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Repost: The Contagious Chain of Missionary Zeal

I read this great post by Nathan Busenitz today about how the life of one person can affect another who can in turn affect another. Since we have the advantage of being able to look back at history and see this, we should make decisions today that, with God’s help, can impact others in the future. The […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament Notes

Mentoring is a topic that is mentioned often in our culture, but much of the wisdom on the topic comes from experience and human wisdom. Last week, I finished a five-part series on my blog called “Mentoring in the New Testament.” The series was different because it looked at what God’s Word teaches about mentoring […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (5 of 5) - Paul and Timothy

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2, Barnabas and John Mark, Priscilla & Aquila and Apollos This is the final example in this series on Mentoring in the New Testament. In this series, we have not looked at the mentoring of Jesus, because truthfully His […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (4 of 5) - Priscilla & Aquila and Apollos

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2, Barnabas and John Mark Who were Priscilla and Aquilla? (Acts 18:1-2) Tentmakers who used their lives in a great way to help get churches planted. They gave Paul a place to stay while he was church planting in […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (3 of 5) - Barnabas and John Mark

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul - Part 1, Barnabas and Paul - Part 2 John Mark came from a Godly family.  His mother was Mary, the lady who held the prayer meeting for Peter when he was in prison (Acts 12:12).  His cousin was Barnabas (Colossians 4:10).  He was given great privilege […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (2 of 5) - Barnabas and Paul - Part 2

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul - Part 1 Previously, we learned some lessons from the mentoring relationship of Barnabas and Paul about being an encourager, believing in people when others won’t, and being willing to take a risks with others. Here are a few more lessons from these men: 1. Barnabas involved […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (1 of 5) - Barnabas and Paul - Part 1

Recently, I wrote a series of posts about Mentoring in the Old Testament.  The next series of five posts will cover some examples of mentoring in the New Testament.  The first example is that of Barnabas and Paul. 1. Barnabas was the ideal mentor because he was an encourager. He was part of the multitude […]

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Book Review: From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya

I am almost ashamed to admit that I just finished reading From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya for the first time.  I feel like I should have read this book a decade ago!  But, at any rate, I am glad I have finally read it. The book is a biographical history of Christian missions.  It tells the […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament Notes

Last week, I finished a seven-part series on my blog called “Mentoring in the Old Testament.”  The series comes from a class I taught in June at the Our Generation Training Centre.  You can access all seven parts of the series below as well as download the entire series in a PDF. I hope that […]

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