We are One in the Bond of Love
By Jim WatkinsTop 10 Signs Your Church May Be Prejudiced 10. To avoid a split, your church now has two services: the Hymns and Hymnal service and the Praise Choruses and Video Projector service. 9. Your church voted to spend the budget excess on new softball uniforms rather than a wheelchair ramp. 8. Pastoral candidates
Spiritual Vitamins
Are You Anxious? Take Vitamin A: “All things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28). Are You Brokenhearted? Take Vitamin B: “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). Are You Confused? Take Vitamin C: “Casting all your care upon Him: for He careth for you” (1
From Actual 9-1-1 Calls
The following exchanges are taken from transcripts of actual 9-1-1 emergency calls: Caller: “I’d like to make a unanimous complaint, so don’t use my name.” ——- Caller: “I’m reporting a deer on the road. I almost hit it.”Call-taker: “Is the deer alive?”Caller: “Oh, no, it’s run over. Many, many cars. Again and again, and –
Tomorrow’s Pastors
– Of the 3,000 students graduating from 90 seminaries in 1999, 60 percent earned Master of Divinity degrees. – Males accounted for 65 percent of the graduates, females 35 percent. However, this figure includes Catholic seminaries. In many Protestant seminaries, there’s been a more rapid influx of women in the last 40 years than this
How Would We Feel?
– If God gave us the same amount of time and attention that we devote to Him?– If God offered as many excuses as we do, and if the excuses were no more justifiable than ours?– If God’s promises were no more certain than ours?– If God withheld His blessings from us as we withhold
April Fools Day: Its Christian History Finally Uncovered
It’s widely known that Mardi Gras, Halloween and other “secular” celebrations have their roots in ancient Christian history. What many have never heard, however, is the religious roots of April Fool’s Day. In approximately 312 AD., a little-known saint named Aprilius lived in Rome and was attributed a stream of strange miracles. St. Aprilius lived
Things To Ponder … or Not!
1. Can you cry under water? 2. When I was young we used to go “skinny dipping,” now I just “chunky dunk.” 3. How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? 4. If money doesn’t grow on trees then why do banks have branches? 5. Why
Gen-X Senior Pastors Double
And they’re doing ministry differently than Boomer predecessors. Significant two-year increase: The number of Generation X senior pastors (ages 20-38) has doubled since 2001, according to researcher George Barna, from about 22,000 to 45,000 of the 324,000 Protestant senior pastors in the U.S. More Busters describe themselves as theologically conservative than Boomer pastors (93% to
Did You Know?
• The radio is a powerful tool to spread the gospel, according to the almost 48% of born-again Christians who listen to Christian radio in a typical week. • Among people who are 53 or older, 43% typically tune in to Christian preaching or teaching on the radio. • African Americans (57%), residents of the
Here are a Few Thoughts for Those Who Take Life Too Seriously
1. Save the whales………………..Collect the whole set.2. A day without sunshine is like………………………night.3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.4. I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.6. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.7. I feel like
American Families in Crisis
• Between 1960 and 1999, the percentage of out-of-wedlock births increased 523 percent.• Between 1960 and 1999 the number of cohabiting couples increased from 439,000 in 1960 to 4.24 million in 1998 – an almost tenfold increase!• An average of 3,751 families end in divorce each day of the year.• More marriages are now terminated
More Than 33 Million Adults
More than 33 million adults (approximately 16 percent of the total adult population) report that they had changed their religious identification or preference at some point in their lives. – Sources: CUNY American Religious Identification Survey; American Demographics 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church,