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When The Stakes are High & Holy

Chip Bugnar
"All in: reverberated through our life as a church this year. I love the phrase. Not only is it a call to jump into membership, but it's also a call to jump all the way in with both feet into the...
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The Great Commission is Church Work

Chip Bugnar
When you leave our parking lot, a sign on the backsides of the stone pillars reads: "You are entering the Great Commission." As a faith family, we conclude nearly every gathering with the final...
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So You're Thinking of Going: Books to Read

Chip Bugnar
"Readers are leaders and leaders are readers" - that was a statement that was drilled into us back in our college days by our campus ministry. I'm not sure who coined it, but it has proven to be...
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The Reflex of the Resurrection: Mission

Chip Bugnar
Much of the recruitment for missions in general and missionaries specifically centers on heightening people’s expectations about how God desires to spread his grace abroad and how we have been...
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Romans: The Gateway to Paradise that Propels Our Going

Chip Bugnar
Martin Luther encouraged Christians to consider making the book of Romans the daily diet of the soul. It's no secret Romans played a pivotal role in his discovery which sparked the Protestant...
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A Lament for Türkiye & Syria

Chip Bugnar
"The shaking, the quaking, all seems gone. ...
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The Bible Does It Again

Chip Bugnar
Daily morning rhythms generally fail to surprise me. The quiet house feels the same. The same sunrise brightens. The first sip of coffee tastes as expected. Mornings go as mornings go. (Note to the...
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How Dark is the Darkness?

Chip Bugnar
Sometimes, after the sun sets over our neighborhood in Chelsea, I watch my neighbor set up his massive telescope in his front driveway. Occasionally I join him, and we take turns, pressing our eyes...
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Prayer's Unrecognized Enemy

Chip Bugnar
It's easy when prayer malfunctions to focus on our practice of prayer. ...
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Why a Global Dispatch

Chip Bugnar
Why name a blog a dispatch? "Dispatch" is not a common word in today's vernacular. A "dispatch" connotes urgent news or immediate needs concerning a mission of critical importance. Rescue workers can...
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Hearts Beating High

Chip Bugnar
I recently came across a quote from Mary Slessor, a missionary to Nigeria in the early 1900s, that refuses to be filed away in my Evernote system. ...
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Suspended in Ministry

Chip Bugnar
To our faithful friends spread over the world, ...