Just a quick update regarding the release of an upcoming “faith-based” film.
Deadline is reporting that Same Kind of Different as Me, based on the memoir by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent, has been dropped by Paramount Pictures, which was going to release the film in February. The film will now be released by Pure Flix Entertainment, the studio behind God’s Not Dead, on October 20, 2017.
This is the second time the film — which stars Greg Kinnear, Renee Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou and Jon..

MATTHEW 5:44 NKJ
44 “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse
you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who
spitefully use you and persecute you,

Most people believe in force: guns and armies.

Most people believe in money: “financial power.”

Many people believe in education, that “If we just educate
people enough we can change the world.”

Hardly anyone seems to believe in the power of love to change
things. No one seems to think it would do any good to “turn th..

This, then, is how you should pray:“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9–10, NIV Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored. May your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as in heaven. May this continue to be our prayer in the new year, and may we find fellowship with one another in what is eternal and holy. Bless us on our way. Bless us on our earthly pilgrimage so that we may remain free from all..

How are you viewing the previous year of your life?
For many of us, 2016 was a pretty bumpy ride.
I woke up on a recent morning with a dark cloud, literally and figuratively, hovering over me. I was reflecting on my unexpected heart attack that occurred, appropriately, on Valentine's day 2016. If that wasn't enough of a shock, I discovered that I have diabetes even though it doesn't even seem to run in my family. And I was in good shape and runner! All these shocking surprises mea..

VerseNow to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
— Ephesians 3:20-21 tniv
ThoughtWhile the focus of this passage is on God, on “him who is able…”, I want to draw our attention to one other key phrase in this passage — “his power that is at work within us.” Paul has earlier prayed that God would “strengthen you [t..

Many of us lived as people pleasers in 2016. We squandered too much thought, energy, and passion pursuing praise from others. The bitter fruit this bore was pride when we succeeded, despair when we failed, and envy when others surpassed us.

We know we don’t want to live this way in 2017, but feel trapped and uncertain how to overcome the shallow, selfish bent of our own hearts.

Richard Baxter can help. Baxter was a Puritan pastor and author who wrote more than 140 books in his lifetime. His ..

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”