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Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot

I finished this book, Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot this past week. It’s basically a book on the topic of relationships, including everything from dating to marriage, in the light of the gospel of Christ and how it should look like when Christ leads the relationship. It was an okay read, but I do…
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[The Church and Discipleship] – Conversion vs Transformation

By Louie Rudin One distinction that I believe should be made is the difference between conversion and transformation. For decades I have heard Christians talk about the number of conversions that they had seen within a certain church or organization or especially after some event that they had helped organize. But I believe that a…
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Campus Renewal

I’ve been a reading beast since I got back from Cornell, kind of ironic huh? I’ve blazed through two books, on my third, and reading bible and devotions everyday. And it’s only the third week since i’ve been back. if only i was this studious during the school year with my own textbooks. lol So…
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[The Church and Discipleship] – Making Disciples, Jesus Style

By Louie Rudin Since there is no step-by-step formula for disciple making in the scriptures, we can only go by what we see Jesus doing. I think that this is part of the beauty of the scriptures and of our relationship with Him. If there was a definitive formula for us to use then our…
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[The Church and Discipleship] – Definitions

By Louie Rudin It is always best to define the terms of a given discussion prior to any sort of dialog. Let’s begin by looking in the scriptures for a working definition of “discipleship”. OK, so there doesn’t seem to be one. But wait, we do have the words and actions of Jesus who, after…
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[The Church and Discipleship] The Big Three

The Church and Discipleship: a 1st Century Artifact By Louie Rudin (used with permission) The Church and discipleship: two of the most misunderstood and disassociated words in the American Christian culture today. In the midst of a consumerist driven mentality that has slowly infected the church, the role of disciple-making has all but left the…
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Inter-Fellowship Prayer Meetings

The Inter Fellowship Prayer Meetings on Sunday nights this past semester have been awesome. I must say these meetings have been a great highlight and blessing to me every week. I hope that it was the same for many others. You can check out some of the pictures here in my friend Edgar’s album. He’s…
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Three Questions

I’ve been thinking about some quick things to really ask Christians that I meet on campus when I get some time with them. This is what I’ve come up with. They’re really based off of the two commandments that Jesus gives: Love God, Love People. The second one is broken up into two points. 1)…
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This Summer

So what am I doing this summer you ask? Yes, this is the time everyone asks, and I ask every one, and I don’t remember a single thing unless I’ve asked them a gajillion times. rofl 1) Internship with UYAI It’s a Christian Non-Profit in the Bronx. I’ll be working Mon-Thurs there. I’ll be doing…
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Unity for Unity’s Sake?

There’s a couple of questions that come up when it comes to this idea of Unity among Christian fellowships on this campus. These are questions that are very important to engage and discuss together so that we can move forward together on this campus as a body of Christ. I would also like to offer…
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