Saturday, 11 May 2024

Month: May 2016

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Today’s post will be short, not simply to take less of your time, but because at the end I would encourage you to pause for a moment of reflection.

In the ancient world a father’s inheritance was passed along to his son. If a father had no son, he had no heir. Necessitated by this dilemma, a son-less father would search for a suitable son to adopt. This adopted son would become the father’s heir.

Now think about this: God had a Son. And not only did the Father have an heir, He had a perfect He..

Holy Spirit works wonders in W. Virginia as thousands experience spiritual awakening

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Young Christians attend a revival service in Mingo County, West Virginia.

In John 20: 16-23, Jesus Christ gave His Apostles the Holy Spirit by breathing on them. He told his followers: “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

More than two millennia after Jesus defeated sin and death through His resurrection, the Holy Spirit is still very much at work. In southern West Virginia, for instance, th..

Greece Still Suffering Despite Slowing of Refugee Inflow

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Greece (Mission Network News) — New rules put in place between Turkey and the European Union (EU) means the number of refugees fleeing the war in Syria crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece has shrunk over the past weeks.

“There has been a reduction in the flow of refugees, but it has not resolved it,” said AMG President and CEO Anastasios Ioannidis. “Out of the deal with the EU, Turks will be able to travel to Europe without a visa.”

For the hum..

I Am Iron Man

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Team Cap or Team Iron Man?

Captain America: Civil War practically demands its fans to take sides—even before they even walk into the theater.

When I went to my advance screening for Civil War, the PR reps asked me whose side I was on. I said Captain America, of course, and they handed me a blue wristband and waved me through.

I’ve always been a Cap guy. His motives are purer than Iron Man’s His movies are better. Heck, he’s better. Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans) is an old-fash..

You are not alone

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When a difficult situation threatens to drag us down, we can either let ourselves fall or surrender to the only One who can hold us up. Learn how both Mary Ann and Pat found a lifeline in God’s Word when it felt like their worlds were falling apart. Find peace and joy when trying circumstances come your way.

You Are Never Too Old

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May 12, 2016

About the eleventh hour…He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’ Matthew 20:6-7

Almost three years after the retirement age of sixty-five, on May 5th, I was named the new Chairperson of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, succeeding Shirley Dobson. I can honestly say I am honored, humbled, and very overwhelmed by the trust invested in me by t..

The Moral Revolutionaries Present Their Demands: Unconditional Surrender

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The terms of moral surrender have been delivered to us, and they are absolute and unconditional. Just ask Japan and Germany what that means.

Now that the moral revolutionaries are solidly in control, what is to be demanded of Christians who, on the basis of Christian conviction, cannot join the revolution? The demands have now been presented, and they represent unconditional surrender.

The latest terms of surrender were delivered last week by Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. In a stunningly candid essay, Tushnet declared a total liberal victory and chastised his fellow liberals for what he called a “defensive crouch liberal constitutionalism” that is now outdated. With liberals firmly in control of almost every power base in the culture — most importantly, the federal courts — there is no reason for liberals to play d..

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Not long ago we looked at God’s initiative in our adoption. The more aware we are of God’s initiative the more amazed we are of grace. Our position and status as adopted sons and daughters was secured by God’s initiative in sending his Son.

Today I will focus on the work of the Holy Spirit in our experience of adoption.

“God’s purpose was not only to secure our sonship by His Son,” John Stott writes, “but to assure us of it by His Spirit. He sent His Son that we might have the status of sonshi..

Don’t Give Up!

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I love to see young people give their lives to Jesus. I love to see them commit to him in faith, dying with him in baptism, and starting a journey with him that will last the rest of their lives… and beyond.

But as much as those young commitments bring me joy, I’m truly moved by those who come to Christ late in life. Many of us become set in our ways as we grow older, but some are willing to be born again despite their advanced years.

Last month in Cuba, I got to see several people be baptized i..

Director Rodrigo Garcia Talks Last Days in the Desert

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Ewan McGregor and Rodrigo Garcia on the set of Last Days in the Desert. Photo courtesy Different Drummer.Director Rodrigo Garcia is not a particularly religious guy. He jokingly refers to himself as a “secular Catholic,” having grown up in Mexico and Spain where Catholicism was an integral part of the culture. But he says, “You don’t have to be Catholic to be intrigued by the life of Jesus.”

Garcia is so intrigued with Jesus that he wrote and directed a whole movie about Him. Last ..

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