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1) Sources for Patrick Johnstone’s Books… —

Dec 30, 2011 | 0 |

During the next few days (during the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012), Biblica Books will be transitioning its inventory over to InterVarsity Press, as the publisher of the “Operation World” and “The Future...

2) Brigada: The Lost Editions —

Dec 30, 2011 | 5 |

During 2011, during a couple of especially trying weeks, I became buried in my “day job” (which is serving as President of Team Expansion, a mission organization made up of 330 workers in 45 countries), and my...

3) Is the “Best Apps for iPhone” Series Too Late? We Don’t Think so —

Dec 30, 2011 | 3 |

Over the past two editions, we’ve highlighted the best new iPhone apps for tracking your ministry miles, for a calculator, and for expenses while traveling. We’ve also highlighted a calculator and an intranet, along...

4) Best iPhone Note-taking app —

Dec 30, 2011 | 2 |

This is a very crowded field. There are *dozens* of great note-taking applications for iPhone and several of them create brain-trusts for your mind. Before you know it, you’ll be writing, saving, and importing more...

5) Best iPhone Bible app —

Dec 30, 2011 | 10 |

True Confessions here: The Bible application that I was using on my old Windows phone was simply horrible. It took forever to get to the scripture reference, and when I finally clicked through all the steps to get there, the...

6) Do Inexperienced Short Term Missionaries Make You Nervous? —

Dec 30, 2011 | 0 |

Don’t miss the blessing they bring. Remember, you were once on your first short term mission! Help them get their hearts ready for the cultural and spiritual challenges they will face, so that they go with humility, team...

7) “Mission Field at Your Doorstep” —

Dec 30, 2011 | 0 |

OMF International has designed this seminar to “Unlock the East Asian Diaspora.” Hear Carolyn Kemp and David Sorteberg (OMF International Directors of Diaspora Ministries) on February 4, 2012 (9:00 am-4:00 pm) at...

8) From the Mail Bag, Just in Time for New Year’s Eve —

Dec 30, 2011 | 0 |

Hats off to long-time Brigada reader, Stan Nussbaum, for writing this past week, “Here’s a possible item for your New Years issue of Brigada — some new words to Auld Lang Syne. For more details see ...

9) We Got Mail — about Last Week’s “BackPage” on Unreached Peoples —

Dec 30, 2011 | 0 |

You’ll recall that we posed some questions about a people group ‘count’ in a recent BackPage Editorial. Interestingly, several top-notch researchers took to heart what we said and began tracing various strains...

10) Let’s Collect some Great Sources for Water Purification Again —

Dec 30, 2011 | 1 |

This past week, someone referred me to New Life International, with their website at… http://www.waterfortheworld.com Would you mind terribly if we collected another string of great sources for these kinds of...