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Foxes Have Foxholes

To engage in this age, to obey our Commander’s assignment, we must soberly reckon with this age. We must soberly reckon with the Man and Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. And we must soberly reckon with the cost. Only cowards take their hands off the plow and turn around. We cannot be cowards. We must count the cost without cowardice.

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Platform, Power, and Prestige

No one wants to get whooped so badly they can only escape by running through the public square bruised and bloodied in their birthday suit. But for all the popular fervor over “signs and wonders” putting the power of God on public display, only God can know the men and women with “hearts fully loyal to Him, on whose behalf He can show Himself strong.” May we be such a people.

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The Folly of Song

Scripturally speaking, music is warfare. Music is a uniquely effective teaching device. Music is the wave worship rides on in the throne room. Most significantly, it is a strategic means of fellowshipping with the One who inhabits eternity. If that doesn’t blow your mind, I don’t know what will. Yet in light of all these things, we find that music is one of His methods of maturing us.

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When Locusts Guard Your Soul (The Danger of Monetizing the Message)

John’s decisions and commitments have long provoked us, and we believe the Body at large has an incredible opportunity in this era to leverage the internet and all our modern tech toys in the same way Martin Luther leveraged Gutenberg’s printing press to produce excellent messaging content and distribute it as widely as possible as efficiently as possible.

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Ruins of the Renaissance // Crisis, Clarity, and Apostolic Artistry (A Manifesto for Artists & Creatives)

Read this exclusive excerpt of Stephanie Quick’s “Ruins of the Renaissance: Crisis, Clarity, and Apostolic Artistry,” a manifesto for artists and creatives who bear the Image, Name, and Message of Jesus.

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O Parent, Where Art Thou? [PILGRIM IV Excerpt] // FAI'S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

In this exclusive excerpt from our Decade Edition of the FAI PILGRIM Field Journal, Director Jeff Henderson reflects on the epidemic of fatherlessness and what the Body of Jesus is meant to bear witness to as a family. We are all meant to grow up in Christ and raise spiritual children of our own.

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Warm Bodies, Dead Souls [PILGRIM IV Excerpt] // FAI'S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Taken from our 2021 Decade Edition of our annual PILGRIM Field Journal, J. Bloomfield asks how we should respond when our host peoples bring their lifeless dreams or dead bodies to our doorstep.

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Resourcing to Reach [PILGRIM IV Excerpt] // FAI'S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Taken from our 2021 Decade Edition of our annual PILGRIM Field Journal, Stephanie Quick describes FAI’s commitment to resource those who have the Gospel as we labor to reach those who do not have the Gospel.

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The Unshakable Kingdom [PILGRIM IV Excerpt] // FAI'S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Taken from our 2021 Decade Edition of our annual PILGRIM Field Journal, FAI Director Jeff Henderson illuminates the tested and tried surety of Jesus, His return, and the immutable throne He will rule from forever—and the confidence this gives us to endure today.

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