I appreciated this short video from the late John Stott on the call to be different from the world as Christians:

It reminds me of our 2013 Peacemaker Conference next fall in Columbus, OH with the theme “Remarkably Different”. We’d love to have you join us as we explore together this great topic. And if you register between now and December 21, you can get access to the Online Version of the 2012 Conference for FREE!

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Want to get to know Dale Pyne and hear about his vision for peacemaking? Watch this video as he addresses you — those associated with the “Peacemaker Ministries Family” — for the first time.

This is the last of the General Sessions at the 2012 Peacemaker Conference… a particularly good one! “Paul, Peacemaking, and Prayer” based on Romans 15:5-6.

You may not know it, but we are celebrating 30 years of history as a ministry, and are looking back at the last 30 years with gratitude to the Lord. Here’s a fun video that we used to begin the conference this past weekend:

Oops! I forgot that I hadn’t posted Nina Balmaceda’s conference talk yet. It’s a good one (“Justice and Grace: The Twin Sisters of Life Together”), so please watch it if you get the chance!

I’ll post Paul Smith’s Sunday session tomorrow, so stay tuned!

David Powlison of CCEF gives another great snippet of how to identify and eradicate the idolatry in our lives:

Dr. David Powlison – Keeping ourselves from idol worship. from CCEF on Vimeo.

Great questions that reveal idols:

• What do I love?
• What do I fear?
• Where do I take refuge?
• What am I trusting?

The 2011 Peacemaker Conference is right around the corner. Keynote Speaker Tim Lane, Executive Director of Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF), shares with us how important the theme “Hope in Brokenness” is to Christians living in this broken world. As a pastor and counselor Tim has ministered to many broken people and sees this gospel message as the key to bringing real hope in the midst of difficult situations. In this video he asks the question

How does my relationship with Jesus shape and form the way I respond to these situations?

We will be answering this question at the Peacemaker Conference. Join us September 22nd-25th in Orlando, Florida and enjoy this sneak peek into how we’ll delve into this practical theme.

2011 Conference – Tim Lane from Peacemaker Ministries on Vimeo.

Peacemaker Ministries was invited this week to present all 7 sessions at Biola University’s 2010 Torrey Conference. This is the final of 7 keynote session videos with speakers Tim Pollard, Gary Friesen, Ed Gilbreath and Annette Friesen addressing relational health, conflict and relationship reconciliation and how the gospel is at the very core of all of it.

Session 7
Annette Friesen: Now What? Serving God with Intentional Relationship

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Peacemaker Ministries was invited this week to present all 7 sessions at Biola University’s 2010 Torrey Conference. This is the sixth of 7 keynote session videos with speakers Tim Pollard, Gary Friesen, Ed Gilbreath and Annette Friesen addressing relational health, conflict and relationship reconciliation and how the gospel is at the very core of all of it.

Session 6
Ed Gilbreath: Beyond the Reconciliation Blues

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Peacemaker Ministries was invited this week to present all 7 sessions at Biola University’s 2010 Torrey Conference. This is the fifth of 7 keynote session videos with speakers Tim Pollard, Gary Friesen, Ed Gilbreath and Annette Friesen addressing relational health, conflict and relationship reconciliation and how the gospel is at the very core of all of it.

Session 5
Ed Gilbreath: A Different Point of View

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