You know, being intentional is difficult. And I don’t care what you’re trying to be intentional about, simply having a purpose and a goal that you are headed towards is difficult and that difficulty is compounded when the goal that you’re headed toward is a spiritual one. Within the framework of CTM is an underlying [...]

 Have you ever stopped and really thought through the facts of the gospel in a rational manner? Fact:  God created EVERYTHING including human beings, and created it to be good.  But sin entered the world and corrupted it all, the earth and all it’s inhabitants.  The good relationship that we had with God was cut [...]

 This year the CTM team has been reading the book "When Helping Hurts" which is about seeking to do poverty alleviation without hurting the people you are trying to help or hurting yourself in the process (hence the title).  In the second chapter, the authors bring up the fact that there is poverty because of [...]

 Well, I received my visa for access into Kenya, I have my plane ticket, and my plans mostly figured out, I am heading to Kenya.  The question has been asked by a few people here and there: Why?  Why are you doing this work?  And I don’t know that I have a solid answer for [...]

 Well, it has yet again been a large chunk of time since I’ve posted anything on here, however, that does not mean that I haven’t been busy or that God hasn’t been doing work either.  In fact I know He has and this short video is proof of that fact.  When I went over to [...]

 "When you were dead in you transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him having forgiven us ALL our transgressions, having taken the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to [...]

 Recently, I feel that God has been asking me this question, "Do you believe it?"  Do I believe the words of Scripture in such a way that they truly influence my life and the way that I live?  And the question has been posed to me through several different avenues, such as Bible study, Imago [...]

Here’s for those who haven’t been able to receive my newsletter.  The PDF file is too big to email so I figured I would post it here. Eli CTM Newsletter-Eli

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great [...]