unequally yoked
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The Puzzle of the Gospels
By Ann Hutchison Jesus. There is so much swirling disagreement about him that my eyes sometimes widen at that. But this is all part of the package. Long ago, at Jesus's birth it was prophesied by a man called Simeon (Luke 2:34-35) that Jesus would be a "sign that would be spoken against." And so…
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Do you know what happens in the Spiritual realm when we worship?
Tomorrow is our “Church-without-Walls” community worship event. My friends, determining to worship together brings the Kingdom of God near. 1am Pacific, Thursday 18 November to 1am Pacific, Friday 19th I’m convinced that worship thins the veil. Worship is an invitation into encounter, an encounter with love. An encounter with our Savior who affirms; we are…
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When Someone Seems Impenetrable to the Gospel
Hello friends, Ann here! After our recent series on the Gospel, this week I'd like to share two specific words that God gave me a while ago about our activity in carrying the Gospel. I'll share one of these words today, the other on Friday, and I hope they help you along as they have…
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‘Preaching’ the Gospel — To a Spouse?
Hi everyone, it's Ann here and I hope you've had a good weekend! Today we'll start with these words of Jesus to his then-disciples: “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.” (Mark 16:15, NLT) "Yes, Lord", we say to that, as modern-day disciples. "In whatever way you want us to…
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A Work of God in My Home
By Ann Hutchison Hi SUM family! Today I'm continuing on from Monday's post, with a curious story about something God did in my home this year. It shows just how good he is, and I really do hope you enjoy this story. As I've shared before, last year none of my family was going anywhere…
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Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“This isn’t what I married.” Said Bryce. “And there may come a point where I say to you enough is enough.” He stood by the chest of drawers suddenly seeming distant. I sat on the bed. My heart was pounding with fear. “Don’t you ever say to me you can’t give it up if I…
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Financial Giving and Your Unbelieving Spouse
By Ann Hutchison "How can I give to the church when my spouse disagrees?" This one seems to pop up for most SUMites. For me it was an area of challenge in my heart for a good few years. There were so many areas of disagreement already, in relation to faith, that giving ‘our’ money…
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In Our Homes We Are Fresh as a Daisy!
Hi dear friends, On Monday I talked about a particular feature of our Christian life in our homes: That on the one hand we're engaged in fierce battle against the powers of darkness; but on the other, much of our faith life is about enjoying the abundant life of Jesus by receiving his love and…
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Representing Jesus to Our Families
By Ann Hutchison Hi SUMites! I just had a realization that gave me a giggle. I went onto our Instagram page, scrolled down, and realized that I have put so many pictures of weaponry on there. We have at least two sets of boxing gloves … a sword … a spear … a few videos…
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Alissa Berglund Salvation Testimony
This week one of our dear SUMites, Alissa Berglund, sent us the following story. This was one of the salvation testimonies we heard of a few weeks ago behind the scenes, and since then Alissa has been writing it up, knowing just how much it will encourage us all. We're so happy for her, and…
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Bold Speech in Our Homes
Dear friends, It's Ann here, and today we’re looking at our final story in Paul’s life. A story about Bold Speech. Yep, Bold Speech! It’s funny to talk about bold speech here in our community because a motto of our ministry, for years, has been ‘Winning him without words’. Most of us will know that…
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Are You Fighting the Right Battles?
Hi SUM family, Ann here. What a treat to have Martha write for us on Monday — Thank you, Martha! And, phew, the titles of our latest blog posts may look like we're being challenging. Are you kicking against the goads? was Martha's post. Now, mine is titled: Are you fighting the right battles? That…
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Saint Paul — What a Man!
Dear friends, Welcome to our Summer Bible Study on the Apostle Paul! It's Ann here, and I can't wait to dive in to some of his stories, taking a leaf or two out of his book. Somewhat ironically, only this past Saturday I had a more difficult time as a Christian than I've had in…
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Perishing vs Being Saved
Hi friends. For today's post here’s a little video that I just did live on our Facebook page. Enjoy! Ann
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The Ice Cream Van
Hi again dear SUMites I said in my last post that the Holy Spirit had given us two playful pictures to hold at the moment. The first one I described in the last post. The second one I'm sharing today. We are children to Jesus, and sometimes he will use playful analogies with us. What…
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I see a cloud the size of a man’s hand
Hi SUM family, Ann here. Whew, it’s been an exciting week with us hearing about two spouses’ salvations in one week. If you missed those you can catch up here and here. Well, unbelievably, there’s more! No sooner had I uploaded Monday's post about a second salvation than I got a message from another SUM…
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Another Spouse Gets Baptized!
Ann here! Teehee … I bet the title made you eagerly open this one. And, you won't be disappointed with what you read next. God glorifies His name through this community. Sometimes we have to wait a little while between testimonies, but they always come. I remember just before COVID spread through the world I…
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The Way We Fight Giants
My friends, Ann here. I have a problem. Here I am writing a series on how to fight giants using the example of some fear I've been battling … But this week the fear has gone completely! So, that's inconvenient because I'm trying to write about it. Maybe the giant wasn't enjoying the fight and…
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Eyeballing the Giant!
Dear friends, We’re continuing our series on fighting battles. I'm calling these 'spiritual battles', as most of the battles we face in life, as Christians, could be said to be spiritual even if they seem physical. For me, the challenge of my husband’s unbelief used to be a massive spiritual battle. It was a battle…
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Battle Series: We Won’t Start With The Giant!
Hi SUMites! Today we’re embarking on our series entitled ‘Fight that Giant!’ If you missed the introduction to this series you can catch up here. I’m rubbing my hands together at the thought of writing these upcoming posts, for 'giants' — That is, spiritually difficult things in our lives — are nasty critters. As we…
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What to Do When Facing a Scary Giant
Hello friends, It’s Ann here and, with a smile on my face, I’m introducing a new series which we'll start next Friday: FIGHTING THAT GIANT! In other words, spiritual warfare. We can always do with a fresh look on how to walk victoriously. And I know that many of us are in situations right now…