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Impact Overseas

One of the most common remarks I hear from those returning from missions trips abroad is, “I feel like I received more than I gave.” Anyone who has participated in such a trip will agree that oversees missions can have a very deep and lasting impact. I believe that overseas missions trips offer opportunities and […]

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Domestic Missions

There are people in need all over the world. This we cannot deny. At Eastern University, fliers advertising trips abroad are almost always taped to walls. It’s important to meet the needs of those in other countries, but to me, it sometimes seems like the needs of those in the United States-our own country-are overlooked.

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Where Did The Values Go?

“The Andy Griffith Show,” “Leave it to Beaver,” “I Love Lucy,” the “Flintstones”-the list of timeless television classics is long. Yet as enduring as these sitcoms are, they most likely would not appease television audiences today. When these shows first aired, they were relevant to society’s trends and social norms. Due to the fast-paced world

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Conflict in Syria

An uprising against the administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was sparked last March and has since led to an estimated 7,000 deaths-civilians, government troops and “defectors.” The situation became increasingly heated in November 2011 in an area called Jabal al-Zawiya. There, Syrian security forces killed approximately 200 people, assumed to be army “defectors.” These

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True Sacrifice

One would think that giving more in quantity would actually be giving more of an offering. As always, Jesus had to go against the “obvious” view. The story of the widow in Luke is an example of that. Normally, Luke 21:1-4 is discussed in reference to tithing and giving to the church. There is definite

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What Boils My Egg

Sometimes it astonishes me how strong an effect popular culture has on everyday American life. It seeps into the daily mundane activities, reminding us of moments on the silver screen that made us laugh, cry, scream in terror or gush with admiration. We remember these feelings, and these words, and we apply them to our

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