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A Great Article on Life and Liberty in light of Alfie Evans

David French, an excellent writer at the National Review put out a great piece on how politics and philosophy, or the loss of them, can lead a great nation to commit atrocities that we wouldn’t expect in a democracy. Read the piece, it is worth reflecting on how worldviews shape our lives and governments. Alfie Evans Foreshadows a Dark American Future https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/alfie-evans-case-americas-future/

April 25 Update on Disaster Relief Work in Tarboro, NC

Good morning! The following is a message for you from Jerry and Faye Hop, to update you on the mission trip: We are coming to an end of our three weeks. While here our group of 23 has finished the work in two houses. We have two other houses almost to the finished point (and are hopeful we will come close to finishing them); and one that still needs a lot of work done but we have made good progress…

Update from Faye Hop

[title: Our DRS Tarboro Work Crew’s Update#1] News from Tarboro: April 11, 2018 Good afternoon! The following is an update from Faye, who is working with the Brouwers and Laningas on a team with World Renew in N.C. We had an uneventful flight here, and are well into our first week. We are doing well. The weather has been cool which has been nice for work. The weekend is supposed to be warmer, good for relaxing! Arlene Veenstra and two…

A Description of Christians in the First Century

I was reading in the an early church writing entitled “The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus” when I ran across this quotation in Chapter 5-6, where Christians are described.  It is quite a compelling description that I wanted to share with our church to consider and reflect up: “But, [Christians] inhabiting Greek as well as barbarian cities, according as the lot of each of them has determined, and following the customs of the natives in respect to clothing, food, and the…