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Culture; Marriage
The Courage Of Common Sense
March 22, 2012 1

Few words have moved me recently as much as those of Rick Lowry, writing in last week’s Time Magazine about the high social cost surrounding the increasing numbers of children born to parents who are not married. Lowry writes what most know to be true even if we are hesitant to express it. Thankfully, the Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd; India; Missions
Lights … Camera … Make Up?
March 21, 2012 0

As we wind down our time here in Odisha, I spent a couple of hours yesterday recording four sermons that will be broadcast on Indian television. (In case you’re interested, I did three from the “Fashion Statement” series and then one from “Christmas Lights” — a sermon from the Transfiguration scene (Matthew 17) with the Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd; Missions; India
Guest blogging for Talbot from India
March 21, 2012 0

Hi everyone! This is James-Michael Smith, one of the members of GSUMC’s India team. Talbot is out this afternoon filming some sermons that our ministry partner here will be featuring on his national television program…which means that Talbot’s to over a billion people. Pretty amazing if you stop to think about it. So he’s asked Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd; Missions; India
Proof The World Is Flat
March 19, 2012 2

Today a young church worker from the Kandhamal District of Odisha — an area characterized by thatch roof housing, wild tigers, and tribal villages — asked me: “Pastor, are you on Facebook? I’d like to friend you.”

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Good Shepherd; Missions; India
Dubbed On National TV
March 18, 2012 1

During my 2011 visit here to India, I recorded four sermons to be broadcast on an Indian religious television station. This past Friday night, one of them aired nationally. A group of about 200 of us watched it together on a large outdoor screen at the Orissa Follow Up ministry site. The twist was this: Read the full article…

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