“Not So Angry Birds” Games for Kids Church
Who knew a free iPhone app could boost the attendance in my kids’ church? Thanks to some inspiration from the popular Angry Birds game, we just wrapped up a month of Not-So Angry Birds in kids’ church....
View ArticleThe Interminable Waiting
You and I may fall into a trap. It’s a subtle one for sure, but it plagues humanity. You almost expect a loud blaring voice, but no, instead there is the faintest whisper, “you’re not ready, you can’t...
View ArticleFrom New Wineskins: Jesus’ Way Doesn’t Work
Keith Brenton, editor of New Wineskins magazine, asked me for a contribution for this month’s issue on Violence and Vulnerability. Here’s the article I sent him, which is on the magazine’s website...
View ArticleYou Get To Choose
Last night I was sitting on the couch with the boys watching some old videos. We found this one and they wanted to watch it over and over. I have no idea why he was singing. It’s not as if that day was...
View ArticleFamily tragedy inspires outreach to Muslims
John and Jane Martin lost their second son in an accident in Pakistan but the tragedy changed their lives in a radical way
View ArticleAccountability is useless
This is a guest post from my friends, Justin and Trisha Davis. They know all too well the dangers of settling for an ordinary marriage. Their own failure to recognize the warning signs almost resulted...
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Catalyst One Day comes to LEXINGTON!
TODAY is the SUPER Early Bird Deadline for Catalyst ONE DAY LEXINGTON on March 21st at NorthEast Christian Church. This is your chance to get the best rates on Catalyst ONE DAY tickets. ONE DAY...
View ArticleOffering Hope and Future to Orphans
image courtesy of Les Miserables “You don’t understand. I’m a whore, and [my daughter] has no father.” – Fantine “She has the Lord. He is her father, and you are his creation. In his eyes you have...
View ArticleCommunity Grows out of Love
This has been our experience: Community is possible through the Spirit that comes to us from God. It is when this Spirit fills us that there is true love for our neighbor and full community among us.
View ArticleOlson named to endowed professorship honoring Valentine
WACO—Roger Olson, professor of theology at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, has been named to the Foy Valentine Professorship of Christian Ethics.
View ArticleLance Armstrong and the spiral of deceit
Lance Armstrong will announce to the world tonight that he used performance enhancing drugs as part of his run to dominate the cycling world. You may or may not think that cheating at cycling is a...
View Article-Iran: American Pastor May be Hanged?
(Saeed Abedini / ACLJ.org) An American citizen who traveled to Iran and was imprisoned for his Christian faith in September is in now danger of being hanged by the radical Iranian government: The...
View ArticleAn Online Interview with John Burke (1/23 at 3pm CST)
Join me for an online conversation with John Burke! Join us live online at www.ericbryant.org or at my Google + page on Wednesday, January 23rd from 3-3:30pm CST. John serves as the lead pastor of...
View ArticleBloom Book Study {Announced this Monday!}
We can’t wait to share the new Bloom book selection with you! Tune back in to (in)courage on Monday, the 21st for the announcement. See you then! {Want to stay [...]
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EUROPE : WOMAN WINS IN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CASE
CATHOLIC HERALD RELEASEBy PETER SMITH on Tuesday, 15 January 2013British Airways employee Nadia Eweida celebrates winning her case in London (Photo: PA)The European Court of Human Rights has today...
View ArticleAMERICA : COLOMBIA : PRIEST STABBED TO DEATH AT HOME - AGE 55
Agenzia Fides REPORT - The diocesan priest Don José Francisco Velez Echeverri, 55, was found dead yesterday, January 16, with stab wounds in the courtyard of his house in the neighborhood El Albergue,...
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Ben Franklin, January 17, 1706: "Of What Use is a Newborn Baby?"
One of my pool pals was telling me about his forthcoming trip to Japan. I've never been there, but I was excited for him. I mentioned, in passing, that Japan is the only industrial country in the world...
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AFRICA : BOTSWANA : 3 BUSH CHILDREN ARRESTED BY POLICE
CISA NEWS REPORTGABORONE, January 15, 2013 (CISA) -Three Bushman children have been arrested by paramilitary police in Botswana. The arrests are the latest signs of a new government policy to...
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The Call of the Natural Life
When it pleased God . . . to reveal His Son in me . . . —Galatians 1:15-16 The call of God is not a call to serve Him in any particular way. My contact with the nature of God will shape my...
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