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[Church and Discipleship] A lesson from History (11/13)

By Louie Rudin None of the ideas I’ve written about are mine. I did not come up with this “plan”. This is merely the central theme of the Gospels and is found throughout the entire bible.  I think that over the years man has added his own “flavor” to what he has perceived that church…
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Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret

I finished this book about two weeks ago. I was planning to write one of my book reviews but I got lazy. This is the first Christian biography I’ve ever read and I honestly think it’s one of the most amazing bios i’ve read ever. Hudson Taylor was one of the most prominent missionaries into…
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[Church and Discipleship] One Size Fits All (10/13)

By Louie Rudin The perceived problem here of course is that each reader is different and lives in a much different setting than the one in my fantasy. But why wouldn’t this idea work in a rural or urban setting? Why wouldn’t this work on a college campus or military base? Even if we’re homeless,…
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‪DUMBFOUNDEAD – ARE WE THERE YET‬‏

rocking out to this song like crazy. just thought i would share it with you guys. sorry i havent been posting lately, too tired. Poonie out

[Church and Discipleship] Faith in Action (9/13)

By Louie Rudin Recently, there just seemed to be this “urging” inside of Tom to get to know the folks living right there in his neighborhood. He mentioned this to Tony, who suggested that Tom might simply try looking for ways to serve them. Months passed and it seemed that all the interactions that Tom…
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[Church and Discipleship] Real Community [8/13]

Tom and Cindy have been attending services at EPIC for several years now. They live in an old neighborhood that has an elementary school, a privately owned supermarket and small park. Tom grew up in a Christian home but “was rather bored with the whole Christian thing”. Cindy came from a Catholic family that didn’t…
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The Fellowship of the Believers – Acts 2:42-47

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and…
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First Community Group of the Summer

Hey there peeps, So I started a community group for this summer with my fellow cool person intern Lydia Nitchman. I wanted to do it cuz I thought it would be bad if I really had no community this summer and so I wanted to be intentional about it. Since we work for an organization…
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[Church and Discipleship] Proximity [7/13]

It’s becoming more and more evident to me that we need to begin to think differently about discipleship and even church. The first century church centered itself around Jesus and the Kingdom and then the community followed. We do it backwards. Today the community centers around the church and then Jesus. Let me explain with…
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Yellow in the Bronx

Heyo there So i’ve been wanting to give an update about my internship. So… I work for a Christian non profit organization called Urban Youth Alliance International in the heart of the bronx. I am the yellow kid in the bronx. And to be honest with you, i love every bit of it. I actually…
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