General

How Have These Truths Shaped You?

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We are grateful for you.   Just wanted to share a few quick Scriptures to refresh you today. Probably these verses are familiar to you.  Sometimes we are tempted to rush past these thinking, “Oh, I’m beyond all that; I have known that for so long.”   However, these promises are absolutely stunning.   They […]

Ministry

Mrs. Bright’s Phone Call

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This morning we’ll be attending Vonette Bright’s memorial service.  You can watch it too – in real time or later by recorded video – see details below. What were Mrs. Bright’s parting words?  Barely three weeks before she passed away on Dec 23, she made a phone call to Dr. Steve Douglass (President of Cru) […]

Ministry

“Listen honey, I am rejoicing!”

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No matter if it was a cab driver, church pastor, young mother or even a U.S. President, she called everyone “honey.”  When she prayed aloud, you sensed she was always eagerly anticipating how the Lord would show up with His joy and presence. Shannon and I owe a lot to Vonette Bright.   Without her consistent, […]

Ministry

What Happens When We Send?

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How much value or “return on investment” is there from sending teams on short term mission trips?   Just as the first Christians sent Paul and Barnabas, so do tens of thousands of churches and groups of believers, like Cru, take joy in sending and see the Lord work in the hearts of those sent […]