Thanksgiving service hails new beginning for Zimbabwes Anglicans
Anglicans in Harare are looking forward to a new year in their own church buildings after they were returned to them following a protracted legal battle
View ArticleMatthew: Escape to Egypt and the Return
An unnamed angel warns Joseph of Herod’s intent to kill Jesus, and tells them to hide in Egypt. The Israelites were once slaves in Egypt, but for Jesus it was a place of refuge. Joseph was faithfully...
View ArticleA tribute to Robert Bork
It is always hard for me not to see political realities in the same terms as spiritual realities. They are so amazingly parallel: In both dimensions you have truths constantly being attacked by lies,...
View ArticleUrbana Missions Conference: 16,000 Students Urged to Listen to God's Calling
An estimated 16,000 Christian youth attended opening night of Urbana 2012, a triennial student missions conference, at Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis Thursday. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship...
View ArticleIn case you’re bored…
Holiday weekend… maybe some extra free time… If you like cats at all, make sure you’ve seen the Simon’s Cat videos. They have their own website, as well as a YouTube channel. I should show you the...
View ArticleLight Friday Hit List: 12/28/12
Rounding up posts from around the web that challenged, inspired, encouraged, made me laugh, or all of the above. Be sure to check out these favorites and tell them I sent you! Here they are in the...
View ArticleAre There Stores in Heaven?
I spoke at the memorial service for Lenya Avery Lusko, who at age 5, went to Heaven on December 20th. She once said to her mom, Jennie "Mom, when I get to Heaven I'm going to buy a box of cheese and a...
View ArticleGive Me Law or Give Me Death!
For Javert (as with all of us), the logic of law makes sense. We love the "if/then" proposition: "If" you do this, "then" I will do that. We love "what-goes-around-comes-around" conditionality. It...
View ArticleIs This Church Planting Graphic Right?
Leave your comments below. For related articles, see: The Church Planting Question that could Change Everything! Do Church Planting Movements Hinder Disciple Making Movements? Are you ever more...
View ArticleQOTD: What's Your Craziest Holiday Travel Story?
It's been quite the season for crazy weather. Hundreds of flights cancelled. Roads shut down. Blizzards and tornadoes have pummeled the earth. It makes for difficult travel, wouldn't you say? And...
View ArticleDo You Keep in Touch With the People Who Matter to you?
What's most important in life to you? Often people devote much time to accumulating things. Magazines and advertising fill us with a longing to buy this product and then I'll feel ____. You can...
View ArticleFollowing the twisting, turning road of sports in 2012
Looking back on an entire year of sports feels like riding in a car through the mountains. There were so many twists and turns and drops and blind corners. The road was full of switchbacks and...
View ArticleNewspaper Accused of 'Going Too Far' in Publishing Names of Gun Owners
In the aftermath following the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., The Journal-News, a Gannett-owned publication in Hudson, N.Y., printed a list with an interactive map of the names and...
View Article5 Grocery Staples for Youth and Vitality
Posted by Eudene Harry with FV Editors It’s the question we ask ourselves almost every day: What’s for dinner? Entwined in this daily dialogue is wondering whether we’ll need to dash into the grocery...
View Article'Tis the Season to Focus on Your Immune System
Posted by Andy Braner with AndyBraner.com I've just finished a long tour in the Middle East with some friends, and I'm back! I'll write about Iraq, Lebanon, and the Arab League this coming week. But...
View ArticleJesus’ Birth in a Barn Had You in Mind
Posted by Wayne Stiles with WayneStiles.com It must have seemed really strange. Honestly, it still does. Two thousand years of waiting for the Messiah, and He is born in a barn and laid in a feed...
View Article'From the Land of Milk and Honey' by Jennifer Cote [Book Review]
Posted by Cheryl Cope with CherylCope.com “After twenty years of cooking at The New Delhi Sandwich Shop in Pinole, California, chef Jennifer Cote reveals how different flavors, textures, and techniques...
View ArticleEmergent Deceit in the Last Days
By Dr. Steve Spurlin Cornerstone Bible Church It has been quite a while since I last posted. I hope none of you have been breathlessly waiting for me...well I guess those who were waiting breathlessly...
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