New Identity Magazine

Dreaming Big

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:58:18 +0000

Photo Credit: Spenser Marie @ Flickr (CC) Every Christian has the opportunity to do something bold for Christ. As sojourners in a fallen world, we are surrounded with endless opportunities to impact those around us with the Gospel. Christ’s Great Commission challenges us to make disciples of the nations and proclaim the name of the Lord to all. Rebecca Fuller and Jessica McBride…

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OLD HABITS DIE HARD

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:44:21 +0000

Photo Credit: JohnONolan @ Flickr (CC) “As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct” (1 Peter 1:15). As believers, we often misread this verse. We replace the word ‘holy’ with the word ‘perfect’ and throw our hands up in defeat. C.S. Lewis says “Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.” This notion…

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THE GOSPEL GRAFFITI CREW

Lara Tovmassian — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:55:55 +0000

Photo Credit: Peat Bakke @ Flickr (CC) Visual art has the ability to uniquely impact its viewer through the interplay between image, color, and purpose. Through this careful interplay, we can experience messages with various senses, and therefore be more holistically impacted by them. The Gospel Graffiti Crew has identified the world’s need to know and understand the Gospel message and has…

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FAITH & TECHNOLOGY

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:00:12 +0000

Photo Credit: Michael Verhoef @ Flickr (CC) I wake up to my phone alarm every morning. Cuisinart makes my coffee. Toyota drives me to work. Facebook counts my friends and AT&T raises the bar on my friendships. Apple pushes me through my workout and takes down my notes in class. Finally, when my work is finished and the next day’s outfit has been laid out on my dresser, I edit through the…

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JOY REVOLUTION

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:00:12 +0000

Photo Credit: harold.lloyd @ Flickr (CC) Music and ministry have rarely come together so seamlessly as in the case of Benjamin Dunn and the Animal Orchestra. This band, formed and led by Benjamin Dunn, travels the nation performing shows and raising money to maintain an orphanage for children who have been living in garbage dumps and leper colonies in Hyderbad, India.

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WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS?

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:30:44 +0000

Often times, explaining the Gospel can be surprisingly difficult. When put on the spot for Christ, many of us become uncomfortable and cannot quite find the words to describe the faith that we have centered our lives around. Having personally encountered this unexpected reaction to the question “What is the Gospel?,” I asked several people of various points in their Christian walk for their own…

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FILTERING THE FICTION

Lara Tovmassian — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:32:00 +0000

Quiet on set!” In an instant, the chaotic set, once crowded with shouted orders and frantic footsteps, falls into silence. As the cameras start to roll, the main actor convincingly assumes his fictional identity. The entire crew watches in anticipation of the moment when they too forget that the actor is not who he says he is. Reality pauses while the imagination offers a refreshing escape from it.

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