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A Place With a View

By Andy Johnson III on September 27, 2008 in Life, On a Sailboat

Just in case you are still wondering why in the world I would want to live on a sailboat, this was my view when I woke up the other morning. The clouds resting atop of San Diego’s downtown buildings first captured my attention. The penetrating rays from the sunrise burnt through the clouds so that [...]

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A Story About a Boat

By Andy Johnson III on August 12, 2008 in Life, On a Sailboat

It all started three years ago when I flew from Alaska down to San Diego to visit both the city and Bethel Seminary for potential studies. Since I was carless, I rented a bike and took a 26 mile ride that took me all over the city. One of my destinations was Cabrillo National Monument [...]

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Meeting Tristen

By Andy Johnson III on April 17, 2008 in Life

I had the privilege of meeting my new little nephew Tristen, this week! My sister Rebekah gave birth to Tristen on Sunday, April 13th. He was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 21 inches long. Although we live half a country apart, it’s great to be able to see the little guy and talk with him [...]

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The Church Fathers and the Scriptures

By Andy Johnson III on August 20, 2007 in Church History

I’ve been reading through the writings of the early Church fathers for an independent study that I am doing at Bethel Seminary. While reading through Clement’s Epistle to the Corinthians, I have been struck by how carefully he bases everything he writes on the Scriptures. His basic style is to make a statement of truth [...]

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My Article on Sudan Featured on Helium.com

By Andy Johnson III on July 31, 2007 in Africa, Life, Travel

I wrote an article about Sudan during my recent visit to this country. This article is featured today, July 30th, on the homepage of Helium.com under the Politics in Africa section. If you would like to read the article, click here and let me know what you think!

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Called to the Children

By Andy Johnson III on March 27, 2007 in Africa, Causes, Travel

When confronted with the needs of countless children suffering from AIDS, poverty and the death of parents, what can one do? Isn’t the need to large and overwhelming to address? Wouldn’t it require too much time, energy and resources to reach out to such a helpless multitude of little ones? Not according to Stephen and [...]

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One

By Andy Johnson III on March 6, 2007 in Africa, Causes, Spirituality

I just noticed that Paul emphasizes the importance of “one” six times in Romans 5. He repeatedly affirms that it was the offence of one many that caused sin and death to come upon all. Contrasting Adam’s failure with Christ’s perfection, he also states that it was the righteousness of one by which all receive [...]

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Rakwaro: A Portrait of Neglect

By Andy Johnson III on February 21, 2007 in Africa, Causes, Travel

While walking along one day, with my camera hanging from my shoulder, I was abruptly approached by a man who named Henry. Eyeing my camera, he asked if I was a journalist. As I described my work as a photographer and filmmaker, he asked if I would be willing to do a documentary for his [...]

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Kayaking the Nile

By Andy Johnson III on February 21, 2007 in Africa, Life, Travel

Taking advantage of a rare lull in our schedule, we took brief trip to Jinja. Famous for its location at the source of the Nile, Jinja is one of the most popular destinations in Uganda. We arrived at our hostel just in time to join a truck full of rafting guides out to a campsite [...]

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Granny

By Andy Johnson III on February 14, 2007 in Life

My grandmother died last week, while I was in Africa. It was incredibly difficult to not be able to be there to say goodbye or even to attend the funeral. I wrote this letter to be read at her funeral: While fully confident that God’s timing is perfect and that His providence never fails, I [...]

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