Dr. Ron White serves as president of Emmanuel College. He assumed that role October 4, 2014, when Emmanuel was in an acute financial crisis. Dr. White made the decision to lead Emmanuel on his knees. I was in dialogue with Dr. White regarding his comments about my treatment of Jesus’ High Priestly prayer in […]
Many congregations will not be able to afford a lobby like the one in this picture. But take a new look at your church lobby; is it time for a remodel? – Pastor Frank christianitytoday.com/pastors/2016/august-web-exclusives/how-your-church-can-say-welcome.html?share By: The Editors, Local Church Outreach The church lobby is where first and lasting impressions are made. Yet for many years, the […]
Martin Luther’s most famous single act arguably was nailing his 95 theses on the door of Wittenburg Church in Germany on October 31, 1517. The five hundreth anniversary of this event that launched the Protestant Reformation is being celebrated worldwide this year, leading up to October 31. Many people realize the importance of that single […]
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/19/planned-parenthood-kills-35-of-all-of-the-unborn-babies-aborted-in-the-united-states/ By: RITA DILLER JAN 19, 2017 This week, the Guttmacher Institute came out with a new report on national abortion numbers in the United States for 2013 and 2014. For For those not familiar with abortion reporting in the United States, the official health statistics reporting agency in the country, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall Jesus’ mother, Mary, was in Jerusalem for the Feast of Passover when Jesus was crucified. So was Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene – three Mary’s who were each Godly women. It is not recorded how quickly someone got the news to Mary about Jesus’ arrest and […]
Christianheadlines.com/contributors/debbie-mcdaniel/top-50-countries-where-persecution-of-Christians-is-strongest-open-doors By: Debbie McDaniel This past year, for the 3rd year in a row, persecution of Christians has hit a record high worldwide. Open Doors has released its 2017 World Watch List (WWL) and cites increasing concerns for Asia along with the Middle East, due to both ethnic nationalism and Islamic extremism. “The annual list examines the pressures […]
http://luther2017.tv/ Released by Billion Souls Network in coordination with the Wittenburg Congress celebrating the first 500 years of the Protestant Reformation, October 30 – November 1, 2017. Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses on Castle Church door (October 31, 1517) began the second greatest event in the Church since the Day of Pentecost. From the time, he […]
thrivingpastor.com/guarding-your-schedule-and-soul-in-the-new-year-part-2 January 9, 2017 By Ted Cunningham In Part 1 of “Guarding Your Schedule (and Soul) in the New Year” we saw how God wants us to pursue ministry and enjoy a life in which time is not the enemy. Hurry kills the soul and the family so we want to pace ourselves and redeem […]
startchurch.com/blog/view/name/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-donor-giving-receipts By: Raul Rivera Lindsey, the church administrator, was exhausted. She had spent the past month sifting through envelopes, check ledgers, and scraps of papers from the offering basket trying to make sense of the church donations. The church never developed detailed receipts for every donation that it received. Instead, the church thought that it […]
http://christiannews.net/2016/12/23/proposed-south-carolina-bill-would-allow-teachers-to-participate-in-student-led-prayer/ By Heather Clark For more than thirty years, Americans have been told that the government cannot express favor for one religion over another. This has been taken to mean that there is no place for those in governmental positions to express their beliefs. That means teachers and therefore prayer led by teachers has been […]