Today’s Headlines: MAF GATHERS GLOBAL MISSIONS TO DISCUSS STRATEGY OF 5-YEAR STUDY ISRAEL NAZARENES HAVE CLOSE CALL WITH MISSILE DURING SUNDAY SERVICE 2 AUSTRALIAN PASTORS FACE JAIL TIME FOR INCITING ‘FEAR AND HATRED’ MINISTRY CONTINUES DESPITE RENEWED VIOLENCE IN DEM. REP. OF CONGO CHRISTIAN SPANISH RADIO NETWORK SURPASSES 200-STATION MILESTONE Today’s Top Stories: MAF GATHERS […]
August 24, 2006 1:55 AM Campaign Update No 3 for The Right to Justice campaign is now available. Please follow the link to our website to view or print your copy. http://www.righttojustice.org/letters/Update3.pdf . This third update focuses on new legislation in Algeria which is expected to make life for Christians much harder. We have been […]
Rowland et al, [A denominational leader] in a PDP seminar today referred to you Rowland and something you wrote suggesting that unresolved family of origin issues is the number #1 cause of dropout/failure/ problems/ burnout in pastoral ministry. Could you and/or others on the list suggest a good book or article or two that would […]
“Don’t let your worries get the best of you. Remember, Moses started out as a basket case” Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited – until you try to sit in their pews. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live […]
ACNS 4179 | SUDAN | 22 AUGUST 2006 Province of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan International Pressure Needed to Implement Sudan Peace August 22, 2006 Sudanese Church leaders have decried the slow implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in January […]
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MUSLIMS WARN AUSTRALIAN JAILS A BREEDING GROUND FOR ISLAMIC EXTREMISM * PROMINENT AUSTRALIANS CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF AUSTRALIA’S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE * CLONING DEBATE BECOMES CRITICAL AS POLITICAL PRESSURE MOUNTS * VILIFICATION APPEAL UPDATE ———————————————– MUSLIMS WARN AUSTRALIAN JAILS A BREEDING GROUND FOR ISLAMIC EXTREMISM Dozens of violent criminals are being […]
(~) The Perfect Church If you should find the perfect church Without one fault or smear, For goodness sake! Don’t join that church: You’d spoil the atmosphere. If you should find the perfect church Where all anxieties cease Then pass it by lest joining it You’d mar the masterpiece. If you should find the perfect […]
And here’s an example of an other-than-perfect church (warning: switch ‘irony software’ on before viewing): A Bible based blog and find out about the ministry of Wyrst Pentacostal Church. http://mypage.cooeey.com/DaleKWhangke
Today’s Headlines: YWAM PRAYER GUIDE FOCUSES ON MUSLIMS DURING RAMADAN UZBEKISTAN PROPOSES FINES, JAIL FOR SHARING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY PARTNERS WITH BAND TO PROMOTE BIBLE READING SCRIPTURE DISTRIBUTORS TURN TO SHORT-TERM TEAMS FOR HELP Today’s Top Stories: YWAM PRAYER GUIDE FOCUSES ON MUSLIMS DURING RAMADAN Coinciding with Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, Youth […]
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Tom Wright: ‘I propose that what we call the second coming, which is actually a metonym for the larger picture which includes cosmic renewal, human resurrection, the […]