The Context for Helping a Believer Who’s Fallen
Written by: Bill Elliff When Jesus is giving us instruction about how to help little children, He gives us Matthew 18:15-20 which records the most clear, precise teaching on how to deal with a brother who falls into sin. I once had the privilege of spending about nine months studying this truth with 90 men
Tax Recognition for Same-Sex Couples
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Why Christians Ought to Be Happy
by Ray M. Brown Psalm 34 I. They have all their thoughts established (vv. 1-3) II. They have all their fears banished. (v. 4) III. They have all their sins covered. (v. 5) IV. They have their prayers answered. (vv. 6, 15, 17) V. They have been delivered from all their enemies. (v. 7) VI.
"Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold." - Vance Havner
Sheep
"Teachers who teach Western education? We will kill them! We will kill them in front of their students and tell the students to henceforth study the Koran." - Abubakar Shekau (leader of Nigerian Islamist group whose men killed 46 students on July 6, 2013 in an assault on a boarding school)
Islam and the Koran
What’s a Mulligan?
(from Online Word of the Day, July 2013) mulligan, n.2[‘ An extra stroke allowed after a poor shot (esp. a tee-shot) in a friendly game, not counted on the score card.’] Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmələɡ(ə)n/ Forms: also with capital initial. Etymology:Probably < the name of David. B. Mulligan (1871–1954), Canadian-born hotelier and amateur golfer,
Singer Silenced
World Magazine, September 2013 “Grammy winning gospel singer Donnie McClurkin said he was disinvited from a concert he was supposed to headline commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech because of his position on homosexuality. McClurkin, who has said that he struggled with homosexuality, wrote in 2002, “I am delivered and I
Making the Best of a Bad Decision
How to put your regrets behind you, embrace grace, and move toward a better future – Erwin W. Lutzer. Tyndale. We all make life decisions we come to regret, but here’s the good news: You can clear your conscience, make things right with God and others, and get to a place of grace and new
The Men We Need for the Revival We Need
Written by: Bill Elliff “Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” (Matthew 11:11) All of us want to fulfill our destiny and rise to whatever level of
God’s Tear Bottle
Author Uknown Psalm 56:8 Tears move:The heart of GodThe heart of a sinnerThe heart in your own bosom We have too much dry-eyed religion. Notice some of the tears found in the Bible: I. The Tears of the SaviorA) Jesus wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41)1. A Lazarus’ grave (John 11:35)2. In the garden (Heb. 5:7)3.
Social Media
86% of American women spend an average of twelve hours per week on social media, and 19% say that some of their best friends are people they know only through Facebook. 95% of teens use the Internet, and nearly half of them own smartphones. Focus on the Family 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by
In the last year, an estimated 100 million Christians faced persecution around the world, with the majority living in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Remember to pray for and support those Christians in other nations facing daily persecution for their faith in Christ.
Pew Research, January 2013
Persecution