Good News Initiative

10/11/2023

"Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;
For the Lord will be your confidence
And will keep your foot from being caught.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.

Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.

For the devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But He is intimate with the upright.
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Though He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.

The wise will inherit honor,
But fools display dishonor."

Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭25‬-‭35

04/26/2023

"A Consequential Appeal: An Occasion for Testimony" by William Dunnam

The Pax Romana was a sustained period of peace and stability that was unparalleled in world history. It was roughly a 200 year timespan of Roman history considered the golden age of sustained Roman imperialism and prosperity, along with relative peace and order. Traditionally, it coincided with the ascension of Caesar Augustus in 27 BC as first citizen. But as time passed by, the Pax Romana, in the guise of world peace, was bringing oppression, suffering, and exploitation to the very people it aimed at empowering. So, roughly two decades before the much-heralded birth of Christ, a popular assembly in Rome passed a law known as the lex lulia de VI publica. Contained in this decree was the prohibition of violence against citizens in a public capacity, specifically that ‘no government official could kill, scourge, chain, torture, or sentence a Roman citizen who has announced his intention to appeal to Caesar, to present his case within a specified period of time.’ This law forms the springboard of this story, and one of the most consequential appeals in history.

A Consequential Appeal: An Occasion for Testimony

08/22/2017

This is Yulier. He and his wife are missionaries in Misahualli, Ecuador. He pastors a church there, teaches at a Christian school, and ministers to people up and down the Napo River. They have a little boy named Sami.

08/20/2017

Our partner churches had a wonderful opportunity to go and have a youth conference in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba! Their main focus was Evangelizing the World Beyond Their Island Home.