Emotional - Physical Health Connection
Taking care of your body is an important step towards mental and emotional health. God created links between the human body and mind.
View ArticleA Deeper Resonance
From an article by British evangelical leader Steve Chalke, who has come out in support of same sex marriage: William Wilberforce and friends were condemned by huge swathes of the Church as they fought...
View ArticleEpiscopal Voices of Conscience
Episcopal Voices of Conscience Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2013 A Prophetic Challenge to the Executive Council “No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until ‘justice...
View ArticleTen Commandments for Small Groups
text before contentI came across the “Ten Commandments for Small Groups” in my reading. I thought I would share the summary of those commandments since a lot of Christians are part of small groups. A...
View ArticleAn XXXchurch Giveaway
Check out below and see what we are giving away. An XXXchurch giveaway
View ArticleHow sick is my heart?
Continuing from yesterday's post about the heart…more hard stuff to think about, but oh, how badly I need to rehearse these truths!How sick is the heart?First, notice who can know it…no one, not even...
View ArticlePiper on Healing and Exorcism
What is the gift of healing? And are there “healers” today? The apostle Paul lists healing among the spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, but has anything significant changed between then and now? What...
View ArticleShalom and the Community of Creation – Randy Woodley
Over the last few weeks I have been enjoying reading Randy Woodley’s wonderful book Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision. As many of you know, the study of shalom has woven...
View ArticleSermon: Be Your Brother's Keeper
Are you your brother's keeper? What does God expect of us and what do we need to do?
View ArticleGo ahead and admit it!
Zero. That’s the number of players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame last week—and not for lack of qualification and impressive resumes. The reason was cheating, or more accurately the suspicion of...
View ArticleWhy Roe v. Wade needn’t be a holy grail
Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and a recent Time magazine cover...
View ArticleEngland’s laity rejects ‘no confidence’ vote in their chair
[Episcopal News Service] A majority of members of the Church of England’s House of Laity rejected a resolution that would have registered a vote of “no confidence” in their chair, Dr. Philip Giddings...
View ArticleChurch of England Philip Giddings survives lay vote
The chair of the Church of Englands House of Laity Dr Philip Giddings has won a controversial vote to remove him from the position
View ArticleArmstrong admits his perfect story was a myth
Former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made one of the most anticipated and least surprising confessions last night during an interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Despite years of...
View ArticleThe Best Way to Teach Theology
Caring for people is the first step in caring for their theology. We give bad theology because we never take the time to get to know people. I fear that many churches and Christians do not realize the...
View ArticleiMonk: “What Is the Bible?”
From Michael Spencer’s classic post, A Conversation in God’s Kitchen * * * What is the Bible? When I was a senior in high school, I made it into an Advanced English Class taught by Mrs. Vista Morris....
View ArticleTibet is burning
Let me commend for your reading this AP article by reporter Gillian Wong on the military crack down in Tibet. Entitled “As Tibet burns, China makes arrests, seizes TVs” this article reports on the wave...
View ArticleWhen God Is Late
There isn't anything that God can't do, so why isn't he doing something? John 11:1-6 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2 This is the Mary who later...
View ArticleDon’t worry, I got you!
The other night I was praying and seeking the Lord’s will on two specific things. He showed me a vision of myself looking through a small tube and then it changed to a door peephole. He said, “I will...
View ArticleGlobe Trot: Algeria, North Korea, Syria, Paris protests, mapping North Africa
“Terrorists should be on notice,” said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today in London, following the Algerian army’s raid to release an unknown number of hostages captured when al-Qaeda overran a...
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