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Church Members, Here Are 10 Ways to KILL Your Church By Tejado Hanchell -May 8, 2017 Ravi Zacharias: Millennials Have Abandoned the Church and Christian Sexual Ethics to Seek Answers and Fulfillment—They Have Found Neither By Megan Briggs -May 15, 2017 East Africa famine: worst humanitarian crisis since World War II 20 million stand at risk of starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen Samaritan's Purse Delivers Food to Many in Famine-Stricken South Sudan FEBRUARY 21, 2017 • SOUTH SUDAN 10 Christian Apps Forgiving the Past, Embracing the Future In a discussion based on her book Forgive, Let Go and Live, best-selling author Deborah Smith Pegues explains what forgiveness is and isn't, and highlights the rewards of having a forgiving spirit. She offers practical suggestions for going through the process of forgiveness.

1. The Sermon or the Service is Too Long 2. All They Are Interested in is Money 3. Pastoral Staff are Paid too Much You can probably think of some more but after almost 20 years in ministry, I have heard these complaints the most often. It comes from a minority within the church (thank God) and also from those who are outside of the church.  These complaints are largely excuses.  I will seek to explain that conclusion. Many of these same people go to a concert and pay a ticket price to enter.  If someone wanted to see Jason Aldean in Hershey, PA this August, check out how much they would pay.  Rascall Flatts' tickets in Cincinnati this September would cost someone between $38.00 and $91.80.  Wish to see the NY Giants face off against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in October ?  Then prepare to plunk down almost $60 in general admission. When is the last time you went to church and they wouldn't let you in unless you paid betw...

Unique Egyptian sphinx unearthed in north Israel AFP - Part of an ancient Egyptian king's unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in northern Israel on Tuesday, with researchers struggling to understand just how the unexpected find ended up there. Ohio kidnap victims break silence to say 'thank you' Michelle especially gets my attention.  Her God-talk seems very sincere.  Yet you wonder what the years of abuse and neglect have done to her while in captivity.  May God be with all of these young ladies, granting them healing, the ability to forgive and move on and give them God-honoring lives full of His blessings and provisions.   Egypt: Christian Beheaded as Islamist Violence Escalates Hostage "beheaded" as Egyptian Islamists take advantage of unrest to target the country's Coptic Christian minority is either proof that Islamists aren’t good at math or that ideology plus opportunity equals a deadly mix to justify violence against Christians When...

Father's Day Goes Horribly Wrong as Popular Youth Pastor Killed Trying to Help Stranded Driver Son of Pastor Killed Minutes Before Father's Day Focuses on Forgiveness Ahead of Memorial Service Letters to a Young Pastor -- now $2.99 - Still a GREAT deal!  256 pages (updated 06/30/13) [Kindle Edition] by Calvin Miller free for a limited time! Amazon synopsis:  Calvin Miller has long been one of the most creative voices in the church. As a best-selling author and poet he has enabled believers to flourish. As a pastor and educator he has equipped countless thousands to know and serve God more fully. And he’s got the battle scars to prove it. Having survived these tumultuous decades, Dr. Miller now shares his well-earned wisdom with the next generation of pastors—including you, or someone you know. Miller acknowledges much has changed over his years of ministry, as we’ve moved from switchboards to smartphones and from big-haired evangelists to cigar-smoking emerg...

  A Review of Why Church Matters by Joshua Harris  I wanted to give a note of explanation as I begin this review.  The church, small “c,” is used to speak of the local church.  The Church, big “c,” indicates the Christian family as a whole both living and those who came before us ever since the start of the Church 2,000 years ago.  Many may know this author from his more famous work, I Kissed Dating Goodbye .  Essentially, the principle is similar but applied to the Church.  Joshua Harris was a church shopper/church hopper himself.  However, he came to the point where he felt that he needed to stop consuming and begin committing to the Church.  Not to do so would be missing out on God’s program through the Church to fulfill the Great Commission.  In this book, he identifies church as many of us have come to know it.  He then explains the biblical nature of the Church and the word pictures that the Bible uses to desc...