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A Story of God’s Provision & Faithfulness
January 29, 2014Aaron and I have been tithing our entire marriage, and along the way, God has taught me a lot about idols in my life, His provision, my willingness to trust Him, and my willingness to receive generosity. We have had several seasons in our life where I’m sure people would have given us an “out” and told us it was okay not to tithe, yet we did not feel that was an option. Here are just a few examples: When we moved back to Duluth in 2004, we had to sell our house in the cities and this resulted in…
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The 3 Most Influencial Books that Pastor Kyle Has Read
January 20, 2014Have you ever wondered what the most influential books your pastors have read and why? Then follow this blog series as the elders of Rock Hill share with you the 3 most influential books they have read outside of the bible. This is Pastor Kyle’s list. 1. The Pleasures of God by John Piper This book absolutely wrecked me with how little I knew about the God I claimed to worship. The premise of the book is taken from a phrase of Henry Scougal’s book, The Life of God is the Soul of man (see Luke Olson’s summary of this)…
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The Three Most Influential Books Luke Olson Has Read
January 13, 2014By Luke Olson The Life of God in the Soul of Man – Henry Scougal A mentor of mine gave this book to me. It’s a relatively small book by an old puritan who died at age 27 and published only one other book. Scougal actually wrote the material not as a book, but as a letter to a friend of his. His aim was to explain the Christian life, plainly. It’s a very basic, profound summary of what it means to be a Christian, written in true puritan style (for better or worse!). 🙂 I remember…
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Ecuador 2013: Trip Highlights
August 8, 2013Well, we made it back from Ecuador safely! It is hard to summarize the entire trip in one blog post and God did so many amazing things that it would take a long time to list everything. Each group member has their own personal stories of how they saw God work before, during and after the trip. God moved throughout the week in spite of having… 6-7 of the group members (out of a total group size of 30) got sick at one point or another during the trip (one of which was taken to the hospital). Vehicles breaking down…
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