Steve and Jess Cole w/ the JESUS Film

Just sharing the news from one of our JESUS Film staff who said that when they use one of our follow-up films to disciple new believers, they see   4 X as many new believers get baptized and join churches.

Ethan has had a cavity on his top front right incisor for some time now.  6 months ago the dentist said we will have to keep our eye on it–eventually probably have remove it or fill it.  That meant putting him under. Needless to say about how safe that is supposed to be, I just [...]

I just copied this quote from a friends email.  I view it as worth repeating. As I think about the role you play in this work, I am reminded of a quote by John R. Mott, one of the founders of the Student Volunteer Movement:  “Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the [...]

This is a prayer email I sent out yesterday to people who intercede for us.  Thought I could share it with a wider audience. From: Steve Cole Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 5:01 PM Subject: we’re back… Every time I pray, I experience my salvation afresh.  The same doorway of grace I first entered to [...]

Just been thinking about the statistic that experts say are the % of functionally illiterate people in the world. They say 60-70% of the world is functionally illiterate.  Whether they can read or not, they choose not to read to get their information in life.  Consider this–that 42% of college graduates will never read another [...]

We’ve been home 53 1/2 hours now and I’m still tired.  Pretty amazing what 5 1/2 weeks on the road with 2 young boys can do to you.  I’m grateful we made the trip, but will try and avoid the 5 week road trip in the future. We did see all of our immediate families,  [...]

Confession. Just been thinking a lot lately about how important confession is and that it might be one of the most needed spiritual practices in our day. James 5:16 Confession of sin.  Confession of  fear.  Confession of what we don’t know.  Confession of our need for the Savior.  Also confession of our need for each [...]

I found this fantastic article on does God want us to be happy by seminary professor Michael Horton.  I highly recommend it. Does God want us to be happy?

Let me tell you what is cool.  Jess and I took Ethan to see his first movie in a theater Sunday.  It was just the 3 of us, Toy Story 3, in auditorium 3. I don’t think he blinked the whole movie.  And near the end he turned to the two of us on either [...]

Some have asked if Steve moving to the JESUS Film means we are leaving Campus Crusade for Christ. The answer is NO! The JESUS Film is actually a ministry of Campus Crusade. The first film, JESUS was released in 1979 by Campus Crusade. This change is sort of like changing departments within the overall ministry [...]