Tag: Ministry

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By micoots
10/05/2016 0

Survey: Few Pastors Say Adulterous Ministers Should Face Permanent Ban From Pulpit

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Half of Protestant pastors say their colleagues should step down from the pulpit for a time if they are accused of misconduct.

Most say such accusations should be kept in confidence until proven.

And few think pastors who commit adultery should be permanently banned from ministry.

Those are among the findings of a new telephone survey of 1,000 Protestant senior pastors from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.

“Pastors believe church leaders should be held to h..

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By micoots
02/05/2016 0

We Need to Laugh at Ourselves (Try Checking out the Babylon Bee)

Over the years, I’ve observed some Christians who are perpetually somber, never laughing or poking fun at themselves, rarely celebrating, and quick to frown when they see someone having fun. They believe that happiness is ungodliness, and that having fun is a sin. It’s not!

Though his portrait shows a somber expression, German Reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) said, “It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.”

As believers, we need to lau..

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By micoots
28/04/2016 0

Prison Ministry Reaches Inmates With God’s Word

(Mission Network News) — Crossroad Bible Institute is an international prison ministry dedicated to reaching inmates with the truth of God’s Word and the love of God’s people.

Recently, we had a chance to speak with Communications Director Aaron Mueller about what motivates CBI’s staff and volunteers: “Our passion is to equip and engage the Church, and give them an outlet to do ministry behind bars.

“We try to make it easy [by] allowing them to correct inmates’ Bible studies. They’re able to c..

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By micoots
28/04/2016 0

An Answer for the Times When There Are No Answers

There are times when your entire world is turned upside down. Times when the pain is unbearable and the future seems unfathomable. When God did not answer your prayer and you wonder if he even heard your cries. Events that change your life forever. The things that make tomorrow an impossible dream. And one of the worst of these is the death of a child. It does not seem to matter if they die in the womb or as adults in an accident. Death strikes at any age. And parents have to bury children.

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By micoots
14/04/2016 0

Go and Do Likewise

The questioner had posed his inquiry to ridicule Jesus, but the response reframed the responsibilities to others then and now.

The story is found in the gospel of Luke, the tenth chapter. And it, as is always the case when Jesus speaks, has numerous facets. It's called the story of the Good Samaritan, about the disenfranchised traveler, who when others didn't want to get involved, took care of a robbery victim who had been left for dead. The story begins in verse 29 and concludes with ..

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By micoots
13/04/2016 0

Lost Caravaggio masterpiece found in leaky attic depicts bloody apocryphal scene

'Judith Beheading Holofernes', thought to be by Caravaggio (1571-1610), was discovered in an attic in Toulouse and could be worth more than 100 million euros.

A painting found after more than 150 years of lying forgotten in an attic has been attributed to the Italian baroque master Caravaggio.

'Judith Beheading Holofernes' could be worth nearly £100 million, according to French experts.

The painting shows Judith, a widow who is heroine of the apocryphal Book of Judi..

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By micoots
11/04/2016 0

Kidnapped former missionary priest found alive

Rolando del Torchio, 53, was taken at gunpoint after four men entered his pizzeria in Dipolog City.

A former missionary who was abducted from his restaurant in the Philippines has been found.

Rolando del Torchio, an Italian man who was formerly a missionary priest with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, was found on Sulu Island in southern Philippines.

The island is a stronghold of the Islamist group Abu Sayyaf.

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By micoots
06/04/2016 0

TWENTY!

Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many? (John 6:9).
As a boy, my childlike imagination had no trouble believing in the Lord's miracles. In fact, I loved to imagine what it would have been like to have been there and seen them.
We are blessed these days with several very good films depicting the life of Christ. They have put depictions of these miracles on the screen for us. Some of these videos are very much like I had imagined..

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By micoots
15/03/2016 0

What must women do when their husbands confess to porn addiction? XXX Church shows the way

It feels like a huge betrayal for a wife when her husband confesses to looking at porn.

However, XXX Church—an online ministry dedicated to helping people with porn and sex addiction—believes that marriage can still be saved after this painful revelation.

“Good, Christ-filled men are trying to do what is right when it comes to lust,” Jeanette Gross writes in the group's website, adding that there is a huge difference between men who confess about their porn addictions to those who simply ..

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By micoots
10/03/2016 0

THE YOUNG MESSIAH in a World on Fire

Who has time to answer a child’s questions amidst racial strife, religious conflict, and a refugee crisis? There is so much uncertainty and anger surrounding our search for a new leader, threats can lead to violence at any moment. And if we fail to see the parallels being the tumultuous ancient world that Jesus entered and our context today, then we’ve missed the poignant, life affirming point of the captivating new movie, The Young Messiah.

Opening in movie theaters this weekend, The Young Mess..