1 Corinthians 16:22 Somewhere along the way Jesus has acquired fuzzy status. A misconception crept into the church – and was embraced by the world – which regulated Jesus to a likeable, […]
Tools Make Terrible Masters
In an effort to be more productive, I sometimes find myself actually becoming less fruitful. My days are busier and fuller than ever but not necessarily with important things. When Charles Hummel coined the phrase, the “tyranny of the urgent,” the Internet as we know it didn’t even exist. We weren’t doing email. Most people had […]
Abiding in Jesus: February 28
READ: Deuteronomy 19-21, Psalm 59, Luke 15, 1 Corinthians 15 JESUS, VERY GOD OF VERY GOD To downplay the deity of Jesus is to be a false witness. We cannot pretend to not know what we know. The clear revelation of Scripture, the self-testimony of Christ, the witness of the Holy Spirit, and the affirmations […]
Abiding in Jesus: February 27
READ: Deuteronomy 16-18, Psalm 58, Luke 14, 1 Corinthians 14 PROPHETIC LEGACY We are instructed to desire to prophecy (1 Cor. 14:1). The scripture demystifies prophecy and frames it in terms of encouragement and edification of the Church body. We are, in fact, exhorted to excel in edifying those who belong to Jesus (v. 12). Interestingly, this […]
Abiding in Jesus: February 26
READ: Deuteronomy 13-15, Psalm 57, Luke 13, 1 Corinthians 13 HUNTED The biblical optimist realizes that Scripture has a fairly dim view of unredeemed man. Man is prone to wander, humanity tends to self-destruction, this world is decaying, and though God’s people remain as preserving salt, trouble will increase until Jesus returns in glory. Wheat […]
Living Dead in Saudi
April*, a single woman in her mid-20s, is living dead in Saudi Arabia so that Arab women will find Life in Jesus Christ. What does Living Dead mean for me, a single woman, in a country like Saudi Arabia? Here are some ways I have been challenged to “die” personally: In Saudi, women are […]
