Tag Archives: evangelism

Learning How to Be the Tree

Posted on June 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

Note: The incident below occurred years ago when Cleveland’s reputation was at an all-time low. I’ve spent time there since, and thoroughly enjoyed it! Would this be the worst layover ever? I’d missed my connecting flight, and now I had … Continue reading →

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I Hate to Brag

Posted on July 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

So…I hate to brag, but Iโ€™m on a first-name basis with the worldโ€™s best-selling author. I could introduce you to Him, if you like. ~Aฮฉ~

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Sharing and Growing in Your Faith

Posted on June 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

Preachers, teachers and group leaders: If you’re looking for a fun illustration to set up your talk on spiritual growth and sharing your faith, my 4-minute video “Jรฉsus GO” may be just the thing! It’s available from my church film … Continue reading →

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Two Delightful Summer Stories

Posted on June 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

It’s Family Time! Pastors, teachers, and drama groups: These two scenes of mine, one modern, and one based on an ancient tale, have been performed throughout North America! Both are now available from my script publisher SkitGuys.comย forย youย to read or perform! … Continue reading →

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Change a Life

Posted on April 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear Fellow Believer, Just a reminder that Jesus never called us to โ€œwitnessโ€ to others. He called us to be his witnesses.* And not just on Sundays, but 365 days a year. Itโ€™s who we are that matters, and who … Continue reading →

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Set Others Free

Posted on August 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by Anne Wipf What is it that God requires of us? The careful construction of holy places in which to live apart from people who are โ€˜uncleanโ€™? The strict observance of religious ordinances? โ€œYou โ€˜humbleโ€™ yourselves by observing the … Continue reading →

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Awake in the Dark

Posted on February 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

Every time my friend Mark brought up the J-word (Jesus), Iโ€™d fire off a series of โ€œwell-how-do-you-explain-this?โ€ questions, and he’d quickly change the subject. But what Mark didn’t realize was that I was genuinely searching. Just not in ways he … Continue reading →

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If You Know the Way…

Posted on November 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Live life with a due sense of responsibility, not as those who do not know the meaning of life, but as those who do.” ~Ephesians 5:15 In other words: If you know the way, show the way. โ€ 

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Harvest Time

Posted on October 9, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Out of a hundred people, one will read the Bible, and the other ninety-nine will read the Christian.” ~Dwight L. Moody Be what you believe. โˆด

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I Am Involved in Mankind

Posted on February 20, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo: Mitch Teemley โ€œNo man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as … Continue reading →

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