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Time is Full Once Again
Galatians 4:4,5 (KJV) "But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons." Over 2,000 years ago when the fullness of time had...
Reflecting on the death of John Allen Chau
Disturbing, Extravagant Love - John 12:1-8 Calvary was near, Gethsemane and Golgotha were drawing close…the smell of death was in the air. Jesus was going to love us to the uttermost. He was going to demonstrate a disturbing, extravagant love. The Guiltless...
Who Cares About Definitions?
Definition: the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear. “Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.” Anna Jameson (2 Timothy 2:15) So, who cares about definitions? Well, we do…and we believe you do too. Words have meaning....
MISSIO NEXUS Highlights BLOG Post
Does the Church Need a Reformission? October 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. On All Hallows’ Eve, October 31, 1517, the Roman Church received the world’s most memorable trick-or-treater at its door, when a monk named Martin Luther...
Orality & Missions – An Interview with Jerry Wiles and The International Orality Network
Sixteen:Fifteen is pleased to introduce Jerry Wiles with the International Orality Network! Jerry is our guest on Sixteen:Fifteen’s upcoming webinar on July 11th, Orality & Missions – Missions Method and Strategies for Reaching a World That...
My Musings on The International Day of Prayer for the Unreached
Why isn’t every Christian a missionary? Why isn’t every good work done in Jesus’ name a missions work? Because language matters and definitions matter, don’t they? Take the concept of marriage for example. Christians are currently fighting for the meaning and...
The Day After Resurrection Sunday
by Matthew Ellison – Sixteen:Fifteen, President and Church Missions Coach Mark 16:14-15 “Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they...
Billy Graham & Mark 16:15
Evangelist Billy Graham took Christ literally when He said in Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” He preached the Gospel to nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories; more people in...
Why Go to the Ends of the Earth When There are so Many Lost People Right Here?
by Matthew Ellison - Sixteen:Fifteen, President and Church Missions Coach I have been engaged in mobilizing churches to engage the nations for nearly twenty years, and if I had a nickel every time I heard people say, “Why go to the ends of the earth when...