Keep Christmas Weird (Dec. 22-24)
Keep Christmas Weird Saturday, Dec. 22nd at 5pm and 7pm at 7104 McNeil, Austin, TX 78729 Sunday, Dec. 23rd at 5pm and 7pm at Covington Middle School 3700 Convict Hill Road 78749 Saturday, Dec. 24th at...
View ArticleHolmes Forgets Broadway Lines: Actress Admits Horrifying Mistake in 'Dead...
Katie Holmes forgot her Broadway lines as she was set to deliver a central speech in her first Broadway play "Dead Accounts."
View ArticleAshton Kutcher Divorce Settlement Unclear as Actor Files to Divorce Demi...
Ashton Kutcher has finally filed for divorce from actress Demi Moore on Friday, as the actor filed court papers citing irreconcilable differences. Despite the move to finally confirm the end of their...
View ArticleEngine Fails on Flight: American Airlines Plane Forced Into Emergency Landing
An engine has failed on a flight from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Friday, forcing the pilot to quickly turn the plane around and make an emergency landing again at the same airport it...
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India vows action following brutal gang rape
Indian officials are vowing to take measures to better protect women following the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in the capital. Police have so far arrested five people in...
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Algerian Christian unknowingly convicted, sentenced
Without any prior notice or summons from police, a Christian convert from Islam received word on Dec. 11 that he had been convicted of pressuring a Muslim to leave his religion, he said. Mohamed...
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Pope Paul VI inches one step closer to sainthood
Pope Paul VI, who guided the Catholic Church through a tumultuous period of change in the 1960s and 70s, took a crucial first step toward possible sainthood when Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (Dec. 20)...
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Report: Ecosystems more stressed than ever
Natural ecosystems in the United States are under greater stress from climate change than at any previous time in human history, according to a new report. Experts from government agencies, academia...
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Question of the week: What’s Christmas really about?
The true meaning of Christmas is love. John 3:16-17 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ...Read the...
View ArticleWoman Sleeps Through Tornado: Thanks God, Testifies Angels Protected Her (VIDEO)
A woman has miraculously slept through a tornado as it devastated the area she normally sleeps in on Thursday night. However, Betty Russell, who is set to turn 77 years old on Dec. 26, has testified...
View ArticleSaturday Ramblings 12.22.12
Well what do you know? The world didn’t end after all. As a matter of fact, here in Oklahoma we didn’t even get any rain. So we live to flip the Mayan calendar over to a new day. The doomsday...
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11 Characteristics of the Greatest Small Group Pastors
Posted by Rick Howerton with NavPress Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to spend meaningful time with some of those most of us would consider the greatest small group pastors, people like Steve...
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The Christmas Scale | Igniter Media
Posted by Blake Atwood with FV EditorsIt's hard to believe that the greatest message the world will ever hear is contained in one simple scale. Downloads are available at IgniterMedia.com.
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The Exile [Part I] | Irving Bible Church
Posted by Blake Atwood with FV EditorsLiving lives of idolatry and injustice, the people of Israel were led into exile. In this exile they dwelt in a foreign land of desolation, but ultimately the...
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18 Practices of Churches Partnering with Local Schools
Posted by Brian Dodd with Brian Dodd on Leadership “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare”...
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'Cross Roads' | William Paul Young [Book Review]
Posted by Blake Atwood with FV Editors Cross Roads is equal parts The Great Divorce, The Pilgrim's Progress, and It's a Wonderful Life. If you've enjoyed any of those works of thoughtful, inspiring...
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As bells toll, clergy push Congress on gun control
As bells tolled across the country on Friday (Dec. 21) in memory of lives lost in Newtown, Conn., religious leaders gathered outside the Washington National Cathedral to push congregants and Congress...
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The Story-Teller Who Entered In
God is an Author. This world is his story. We are his characters. I first heard of the analogy sitting in a college philosophy class, and I’ve used it ever since. I find it personally fruitful and...
View ArticleA PRAYER OF JOY OF FORGIVENESS
A PRAYER OF JOY OF FORGIVENESS Our GOD, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wash away. You bless them by saying, “You told me your sins without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you.”...
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