Relief Trip 2011 Day 4

July 31, 2011
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Relief Trip 2011 Day 4

Friday was day four on the worksites for us here in Ringgold, Georgia (and Apison, Tennessee).  We were split up into two teams.  Steve and Ethan worked with a 69 year old man putting up trusses, while the rest of us went to another location to help with framing. One of the big problems after the tornado was looting.  One of the houses that we worked at is owned by a man named Dale.  He also owned a pharmacy in town.  Both his business and his home were destroyed by the tornado.  Then to add insult to injury, he...

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Relief Trip 2011 Days 2 and 3

July 28, 2011
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Yesterday was such a busy day that I was not able to blog about it.  The day began yesterday with finishing installing insulation at another work site.  So far we our team has worked on 4 job sites and tomorrow will be number 5....

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New Hope Relief Trip 2011 Day One

July 26, 2011
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Today was the first day on the job site in Ringgold, Georgia.  You may recall in April of this year, a tornado outbreak devastated portions of the US southeast.  As a result many people lost their homes, while some even lost their lives.  Because...

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Living out Gospel Implications

May 5, 2011
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What does it mean to live out the gospel?  In order to answer this question, we need to understand what the gospel is.  The gospel is the good news.  Literally the Greek word, euaggelion, translated gospel, means “good tidings.”  The good news is that sinful...

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Making Disciples

May 3, 2011
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The Great Commission, Matthew 28:19-20, is probably the single greatest set of verses that outline what the duty of the Christian is in regard to his or her neighbor.  Jesus calls us to be disciple makers.  Often time, we live like it’s the Great...

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