Connecting
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For
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Issue 246
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"God
made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21
CONSIDER
“There
are only two kinds of men: the righteous, who believe themselves
sinners; the rest, sinners who believe themselves righteous.”
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pensees [1660]
THE SCARS OF EASTER
by
Paul Brand with Philip Yancey
Isaac Newton said, "In the
absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of
God's existence." After 40 years as a surgeon specializing in
hands, I am tempted to agree. Nothing in all nature rivals the
hand's combination of strength and agility, tolerance and
sensitivity. We use our hands for the most wonderful activities:
art, music, writing, healing, touching.
Some people go to
concerts and athletic events to watch the performance; I go to
watch hands. For me, a piano performance is a ballet of fingers—a
glorious flourish of ligaments and joints, tendons, nerves, and
muscles. I try to sit near the stage to watch the
movements.
Unless you have tried to reproduce just one
small twitch of the hand mechanically, you cannot fully appreciate
its movements. Often I have stood before a group of medical
students or surgeons to analyze the motion of one finger. I hold
before them a dissected cadaver hand, with its trailing strands of
sinew, and announce that I will move the tip of the little
finger.... Read this in full
at
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/aprilweb-only/21.0b.html
POLL EXAMINES FAITH'S ROLE IN PARENTING
The
vast majority of parents hope their children grow up to live good
lives but, for many, parental success does not include faith in
God -- even among parents who are evangelical Christians,
according to a new study from LifeWay Research, the research arm
of LifeWay Christian Resources.
The national survey of
1,200 adults with children under 18 at home found the most common
definitions of successful parenting include children having good
values (25%), being happy adults (25%), finding success in life
(22%), being a good person (19 percent), graduating from college
(17%) and living independently (15%). Being godly or having faith
in God is mentioned by 9 percent of respondents.
Parents
who attend religious services weekly are particularly likely to
emphasize faith in God, but only 24% of them identify that as a
mark of parenting success, the research found.... Read this in
full at
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30088
P*RN ADDICT PASTOR ADMITS STRUGGLE ON CNN
Baptist
pastor David Erik Jones is interviewed on CNN about his
addiction:
http://www.13waystoruinyourlife.com/?p=184
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WHY THE INCREASE IN UNBELIEF?
Responding
to a recent survey showing that 15% of Americans express no
religious connections, James Emery White deals with several key
questions in his latest Serious Times commentary:
"First,
what is happening? In what I consider an overlooked book, Without
God, Without Creed: The Origins of Unbelief in America, James
Turner argues that unbelief is not something that has happened
'to' religion. Instead, he argues that religion has caused
unbelief. 'In trying to adapt their religious beliefs to
socioeconomic change, to new moral challenges, to novel problems
of knowledge, to the tightening standards of science, the
defenders of God slowly strangled Him' (p. xii). Specifically,
many who believed decided 'to deal with modernity by embracing
it--to defuse modern threats to the traditional bases of belief by
bringing God into line with modernity' (p. 266). In so doing, they
forgot that 'God's purposes were not supposed to be man's…They
forgot, in short, that their God was--as any God had to be to
command belief over the long term--radically other than
man…unbelief emerged because church leaders too often
forgot the transcendence essential to any worthwhile God. They
committed religion functionally to making the world better in
human terms and intellectually to modes of knowing God fitted only
for understanding this world' (p. 267). Mark Silk, director
of the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life
at Trinity College, seems to be in agreement with Turner's thesis,
noting that there is a 'considerable softening of the edges in
doctrine, politics and social values' contributing to the rise of
the 'nones.'
"Second, what does this mean? It is not
that unbelief is driving out belief, Turner adds, but that
unbelief has become more readily available as an answer to the
question, 'What about God?' (p. 262). Unbelief is becoming
mainstreamed, as evidenced by Barack Obama's recognition of people
without faith, the first president to do so, in his inaugural
address.
"Finally, what can be done? The most direct
answer is that we must see America as a mission field. As an
Episcopalian priest from South Carolina recently offered, 'A
couple came in to my office once with a yellow pad of their
teenage son's questions. One of them was: "What is that guy
doing hanging up there on the plus sign?"'
