THANK YOU to each of you who have responded to date. I appreciate hearing from you. So far, the only responses I have received are enerally supportive of cremation. Aat the conclusion of these responses, I will offer to you Jewish law on this subject, Pastor T. Elwood Long, retired N.C. Conference bishop. I thank […]
Originally posted at http://yellowhammernews.com/faithandculture/condoleezza-rice-prayer-nation/ By: Cliff Simms, July 13, 2016 Alabama native and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a stirring prayer over the weekend during a church service at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California. Rice was born and raised in Birmingham. She addressed the racially-charged atmosphere sweeping the nation in the wake […]
What, dear readers, is your experience with cremations? I would like very much to hear from readers who are willing to talk about the subject, and I hope to share some of your thinking in a blog soon. The national average for cremations as a percentage of all funerals has skyrocketed from 5% in 1962, to 25.5% […]
This article was released June 29. President Putin has now signed this very oppressive law. It is now the law of the land in Russia. — Pastor Frank Originally published at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/june/no-evangelizing-outside-of-church-russia-proposes.html By: Kate Shellnutt Christians in Russia won’t be allowed to email their friends an invitation to church or to evangelize in their own […]
On the verge of a precedent that should not be set. Originally published at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2016/june/californias-religious-liberty-moment-coming-to-state-near-y.html By: Ed Stetzer and Martin Duren The California legislature is poised to consider legislation that could destroy the ability of numerous faith-based colleges and universities to pursue the mission for which they were created. SB 1146, one of two […]
By: Raul Rivera June 16, 2016 Originally posted at: https://www.startchurch.com/blog/view/name/what-the-orlando-shooting-means-to-your-church After this past weekend’s tragic shooting in Orlando, Florida, many people are once again asking themselves, “What is this world coming to?” Over the last few days, the Church, as a whole, has done a wonderful job of actually being the Church by loving, showing grace, […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall “It was tough going when I joined the South Carolina Conference in 1916,” Tom Evans told me when I was editor of the Advocate and visited him and Molly in their retirement home in Florence, S.C. in 1979. “There was so much persecution. Our ministers conducted revivals under street lights after […]
Released by Focus on the Family, June 6, 2016 http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/divorce-and-infidelity/affairs-and-adultery/dancing-on-the-edge By: A pastor who’s been there. You think it won’t happen to you, can’t happen to you. You think, There’s no way. Not me! Think again. Flirting with danger. I thought it was innocent at the time. She was a church staff member, so we […]
By Phil Larson “When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him” (Isaiah 59:19). Prevalent in the US is an aversion to commitment and marriage. A good 50% and more of our children are born with no marriage intact. Consider that many who are living […]
When Hot Church came to town, it did something to me on the inside. By: Keith Mannes Let’s call it HotChurch. HotChurch shot like a rocket into my world of pick-up trucks on dirt roads. It brought energetic and high tech worship to our staid county. If it was a race, we were losing and […]