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"We know that when the gospel of the Kingdom is preached to all nations, then the end will come... Until then, we have a responsibility —given to us by Jesus — to bear witness to His coming Kingdom. We have been commissioned by the Lord to preach the gospel to all nations. And to do so while living lives consistent with the Sermon on the Mount. The timing we leave to Him, but the obedience is still on us."

Read & listen to the audio recording of, "A Heavy Stone: Part III" by Daniel Scott now.

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“the identity of the Church is bound to the history of the Jewish people.” and because of that, it is vital that we have a right understanding of this fact: “God’s discipline of Israel has always been, and will always be, with the purpose vindicating His name and winning back His wayward son. The coming trouble is no exception.”

Read and listen to the audio version of, "A Heavy Stone: Part II" by Daniel Scott from Frontier Alliance International now.

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"What does it mean to stand with or against Israel? This is a weighty and nuanced issue. And the consequences are everlasting. We should be eager then to allow Jesus to define what He means by standing with or against Israel."

Listen to the audio recording of "A Heavy Stone: Part I" by Daniel Scott now.

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“Sometimes we overthink what this needs to look like, in the same way William Wilberforce very nearly abandoned a strategic and influential political position because he’d elevated the dignity of vocational ministry above any other job. But can you not bear witness while you serve in Congress? Can you not bear witness as a cafe barista? Shouldn’t you though, wherever you are? Surely there are gardens to plant in Babylon.”

Listen to the audio recording of "Planting Gardens in Babylon" by Stephanie Quick now.

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A modern Jewish state is born and baptized by the fire of all-out war.

“To put it simply, the mounting #ChristIsKing trend betrays our biblical illiteracy and unwillingness to actually obey King Jesus—especially when we’re violating the third commandment to continue the church’s unholy legacy of anti-judaic theological tradition and antisemitic civil practices and culture.”

Listen to the audio recording of, "Culture Wars & the Way of the Cruciform" by Stephanie Quick now.

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In 1947, tensions between Jews and Arabs reach a boiling point in the Land while the newly-formed United Nations determines the political fate of the British Mandate for Palestine.

"For all of the swirling circumstances of your life, for all the quagmire of global politics, for all tumult of 'hopes deferred' and the daily wrestle against the 'cares of this life,' the most important thing about your life and mine is that we—right now, today—remember we have a good Father in a good heaven whose good pleasure is to give us a good Kingdom. And: He will give you glimpses of that goodness here and now, in this age." Listen to the audio recording of, "The More Important Part of Your Life" by Stephanie Quick now.

Winston Churchill forms a unit of Jews in Mandate Palestine to fight the Nazis in Italy. When the Jewish Brigade encounters the magnitude of Jewish suffering in Europe, they form a secret network dedicated to evacuating survivors to Eretz Yisrael and taking revenge on their German persecutors.

"According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word vulnerable is derived from the Latin word vulnerare, meaning 'to wound.' The definition includes 'capable of being wounded' and 'open to attack or damage.' The interesting thing is that Adam and Eve were in a state of vulnerability since they took their first breath and they were fine with it, no anxiety or fear or desire to protect themselves. What changed?" Listen to the audio recording of "Confessions of a Maranatha Pastor: Part IV" by Matthew Cullen now.