equipping messengers for God’s mission
I listened to the audio of these books and was struck by the repeated contrast between obedience and disobedience and their results. The Israelites must have thought Joshua’s instructions were insane at Jericho, yet they obeyed and experienced victory...Continue reading
I saw God's repeated faithfulness in the face of Israel's repeated rebellion as He continually provided means for their restoration to fellowship with Him...Continue reading
I read large portions aloud in a version new to me (NLT2), which made certain things pop out and caused me to react emotionally in ways I hadn't before. I felt awed by the beautiful, poetic repetition in Genesis 1...Continue reading
Recently, several Keynote staff have been posting about the upcoming Comm Labs on Facebook as a way of promoting registration for the conferences. One of my film team students from the last summer project posted this in reply: "Oh man if this is anything like the comm drills during summer project, then it is so worth registering..."Continue reading
I've been taking seminary classes by dribs and drabs at Indy's extension site for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. One exercise that I found really valuable was an assignment in three of my Old Testament classes. My professor for those classes wanted us to get a sense of the flow of scripture, so he had us read large portions at one sittingContinue reading
"It’s a Thursday night at Minot State University. We’re in a lecture hall surrounded by 80 college students who are hungry to follow God and learn more about Him, eager to discover the plans He has for their lives. We’ve sung some worship songs and heard a few announcements … now it’s Jason’s turn to get up and speak." (Plus "Short Takes" on social media evangelism and Middle Eastern outreach)Continue reading
This morning I spent some time looking at the verse on my Christmas stationery: "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. (Isaiah 60:1, NIV84)"Continue reading
They were quiet—very quiet. Six college students looked at me with varying degrees of discomfort as I explained what they would be doing in their ten Comm Drills. Only the seventh student (a returnee from last year) looked eager to start practicing public speaking in front of his peers.This was the Film Team—easily the most introverted of the five teams on our Summer Project.Continue reading
Here are the results of the outreach events during our Summer Project:Continue reading
“Overboard” is the film conceived and produced by this year’s Summer Project Film Team. Keynote’s first comic short is a mix of live action and stop-motion animation. Watch it here.Continue reading