Reflections on Pastor Nick’s Sermon

Point 2. Thankful for Others in Christ
Being Thankful When It Is Hard
 
 
The two most difficult things to happen in life are to watch yourself fail and watch someone succeed, especially in an area that you are failing in. And yet, this is Pastor Nick’s second point – we must learn to be thankful for others [...]

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Closer to Home

Men
Integrity in Difficult Situations
Jesus’ trip to the cross should serve as our example.
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            Women
Finding Safe Women
I used to equate “women’s ministry” with things like secret pals and salad suppers. Problem is I’m a horrible secret pal because I tend to forget birthdays and anniversaries. And I’m sorry, but I like warm food.
At one particularly [...]

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Prayer of the Day

Columba’s Prayer
“Be thou a bright flame before me,Be thou a guiding star above me,Be thou a smooth path below me,Be thou a kindly shepherd behind me,Today – tonight – and for ever.”
— Columba of Iona

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What Do You Think?: Is anyone an accident?

Is Anyone an Accident?
If you were talking to someone who was the result of a rape/incest union and they asked you, “Was it God’s will for me to be conceived?” What would you say?

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Around the Blogosphere

 Apologetics:  Is it Important? Relevant?

 
 

 
 
“How I went from agnostic to Christian is another matter. It happened in two stages….”  View article…
Miracles–Real or Contrived?
Some people want to give naturalistic or scientific explanations for the miracles. But miracles, by definition, fall outside scientific explanations. View article…

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Church Life:You Struggle with That!?

Responding to a group member who confesses a secret sin
Ryan Zempel 
 
Okay, suppose you’re doing a good job leading a small group. You’re building relationships among group members, people seem to be growing closer to God, and everything seems to be going swimmingly, when suddenly, Whammo!—one of your group members (or even your co-leader) confesses [...]

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Culture Wars

Atheism: The Godless Revolution That Never Happened
The above title is taken from a chapter in the eminent sociologist Rodney Stark’s recent book What Americans Really Believe (Baylor University Press, 2008). Anti-Christian prophets such Thomas Woolston (1670-1731) and Voltaire (1694-1778) foretold the disappearance of religion. In the 1960s, anthropologist Anthony Wallace claimed, “The evolutionary future of [...]

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Persecuted Church News

Good News in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (MNN) ― Christians across Azerbaijan live under the threat of government harassment. The country’s religion laws can be harsh, imposing severe penalties on violators. Many church leaders encounter legal problems and jail time.

Take, for example, the recent case of Pastor Hamid Shabanov, charged with allegedly holding an illegal weapon — an [...]

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Operation World Country of the Day

United States II
 
The spiritual heritage of the USA is being eroded by an unholy alliance of humanists, New Agers and homosexuals. They exploit the provisions of the constitution and their control of the media to disparage and mock Christians and dismantle all they can of anything Christian in public life. Freedom of religion is becoming [...]

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Unreached Peoples of the Day

Maranao, Lanao of Philippines
People Name: Maranao, Lanao
Country Name: Philippines
Population: 1,139,000
Primary Language: Maranao
Primary Religion: Islam
% Evangelical: 0.01
Status: Unreached
 
Hazara People in Iran and Afghanistan
Hazaras have no place to go! Everywhere they turn they are outcasts. Their facial features identify them as descendants of the Mongol conquerors of centuries past. Their homeland in the center of Afghanistan [...]

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