UPDATE 10/19/2015Jack Kelley passed away 10/18/2015. From GraceThruFaith website:Update: Last night after a beautiful time of prayer and worship over him, Jack went home to meet his Savior. It wasn’t the healing I, and so many others, had asked and believed for. But it is, in Jack’s words, the ultimate healing. … [Read more...]
Church Surprises Pizza Delivery Girl
Great story: Sycamore Creek Church in Pickerington, Ohio was wrapping up a sermon series called: "I was Broke. Now I'm Not." They ordered a pizza during a service, then shocked the driver with a tip of $1,046. The driver delivered the $5.99 pizza onstage, Pastor Steve Markle asked her what was the biggest tip … [Read more...]
ISIS vows to execute 180 Christian hostages
ERBIL – The Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group has vowed to execute 180 Christian hostages from the Assyrian minority who were kidnapped in February in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah, an Assyrian monitoring group reported. The radical group has demanded a ransom of $12 million for the release of the … [Read more...]
Looking for Christ’s Coming
Are you looking for Christ's coming at any moment? Alfred Edersheim certainly did. Moreover, he felt that it was vitally important for the fulfillment of the church's mission to do so: The ‘when’ - the day and the hour of His [Christ's] Coming - was to remain hidden from men and Angels. Nay, even the Son Himself - as … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap – Week of 10/4/2015
Christian News Weekly Recap – Week of 10/4/2015 This is a recap of this week’s news items from our Christian News Section. Sunday Oct 4, 2015 Annual Day of Prayer for Jerusalem Today Pastor Saeed’s Parents Break Down in Tears after Seeing Trauma He Endures School district fights ACLU, vows to keep saying ‘God … [Read more...]
Are We Paying Attention?
Are we paying attention to what's going on around us? Or are we so taken up in our own world that we don't recognize where we're quickly heading as a society? Some years ago, a friend of mine came into the gym we trained at, with a troubled mind. I would describe him as a Conservative Liberal. I know it sounds like … [Read more...]
Praying for a Breakthrough
Our Breakthroughs Are Opposed by Powerful Forces ... In the spiritual realm, as opposed to the terrestrial, the church is an invading force. Though we can easily slip into a defensive, circle-the-wagons mindset, Jesus clearly intends for us to be aggressors, not merely defenders. The Great Commission is to “go and … [Read more...]
Behave Like A Christian
It's tough to behave like a Christian. Yet we are commanded to do so. As Paul writes in Romans: Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in … [Read more...]
What Does Partake Mean?
Partakers of the divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4 What Does Partake Mean? To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to become God. That cannot be. The essence of Deity is not to be participated in by the creature. Between the creature and the Creator there will always be a fixed gulf … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap – Week of 9/27/2015
Christian News Weekly Recap – Week of 9/27/2015 This is a recap of this week’s news items from our Christian News Section. Sunday Sept 27, 2015 ISIS to launch offensive against Christians in Pakistan Ayatollah says Muslim responsibility is to shatter U.S., the 'idol of tyranny' Doctors in Quebec Told They Must … [Read more...]
