When Wallace and Mary Brown moved to an impoverished part of Birmingham England to pastor a dying church they didn rsquo t know that a gang had made the grounds of their church and home its headquarters The Browns had bricks thrown through their windows their fences set on fire and their children threatened The abuse continued for months the police were unable to stop it The book of Nehemiah recounts how the Israelites rebuilt Jerusalem rsquo s broken walls When locals set out to ldquo stir up trouble rdquo threatening them with violence Nehemiah ndash the Israelites ldquo prayed [... more]

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ldquo Is church over rdquo asked a young mother arriving at our church with two children in tow just as the Sunday service was ending But a greeter told her that a church nearby offered two Sunday services and the second would start soon Would she like a ride there The young mother said yes and seemed grateful to travel the few blocks to the other church Reflecting later the greeter came to this conclusion ldquo Is church over Never God rsquo s church goes on forever rdquo The church isn rsquo t a fragile ldquo building rdquo It rsquo [... more]

ldquo You are like Moses leading us out from slavery rdquo Jamila exclaimed As a bonded brick-kiln worker in Pakistan she and her family and her parents before her suffered because of the exorbitant amount they owed the kiln owner Barely able to survive they used much of their earnings just to pay off the interest But when they received a gift from a nonprofit agency that released them from their debt they felt tremendous relief In thanking the agency rsquo s representative for their freedom Jamila a Christian pointed to the example of God rsquo s release of Moses [... more]

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In this show Dr Shah talks about what it means to shine in exile and gives us biblical advise on how to live for Christ in our modern-day culture If you like this content and want to support the show you can visit us at clearviewtodayshow com Don apos t forget to rate and review our show To learn more about us visit us at clearviewbc org If you have any questions or would like to contact us email us at contact clearviewtodayshow com or text us at - - See you tomorrow on Clearview Today [... more]

In the most ambitious private home construction project in the United States began On-site manufacturing produced some bricks a day The work continued until the completion of George Vanderbilt II rsquo s ldquo summer house rdquo mdash six years later The result was the Biltmore Estate in Asheville North Carolina To this day it remains the largest private residence in America with rooms including bedrooms and bathrooms consuming a staggering square feet sq meters of floor space This project ambitious as it was was nothing compared to the ldquo building rdquo intentions Jesus proclaimed to His disciples in Matthew After [... more]

Approximately ten Lego pieces are sold for every person on earth each year mdash more than seventy-five billion of the little plastic bricks But if it wasn rsquo t for the perseverance of Danish toymaker Ole Kirk Christiansen there wouldn't be any Legos to snap together Christiansen toiled away in Billund Denmark for decades before creating leg godt which means ldquo play well rdquo His workshop was destroyed by fire twice He endured bankruptcy and a world war that caused a shortage of materials Finally in the late s he landed on the idea for self-locking plastic bricks By the [... more]

Dr Gary Chapman explains how we can begin to heal any relationship by taking responsibility for our part of the problem and seeking forgiveness from both God and the other person He explains how small injustices can create bricks in a wall between us and our loved one and the place to start is tearing down the wall on our side Dr Chapman illustrates the concept of forgiveness through Bible verses and through descriptions of conflicts with his own wife and son Part of Receive the book The Apology Languages and the audio download of the broadcast Building the Bridge [... more]

Dr Gary Chapman explains how we can begin to heal any relationship by taking responsibility for our part of the problem and seeking forgiveness from both God and the other person He explains how small injustices can create bricks in a wall between us and our loved one and the place to start is tearing down the wall on our side Dr Chapman illustrates the concept of forgiveness through Bible verses and through descriptions of conflicts with his own wife and son Part of Receive the book The Apology Languages and the audio download of the broadcast Building the Bridge [... more]

Song of Song My beloved is like a roe or a young hart behold he standeth behind our wall he looketh forth at the windows shewing himself through the lattice To me this verse hit me like a ton of bricks years ago and I explain why in this episode [... more]

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God forbade His altars and Temple to be made of bricks His altars were made of unhewn stone so no tool of man could pollute them The spirit of Nimrod is still in the world today rebelling against God and conforming billions into its mold Man makes bricks but God makes stones and He has called His people to be living stones built up unto a holy habitation for His Spirit to dwell in Are you a worldly brick or a holy stone To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

God forbade His altars and Temple to be made of bricks His altars were made of unhewn stone so no tool of man could pollute them The spirit of Nimrod is still in the world today rebelling against God and conforming billions into its mold Man makes bricks but God makes stones and He has called His people to be living stones built up unto a holy habitation for His Spirit to dwell in Are you a worldly brick or a holy stone To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

God forbade His altars and Temple to be made of bricks His altars were made of unhewn stone so no tool of man could pollute them The spirit of Nimrod is still in the world today rebelling against God and conforming billions into its mold Man makes bricks but God makes stones and He has called His people to be living stones built up unto a holy habitation for His Spirit to dwell in Are you a worldly brick or a holy stone To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

In our series called All-In Pastor J D is walking through the stories of five Old Testament characters who each give us a picture of what it means to be fully committed to God's mission [... more]

By itself a single Lego doesn't really do much And Christians are kind of like Lego bricks in that sense We can only accomplish our mission when we're working together [... more]

Given enough sunlight and water vibrant wildflowers carpet areas of California such as Antelope Valley and Figueroa Mountain But what happens when drought strikes Scientists have discovered that certain wildflowers store large quantities of their seeds underground instead of allowing them to push through the soil and bloom After the drought the plants use the seeds they have saved to begin to flourish again The ancient Israelites thrived in the land of Egypt despite harsh conditions Slave masters forced them to work in fields and make bricks Ruthless overseers required them to build entire cities for Pharaoh The king of [... more]

After praying about what God was calling them to do in the next phase of their lives Mark and Nina determined that moving to the urban core of the city was what they needed to do They purchased a vacant house and renovation was well underway mdash then came the storm Mark wrote in a text message to me ldquo We had a surprise this morning The tornado that came through Jeff erson City took out our renovation mdash down to sticks and bricks God is up to something rdquo Uncontrollable storms are not the only things that surprise us [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the nd letter of Peter - [... more]