Monthly Archives: April 2012
4 Things Jesus Did on the Cross
IT’S an overcast morning here in Scottsdale. I went over to the Kierland Starbucks with the hopes of finding a spot to sit down and write, but the place was packed. The line was out the door. So here I am in my office writing about anger and forgiveness.
Texas Baptists calling to end state lotto
A group of Baptists have turned up their fight against the Texas Lottery Commission, arguing that the lotto has proved unsuccessful in raising funds for state education and wrongly exploits the poor.
Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson dies at 80
CHUCK Colson, who became a born-again Christian amid the Watergate scandal and later became the most prominent advocate for the spiritual transformation of prisoners, died Saturday afternoon, according to Prison Fellowship ministry. He was 80.
African man loses children because of his faith in Jesus
"ONE night, we had a group of prostitutes come to our home to watch a film about Jesus," he recounted. "At one point, Jesus reaches out during one of His sermons and touches a prostitute [in the film] who is standing there in the crowd."
As Titanic sank, he pleaded, ‘believe in the Lord Jesus!’
WHEN pastor and preacher John Harper and six year old daughter boarded the Titanic it was for the privilege of preaching at one of the greatest churches in America, Moody Church in Chicago, named for its famous founder Dwight L. Moody.
Chuck Colson ‘Will Soon Be With the Lord’
ANNOUNCING this, Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship said on Wednesday: “It is with a heavy, but hopeful heart that I share with you that it appears our friend, brother and founder will soon be home with the Lord.”
Do you know what tenacity looks like?
ON June 4, 1940, when Britain stood all alone against Hitler, England's new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, inspired his countrymen to hang tough and stand strong.
Are you unloved in a relationship?
“I should not have married you!” is one agonizing accusation from a spouse anywhere in the time line of a married life. Some even would go further and say, “I should have married that person!” Such words make marriages a hell.
Assemblies of God lays off 47 people at HQ in Springfield
THE Assemblies of God announced a staff right-sizing as part of a strategic restructuring of its organization, including an ongoing transition from print to digital resources to more efficiently and effectively serve its churches and ministry partners.
Harvest America: 400 churches sign up for Greg Laurie’s vision
OVER 400 US churches and venues in America have signed up to host a live simulcast of Harvest America, an event that is still more than four months away and is the first effort of its kind by Greg Laurie and his ministry.
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No foul play in Mandissa’s death, police say
While no cause of death has been revealed, Franklin Police Department officials in Tennessee said Monday that no foul play is suspected.
