New Identity Magazine

7 Habits of Highly Effective Christians

Delbert Teachout — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:16:13 +0000

Photo Credit: Sodanie Chea @ Flickr (CC) How can we become highly effective Christians? In other words, how do we emulate Christ more in secular settings and be “on mission” as believers to share our love of Jesus with others? Let’s look at the Bible and see whether we have any examples with whom to emulate. Daniel lived in a foreign land and kept his practices. Job trusted God despite his…

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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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In The Hollow of His Hand

Emilie Schmidt — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:54:49 +0000

Photo Credit: J Voitus @ Flickr (CC) It was at the Birches Alzheimer’s Patients Home that I met this woman with the sweet smile, Molly. Far from my home in Colorado, the lush new landscape of Ireland held more than simple tourist excitements and breathtaking views. It was here, so far from home, that I learned how much I did not realize about myself, my strengths, and God given gifts.

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TRANSPORT FOR CHRIST

Sara Napier — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:06:30 +0000

Photo Credit: StephenZacharias @ Flickr (CC) It was the early 1950s. At the time, truckdrivers made their living in harsher conditions. With fewer highways and interstates, a trip that would take a couple of days in present time could take close to a week. There were fewer places to rest and less means of communication which sometimes made the profession much more dangerous. A driver would have…

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What does it mean to have a Christian worldview?

Matthew Hamilton — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:17:25 +0000

Photo Credit: Niall Patterson @ Flickr (CC) You could spend years in training at college and divinity school, studying the concept of a Christian worldview. You can read about many denominations that have their traditions centered around the history of Christ and his impact on how we can and should live our lives today. Methods of worship along with tithing and other expressions of giving…

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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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Keeping The Faith

Eric Lee — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:00:50 +0000

Photo Credit: 55Laney69 @ Flickr (CC) With the closing of this parenting series, comes perhaps the most crucial part. Now that you have children, what are some of the best ways to continue the faith in the family? It seems like a simple enough question. I think we as Christian parents might assume our children will accept our faith and that will be that. What happens if they don’t though?

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DISCIPLE

Ramon Mayo — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:00:58 +0000

What is a disciple? When I was younger I used to watch martial arts movies. In these movies there would be a master and he would always have one or more disciples. These disciples chose to learn kung fu from this master and they would follow his every move and hang on every word that he said. They ate, drank, and lived near their master and wherever he would go they would go.

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GOD WITHIN

Erica Mongé-Greer — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:00:28 +0000

You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep…

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AN OFFER YOU CAN REFUSE

Steven Butwell — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:34:52 +0000

Photo Credit: purplemattfish @ Flickr (CC) As a young man I was not raised in a Christian home. I never attended church. I never opened a bible. I didn’t believe in the existence of God–I was an atheist. I wallowed in drunkenness, womanizing, illegal drugs, lawbreaking, rebellion to parents, arrests, nights in jail, deception, theft, and pride. These actions were acceptable to me because…

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