"Sociologist
Peter Berger once quipped, 'If India is the most religious country
on our planet, and Sweden is the least religious, America is a
land of Indians ruled by Swedes.' What we must now realize is that
we are increasingly simply a land of
Swedes."
http://www.serioustimes.com
SURVEY: PERSONAL INVITES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR CHURCHES
An
invitation from a family member or friend is the most effective
way to get people to attend church, a new survey shows, casting
doubt on several time-tested methods used by churches to attract
new members.
The other approaches -- from broadcast
commercials to information packets left on doorknobs -- are far
less effective, LifeWay Research reports.
A majority of
respondents (67%) said an invitation from a family member was
either somewhat or very effective. Likewise, 63% said an
invitation from a friend or neighbor was effective.
In
contrast, just 33% said an invitation left on a door hanger would
be effective, while 31 percent said door-to-door visits from a
church or faith community member would be effective.
Ed
Stetzer, director of the Southern Baptist Convention-affiliated
LifeWay Research, said the research shows people are open to
invitations to church -- but they need to be
personal.
"Unbelievers next door still need a simple,
personal invitation to talk, to be in community and to church,"
said Stetzer, whose researchers were commissioned to do the survey
by the denomination's North American Mission Board. "Clearly,
relationships are important and work together with
marketing."
Researchers reported the following
percentages of respondents thought these other modes of invitation
were effective:
-- letter in mailbox: 41%
-- weekly
religion section of a newspaper: 40%
-- billboard or outdoor
sign: 38%
-- newspaper or magazine ad: 36%
-- TV
commercial: 34%
-- radio commercial: 33%
-- website
listing or ad: 31%
-- via e-mail message; 30%
-- social
networking site: 30%
The survey, conducted in December
using an online panel, included a sample of more than 150,000
respondents and had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 1
percentage
point.
http://www.modernreformation.org/default.php?page=blog_view&var1=ViewInd&var2=1&var3=627
SOUR ECONOMY FORCES CHANGE, INNOVATION AT SEMINARIES
For
18 years, Haddon Robinson has taught preaching at Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary by having students give sermons and then
reflect on feedback from fellow classmates, who act as a
congregation du jour.
But as soon as this fall, students
seeking insightful feedback will turn to “congregants”
they’ve likely never met, including Robinson. Through a
pilot online course, they’ll preach into the lenses of video
cameras, upload sermons to the Web and seek feedback from afar via
e-mail or online discussion forums.
“My hunch is that
the quality of feedback is going to be quite good,” says
Robinson, a professor of preaching at evangelical Gordon-Conwell.
“Afterward, I think I could say to my colleagues who are
teaching in other areas, `Look, this worked with (preaching),
which is difficult to conceive of teaching on the Web. So you
should be able to teach any other subject on the Web.“‘
Welcome
to the experimental frontier of clergy training.... Read this in
full
at
http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/sour_economy_forces_change_innovation_at_seminaries2/
US SINGLES OUT 8 NATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS
Just
before the end of the Bush administration last January, the US
State Department redesignated 8 nations as "countries of
particular concern" because of their religious freedom
violations.
The independent US Commission on International
Religious Freedom learned of the designations, which were
authorized Jan. 16 under then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
and announced them on March 27. The panel had asked Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton in February to release the department's
latest list of designated countries.
The State Department
responded by sending the commission Rice's designations of Burma
(also known as Myanmar), China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan as "countries of particular
concern." Those same countries were named in 2006.... Read
this in full
at
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-04-01-religious-freedom_N.htm
CHURCH NEWSPAPERS ADAPT TO CHANGING INDUSTRY
Hard
times have fallen on the newspaper industry, and the Baptist
journalism world isn't being spared.
Recently the
Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention sent out a letter
announcing it is ceasing publication of the Utah-Idaho Southern
Baptist Witness, a tabloid-sized paper with about 1,300
subscribers. It was published 10 times a year.
In the
letter, quoted by the Deseret News, convention Executive Director
Rob Lee said after several attempts to increase circulation and
make the newspaper financially viable, Utah-Idaho Baptist leaders
are seeking "alternative ways" to communicate with
churches.
