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What Is National Recovery Month?
September is National Recovery Month, and Adult & Teen Challenge is excited to celebrate with the recovery community across the United States.
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Turning Ideas into Outreach
Over the course of our last few blog posts, we’ve established the importance of Christian community outreach that is effective, service-minded, and gospel-driven. After you’ve…
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Extending Our Reach: Tips for Effective Outreach
In Matthew 5, Jesus delivers the radical Sermon on the Mount, a revolutionary discourse in which Christ elaborates on Old Testament law, flips the cultural…
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Limiting Our Reach: Challenges to Outreach
In Matthew 25, Mark 12, and other passages, Jesus clearly expresses His expectation that His followers be committed to loving and helping their communities. Whether…
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Reaching Out: The Biblical Mandate for Community Outreach
In Matthew 25, shortly before the Passover and His crucifixion, Jesus visits the temple, where He teaches curious listeners and responds to their questions. He…
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Addiction Increases COVID-19 Risks, NIDA Says
In a June blog post, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), noted the increased severity of COVID-19 cases in patients…
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Finding God in the Struggle – Pt. 3
After over two decades, Jacob is a much different man from the one who fled his home after cheating his brother. Toiling in his uncle’s fields and experiencing the humiliation of being cheated have matured him. When he has a falling out with his uncle, Jacob decides to move back home, where he will have to face Esau for the first time since Jacob cheated him.
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Finding God in the Struggle – Pt. 2
In Jacob’s darkest time, God appears to him in a vision and promises that He will bless Jacob. However, the blessing does not arrive in an immediate cure-all form. On the run from his vengeful brother, Jacob seeks refuge in the territory of Laban, his uncle. Over the next two decades, Jacob toils for his uncle, steadily increasing the population of Laban’s flocks. In return for his labor, Laban cheats Jacob.
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Finding God in the Struggle – Pt. 1
If the nation of Israel had a Mount Rushmore, Jacob’s face would almost certainly be carved there. Regularly mentioned alongside fellow founding fathers Abraham and Isaac, Jacob was an integral part in his country’s formation. But he did not start that way.
