Author: Seth Barnes

The election and Christians

Written by Seth Barnes on November 5, 2008. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 28 Comments on The election and Christians

Some Christians are overjoyed by yesterday’s election results and others are wearing sackcloth and ashes this morning. The election represents a lot of things. In general,...

Where do place your trust?

Written by Seth Barnes on November 4, 2008. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 14 Comments on Where do place your trust?

It’s election day. It’s a day where a lot of people are putting far too much trust in our political system to solve our problems. Regardless of who wins, the new president...

Group pride rooted in insecurity

Written by Seth Barnes on November 3, 2008. Posted in Identity issues. 1 Comment on Group pride rooted in insecurity

So much of what we do is rooted in our addiction to the false self. Many of us come out of a background of pain that told us we were inadequate and would never measure up to our...

3 year-old sex slave

Written by Seth Barnes on November 2, 2008. Posted in Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking. 38 Comments on 3 year-old sex slave

World Racer Marisa Banas reported this story. It is so shocking, it leaves you appalled and repulsed. But because so many children suffer like this, it demands action from those...

Having a blast on the World Race

Written by Seth Barnes on November 1, 2008. Posted in Radical Living. 1 Comment on Having a blast on the World Race

Probably the best thing that happens on the World Race is that many Racers come to a profound understanding of why they’re here on this earth. But along the way they have a...

Getting honest about life behind the podium

Written by Seth Barnes on October 31, 2008. Posted in Leadership. 6 Comments on Getting honest about life behind the podium

I’m off today to speak at another Youth Specialties conference – Pittsburgh this time. If you’re at the conference, give me a shout and we’ll do coffee. I...

Life on a garbage heap – where’s the outrage?

Written by Seth Barnes on October 30, 2008. Posted in Poverty. 2 Comments on Life on a garbage heap – where’s the outrage?

We who live on an average income of $40,000/year in America need a reality check from time to time. What is it like for the billions of people who live on less than $2/day? And...

Top pics from our World Race squad

Written by Seth Barnes on October 29, 2008. Posted in Missions photos. 3 Comments on Top pics from our World Race squad

Top photos from last month on the World Race. This is the team that Karen and I pour our lives into. After spending September in Viet Nam, they’ve spent this last month in...

What do you retreat to?

Written by Seth Barnes on October 28, 2008. Posted in Living Free. 12 Comments on What do you retreat to?

Yesterday I blogged about the question, “Does God intend for us to settle for a life without faith?” So many of us find ourselves bruised and abused by life, having...

Apparently you were NOT made for greatness

Written by Seth Barnes on October 27, 2008. Posted in Dreaming. 14 Comments on Apparently you were NOT made for greatness

Interesting little debate going on between blogger Pam Hogeweide and me. I wrote a blog I called: You were made for greatness. After reading it, she asks the question “Really?” ...

WWJD? Confronting a pervert in the Philippines

Written by Seth Barnes on October 26, 2008. Posted in Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking. 11 Comments on WWJD? Confronting a pervert in the Philippines

Marisa Banas, a World Racer in her first month, just preached the best sermon you’re going to hear this Sunday when she confronted a pervert in the Philippines,. We are all...

Good news from Swaziland

Written by Seth Barnes on October 25, 2008. Posted in Eswatini / Swaziland. 2 Comments on Good news from Swaziland

In the midst of the chaos coming out of Swaziland, we’re seeing good news too. We just about doubled our purse ministry project. Here is Julie Anderson’s report: We...

Good organizational boards & unsafe men

Written by Seth Barnes on October 24, 2008. Posted in Leadership. 3 Comments on Good organizational boards & unsafe men

Today the AIM board arrives in Gainesville. They are wonderful people – partners in ministry who help safeguard the ministry. For example, Liza has been helping lead ministry...

When God moves, expect backlash

Written by Seth Barnes on October 23, 2008. Posted in Fighting your enemy. 17 Comments on When God moves, expect backlash

If you look at my post from Monday, you’ll see that we had a phenomenal weekend. We completed the Breakthru Conference and saw God move in so many lives. We were soaring...

Helping the Salvation Army to hear God

Written by Seth Barnes on October 22, 2008. Posted in Listening prayer. 6 Comments on Helping the Salvation Army to hear God

We’re sitting here tonight talking in the living room. Clint Bokelman is telling a story about how he teaches the officers at the Salvation Army in Atlanta to hear the voice...

How Jesus called out disciples

Written by Seth Barnes on October 21, 2008. Posted in How to Disciple. 7 Comments on How Jesus called out disciples

Andrew Shearman is staying at our house this week. We have conversations till 1:30 at night and wake groggy, stumbling to the coffee maker. This morning we began talking about...

Report on the Breakthru Conference

Written by Seth Barnes on October 20, 2008. Posted in Living Free. 6 Comments on Report on the Breakthru Conference

We just completed our first Breakthru Conference here in Gainesville, GA. We’re always trying new things at AIM and sometimes they bomb. Not knowing what to expect, we were...

Sunday prayers – October 19

Written by Seth Barnes on October 19, 2008. Posted in Prayer. 2 Comments on Sunday prayers – October 19

Andy, in Colorado. KS is 28 and had a cardiac arrest, we still aren’t sure why, but she has a lot of brain injury due to lack of oxygen, possibly from seizures. In my own...

It’s time for a breakthru in your life

Written by Seth Barnes on October 18, 2008. Posted in Living Free. 10 Comments on It’s time for a breakthru in your life

This weekend we’re starting the Breakthru Conference here in Gainesville. We’re running it parallel with a World Race training. We began last night with a little worship...

7 Bad habits people need to change

Written by Seth Barnes on October 17, 2008. Posted in Leadership. 2 Comments on 7 Bad habits people need to change

Do you ever kick yourself for doing something when you knew better? For example, there are a lot of people wishing they had gotten out of the stock market earlier. And in the realm...

Shedding tears for our sisters

Written by Seth Barnes on October 17, 2008. Posted in Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking. 1 Comment on Shedding tears for our sisters

Over in Thailand our World Race women are working with the Well, a ministry that helps young ladies caught up in the sex trade to find their way out of the dark world they often...

Getting perspective from a year’s worth of coal

Written by Seth Barnes on October 16, 2008. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 3 Comments on Getting perspective from a year’s worth of coal

Yeah, anybody invested in the market is probably a lot poorer than a month ago. My condolences – this is as bad a bear as we’ve had in our modern era. But for a dose...

How do you help a disciple grow?

Written by Seth Barnes on October 15, 2008. Posted in Spiritual Formation. 6 Comments on How do you help a disciple grow?

How do Jesus followers grow? For those of us who have taken Jesus at his words and want to follow through on his final assignment – to go and make disciples around the world,...

It’s not about right & wrong, but life & death

Written by Seth Barnes on October 14, 2008. Posted in Living Free. 12 Comments on It’s not about right & wrong, but life & death

Think about the things in your life that bring life: encouragement singing poetry flowers friends smiles vacations forgiveness laughter We need more...