That puts the tiny paper in company of historic
and respected newspapers such as the Christian Science Monitor,
whose printing presses fell silent March 27. The Boston-based
Monitor, winner of seven Pulitzer Prizes, announced plans in
October to eliminate its print edition, ending a 100-year run as a
daily newspaper and making it the first national newspaper in the
United States to move exclusively to a web-based operation.
The
Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism says newspapers'
advertising revenues have fallen 23% in the last two years. Nearly
one in every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 are
now unemployed or working in different industries and media -- and
2009 may be the worst year yet for newspapers and the people they
employ.
At the same time, audience migration to the
Internet is accelerating. One survey found the number of Americans
who go online for news increased 19 percent in the last two years,
and traffic to the top 50 news sites rose 27 percent in 2008
alone.... Read this in full
at
http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3967&Itemid=53
PHD PROGRAM EXPLORES CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
A
new doctorate program at a conservative Baptist seminary will
explore the life lessons of the Bible at a time when self-help
spirituality is being popularized by celebrities like Oprah.
The
spirituality doctorate at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
arrives at a time when the cultural interest in spirituality --
and disinterest in organized religion -- is growing, said Michael
Haykin, a church history professor in the seminary's PhD
program.
"The way the word (spirituality) is used
broadly in our culture, it's very eclectic and it can mean
whatever a person wants it to mean," Haykin said. "So
we're trying to ground it in a certain context."
Scholars
disagree on how to define the term. But it is widely used to refer
to devotional practices of religion and the interior individual
experiences of believers, according to the book "Christian
Spirituality: An Introduction," by Protestant scholar Alister
E. McGrath.
Spirituality differs from a purely academic,
objective or detached approach to religion, which focuses on
identifying key religious beliefs and practices rather than
delving into how people experience and practice their faith,
McGrath wrote.... Read this in full
at
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ghGk5Lj6-e5KJOZMpIzs-pBPVnTAD9755IOG0
NEW ONLINE COMMUNITY FOR CHRISTIANS
In
today's society, more people connect through online social
networks than by the telephone or in group settings. The I Church
Network Team is using that platform to unite Christians, church,
schools, and organizations with www.ichurchnetwork.com. Its
mission is three-fold:
* To provide a way for churches and
organizations to communicate with members, donors, and other
individuals. Members can learn about events or leave a prayer
request.
* To give Christian organizations and businesses a
site to sell their goods and services and collect donations and
tithes.
* To provide jobs to those who help market the site
to Christian organizations in their
area.
http://www.ichurchnetwork.com
LEADERSHIP TIPS (BUSINESS, FAMILY, LIFE)
Hobby
Lobby Founder Says God Has Blessed Business
The founder and
chief executive of an arts and crafts store that makes religion
central to its mission says sales are up in the midst of a sour
economy, and the company remains on pace to open up to 30 new
stores this year.
David Green, founder of the
Okalahoma-based Hobby Lobby chain of stores, attributed the
continued growth to faith in God and the company’s
commitment to operate according to biblical principles.
He
also cited a hands-on approach to merchandising—not using
scanning systems, for example—and empowering employees to
make decisions for themselves as keys to the retailer’s
success.
“Just because everybody else is doing it
doesn’t mean it’s right,” Green told students at
Samford University’s Brock School of Business.
But
the retailer’s business plan also includes mainstays that
are far different from its peers. Hobby Lobby stores are closed on
Sundays and close at 8 p.m. during the week to give employees more
time with their families.
The Oklahoma City-based chain has
grown from a $600 start-up in 1972 to 417 stores in 33 states
today. This year, annual sales for Hobby Lobby and its
subsidiaries hit $2 billion.
So far this year, Green said
same-store sales are up 5 percent over last year, and the company
plans to open 25 to 30 additional stores.
“It’s
God’s blessings,” Green said. “And with that
blessing, he inspires us to continue to be better
merchants.”
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=13965
VERSE TO PONDER
"He
was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar
with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our
infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him
stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.”
Isaiah
53:3-4
CONSIDER
“The
soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.”
Josiah
Holland
STUDY: PROTESTANT GIVING INCREASED IN 2008
American
Protestant churchgoers remain generous during difficult economic
times, and their churches have increased their ministry to the
needy, new research shows. Despite the country being in an
official recession for the past year, giving in 2008 was up an
average of 4% over 2007, according to a survey of 1,000 Protestant
pastors by LifeWay Research.
"While many sectors of
the economy have taken a clear step back in the last year,
Protestant churches have held their own," said Ed Stetzer,
director of LifeWay Research. Still, more than half of pastors
interviewed say that the current economy is negatively impacting
their churches, but only 7% of Protestant pastors say the economy
is "very negatively" impacting their churches. Thirty
percent of pastors say the economy has had no impact on their
churches.... Read this in full
at
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30171
BIKING FOR BIBLES ACROSS AMERICA
Dipping
his bicycle tires in the Pacific Ocean at Cabrillo Beach in San
Pedro, California, 56-year-old California pastor Randy Gardner
will begin his Biking for Bibles cross-country bicycle trip on
Monday, April 20, 2009. The ride combines two of Gardner's
passions: cycling and supporting the Bible translation and
outreach ministries of International Bible Society (IBS).
The
trip commemorates the 200th anniversary of International Bible
Society, an affiliate of IBS-STL Global. Gardner hopes to raise
awareness of and funds for IBS's mission to provide Scripture
resources to people worldwide who need the life-changing message
of God's love and mercy.
IBS traces its history to an
evening in December 1809, when a group of men met in a home
located in lower Manhattan to launch the New York Bible Society,
later renamed International Bible Society. Nearly 200 years later,
on Friday, May 29, 2009, Gardner will end his trip in this same
area of Manhattan, along the historic waterfront of Battery
Park.... More information at
http://www.bikingforbibles.com/
PISTOL PETE'S FAITH GETS NEW SPOTLIGHT
Pistol
Pete Maravich is remembered by most sports fans for his floppy
socks, shaggy hair, showmanship and unprecedented scoring
records.
But Maravich, who died of a heart attack in 1988
at the age of 40, no doubt would want to be remembered more for
something else -- his Christian faith. By his own admission, the
Pistol spent most of his life idolizing basketball, but in his
final years, he accepted Christ and wasn't shy about telling
everyone.
Maravich's faith is back in the spotlight with
the release of an inspirational edition of the popular 1991 movie
"The Pistol" (rated G), which tells the story of
Maravich's exploits as a boy. Among the bonus footage on the
inspirational edition -- which is available at Christian stores --
is a 50-minute personal testimony that Maravich gave to a group of
inner-city kids just over two years before he died.
The DVD
testimony serves as sort of a mini-autobiography of his life: how
he slept with a basketball until he was 13 year old, how he ran
from God as a collegian and pro and how his life turned around
when he became a Christian.
"The amazing thing about
his Christianity -- and I've never seen this with anybody else --
is that it was almost like a switch had flipped inside him and he
became very mature," Marshall Terrill, who co-authored the
422-page, 2006 biography "Maravich," told Baptist Press.
"It was such a fast transition. He knew the Bible inside and
out -- it almost seemed like he knew it instantly.... He started
quoting Scripture and memorizing Scripture. His transformation was
amazing."
Maravich holds what basketball experts
consider "untouchable" records -- records that likely
won't ever be broken. During his final three years at Louisiana
State University (freshmen were ineligible back then) he averaged
an NCAA-record 44.2 points per game, which is nearly 10 points
ahead of the No. 2 scorer of all time, Austin Carr (34.6 ppg.).
Even more incredible, Maravich set the record before the
introduction of the 3-point shot. Shot charts from his games show
he would have made between seven and eight 3-pointers per game --
meaning he would have averaged more than 50 points per game....
Read this in full at
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30195
THIS EASTER: DESPITE TROUBLED ECONOMY, BILLION-DOLLAR EFFORT HELPS
EASTER STORY TRAVEL FASTER
In
the middle of the "weakest spending environment that the U.S.
economy has faced in 17 years," Wycliffe Bible Translators is
pressing ahead with a billion-dollar Bible translation and
humanitarian aid effort that will help the Easter story travel
faster to ALL the world's language groups. With plans to start a
Bible translation program in the remaining one-third of the
world's language groups that still need one by 2025, Wycliffe will
recruit 3,000 additional personnel. The organization is well on
its way this Easter to circling the globe (see image at
http://is.gd/qd6L) with scripture translation programs and the
surprising and significant humanitarian benefits of
literacy.
Even in the plummeting economy, Wycliffe received
the largest single donation in its history last fall and earmarked
it for its Last Languages Campaign, an effort to bring some 200
million people first-time access to literacy, life-saving health
information and Bible translation over the next 16 years. Wycliffe
understands that providing critical community development --
literacy, the establishment of water purification systems, AIDS
education, human rights and community empowerment -- often starts
in the strangest place: with Bible translation and the language
development that is foundational to
it.
http://www.wycliffe.org/
COALITION TAKES AIM AT REDUCING DOMESTIC, GLOBAL POVERTY
More
than 1,000 faith leaders and activists are expected to descend on
Washington this month in what planners say is one of largest and
most diverse coalitions ever to fight against domestic and global
poverty.
Jim Wallis, president and founders of Sojourners,
a lead sponsor the Mobilization to End Poverty initiative
scheduled April 26-29, said Christians of all stripes have been
coming together for some time around the issue of reducing
poverty.
Other sponsors of the mobilization are World
Vision, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the ONE
campaign, Oxfam, Wesley Theological Seminary, Convoy of Hope, and
National Ministries of the American Baptist Churches USA.
The
goals, with 21 quantifiable targets measured by 60 indicators, are
to, by 2015:
-- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
--
Achieve universal primary education.
-- Promote gender equality
and empower women.
-- Reduce child mortality.
-- Improve
maternal health.
-- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases.
-- Ensure environmental sustainability
-- Develop
a Global Partnership for
Development.
http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3968&Itemid=53
RELIGION SPECIAL TO AIR ON CBS APRIL 26
POVERTY:
A TIME FOR SHARING, an interfaith religion special, will be
broadcast Sunday, April 26 on the CBS Television Network. Check
your local station for exact time.
Half of humanity lives
on less than $2 a day. A billion people worldwide cannot read or
write. Poor children die in great numbers from preventable
diseases. Global poverty and its killing effect is on the rise
despite ongoing efforts by governments, the United Nations, and
Non-Governmental Organizations, including religious
groups.
Poverty in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and how
American religions serve the poor is the subject of POVERTY: A
TIME FOR SHARING Americans of Faith Confront World Poverty, which
will cite the work of Protestant, Catholic, and Mennonite
Christians, Jews and Muslims -- all sharing a common thread of
responding to immediate need and empowering indigenous peoples so
they can control their own lives.... Read this in full
at
http://www.ncccusa.org/news/090401povertyoncbs.html
GROWTH OF CHARISMATICS BEING STUDIED
Tulsa,
Oklahoma, long a global hub of Pentecostalism, is hosting an
international study to look at what has become the fastest-growing
arm of the Christian faith.
Some 640 million adherents
worldwide, across many denominations, practice
Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity, with its emphasis on
miracles, healing and speaking in tongues.
The Commission
on Holy Spirit Empowerment in the 21st Century is sponsored by
Oral Roberts University. It will culminate with a gathering of
leaders and scholars from around the world April 8-10, 2010, in
Tulsa.
ORU is not the only university taking a look at the
explosion of charismatic/Pentecostal Christianity, which has
become the dominant form of the faith in much of the world and,
according to one poll, is embraced by more than one out of three
Americans across denominational lines.
The University of
Southern California is establishing a Pentecostal and charismatic
research center in Los Angeles, birthplace of the Pentecostal
movement more than 100 years ago. That program will be launched
with a $6.9 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation....
Read this in full
at
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090315_18_A1_TheRev338429&allcom=1
MAF TAKES DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST KODIAK 100
MAF
(Mission Aviation Fellowship) will dedicate in a public ceremony
May 2 its first KODIAK 100, the first of the next-generation bush
planes to be produced under a visionary arrangement between the
ministry and the manufacturer, Quest Aircraft Co. of Sandpoint,
Idaho.
MAF is a faith-based, nonprofit ministry that serves
missions and isolated people around the world with aviation,
communications and learning technologies.
The
plane will go on a multi-city tour this summer, prior to being
ferried to Papua, Indonesia, the aircraft’s destination of
service.... Read this in full
at
http://www.maf.org/news/news2/maf-takes-delivery-of-its-first-kodiak-100#7TkhIDjE3e-ifHEItgUfIg
Check
out the MAF page for my personal friend Amber
Desist.
Drop her a line and let her know how much you appreciate their
ministry
http://www.maf.org/desist
FROM VEGGIE TO JELLY: A INTERVIEW WITH PHIL VISCHER
Phil
Vischer, the madcap mind that brought you VeggieTales, talks like
a man who's been, well, reborn. After surviving the bankruptcy and
sale of a Christian entertainment empire that came to include
Bible-based feature films, morning cartoon shows and children's
videos, Vischer has invented JellyTellly, a website where a few
felt puppets do the work of a crowd of vegetables. But if
JellyTelly goes as Vischer plans, it won't be just an outlet for
moral Muppets; it will foster a new crop of Christian filmmakers
like him, while, as he says, "raising a new generation of
Christian kids."
Q: What did you bring to JellyTelly
from VeggieTales?
A: As people can see, JellyTelly has the same
mix of humor, to draw them in, and teaching. What people can't see
is the relationships I have thanks to VeggieTales. the favors I'm
calling in from all over the world. That's the only way this can
work on this budget. I'm even calling mission families and asking
them to send us video of their kids. They do because they know
VeggieTales, they trust us.... Read this interview in full
at
http://blog.beliefnet.com/idolchatter/2009/03/from-veggie-to-jelly-a-intervi.html
CONSIDER
“Don't
worry about tomorrow. God is already there.”
Unknown
VERSE TO PONDER
"He
was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our
iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and
by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:5-6
ON PRAYER
“Prayer
is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of
life””
Jonathan Edwards quotes (American
theologian, philosopher of British American Puritanism, stimulator
of the religious revivial "Great Awakening",
1703-1758)
PRAY
FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
TODAY
http://christiansincrisis.net/
DAILY
BLESSING PACT
Use
the following list as your daily prayer guide. Think of a brother
or situation that applies and lift them up in prayer.
I am
agreeing in prayer with you for God’s blessings to overtake
you!
PERSONAL
Marital harmony
Family unity
Children
saved
Faithful pastor
Spirit-filled church
Real
friendships
Relatives redeemed
Educational
benefits
Recreational time
Fulfilling career
Favor with
God and man
Be in God’s will
FINANCIAL
Better
Jobs
Raises or bonuses
Benefits
Sales &
commissions
Business Growth
Settlements
Estates &
inheritances
Investment increase
Rebates &
returns
Checks in the mail
Gifts & surprises
Money to
be found
Bills decrease while blessings increase
"And
all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou
shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God" (Deut.
28:2).
[As you travel on business or vacation, let me know
if you'd like the church guys to pray for your safety and
spiritual effectiveness. I'll add your name to the list for the
time you'll be away.]
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Archaeological
Study Bible Easter
website
http://www.archaeologicalstudybible.com/tomb/tomb.html
History.com:
Easter
http://www.history.com/content/easter
Evangelical
News
http://www.evangelicalnews.org/
Faith
Like Potatoes
movie
http://www.globalcreative.co.za/FLP_index.htm
JellyTelly
http://www.jellytelly.com/
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links to websites are provided as a service, and do not imply
endorsement by our church.
(BTW: whenever the URLs in this
newsletter are too long to turn into links on your e-mail program,
just copy the entire URL (two lines or more) and paste it into a
temporary email message. Then delete the return in the middle of
it and copy it again. Then paste it into your web browser and hit
enter.)
How come stars are "in" a movie, but
they're "on" TV?
Min.
Frank Coleman, Editor
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