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Reposted from dougwead.wordpress.com:
News is now leaking out about a private meeting between evangelical leaders and presidential candidate Ron Paul which took place last Wednesday night. The leaders asked Dr. Paul about an Executive Order moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “The real issue here is not what America wants but what Israel wants. We have no right to chose their capital,” Dr. Paul said, “If they say it is Jerusalem, then it is Jerusalem.”
The Barack Obama administration has consistently rejected this idea and Governor Mitt Romney steadfastly refuses to make a commitment on the issue.
The meeting held last Wednesday night in Ft. Worth, Texas, had two representatives of evangelicals presenting Dr. Paul with a list of questions they had received from denominational leaders, pastors and television evangelists. In the wake of Senator Rick Santorum’s departure from the presidential race, many evangelical leaders are turning to Ron Paul.
The question to Dr. Paul was posed by Rev. Brian Jacobs, one of the evangelical participants. Jacobs, a former consultant to the Billy Graham Association and a pastor of the Ft. Worth Metroplex Church asked the question at the beginning of the meeting. According to Jacobs, Dr. Paul asked, “How would we feel if some other nation told us that we would have to make our capital in New York and they refused to build their embassy in Washington, D.C. It is none of our business.”
Paul’s answer even surprised some of his own staff.
In earlier interviews Dr. Paul has stated that we should stop being Israel’s master and start being her friend and trading partner. In 1981, Dr. Paul was the only public figure who defended Israel’s military action when she took out the Iraqi nuclear facilities. He, alone, in the U.S. Congress, refused to condemn the action saying that Israel has the right to defend herself without approval of the United States.
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I don’t remember how old I was when I first read an abridged version of John Bunyan’s Christian allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress. It’s a great book, and the abridged version (which I’ve unfortunately misplaced at some point) had great illustrations and was very approachable when I was a boy.
John Bunyan lived in England during the 17th century. He witnessed civil war, plague, and he experienced religious persecution. He wrote the first part of The Pilgrim’s Progress while in prison for not following the Church of England.
The Pilgrim’s Progress has a particularly inspiring passage about courage. It’s when the protagonist, Christian, faces off against evil in the form of Apollyon.
But now in this Valley of Humiliation, poor Christian was hard put to it; for he had gone but a little Way, before he espied a foul Fiend coming over the field to meet him: His name is Apollyon. Then did Christian begin to be afraid, and to cast in his mind whether to go back or to stand his ground. But he considered again, that he had no Armour for his back, and therefore thought that to turn the back to him might give him greater advantage, with ease to pierce him with his Darts; therefore he resolved to venture, and stand his ground: For, thought he, had I no more in Mine Eye than the saving of my life, ‘twould be the best way to stand.
Despite his fear, Christian reasoned through a strategy and advanced against evil. The two proceeded to haggle over where Christian’s allegiance should lie. Apollyon declares himself has Christian’s king, and demands Christian to turn back, but Christian refuses. When pure evil told him to move, to turn back, Christian essentially said “No, you move.”
Apol. Then Apollyon broke out into a grievous Rage, saying, I am an Enemy to this Prince; I hate his Person, his Laws, and People: I am come out on purpose to withstand thee.
Chr. Apollyon, beware what you do; for I am in the King’s highway, the Way of Holiness; therefore take heed to yourself.
Apol. Then Apollyon straddled quite over the whole breadth of the Way, and said, I am void of Fear in this matter; prepare thyself to die; for I swear by my infernal Den, That though shalt go no further: Here will I spill thy Soul!
And with that he threw a flaming Dart at his breast; but Christian had a Shield in his hand, with which he caught it, and so prevented the danger of that.
Then did Christian draw; for he saw it was time to bestir him; and Apollyon as fast made at him, throwing Darts as thick as hail; by the which, notwithstanding all that Christian could do to avoid it, Apollyon wounded him in his head, his hand, and foot.
Christian continued to fight for over half a day. Near the end of this great struggle, he lost his sword. Finally, by God’s grace Christian caught his sword, and struck against Apollyon right as Apollyon was readying a fatal blow. Apollyon was beaten and he fled with his dragon wings.
I don’t know about you, but that gets my heart racing. Christian’s courage is a great example to us, and I pray that I’ll have the same courage when I am confronted by such an evil.
- The Pilgrims Progress, Page 74, Line 27 (When Christian encounters Apollyon)


Hi! I'm Elise.
If you want to:
- Strengthen your faith
- Discern God's direction as you make complex and daily decisions
- Crush fear and anxiety in your life
- Leave the next generation with indisputable evidence of God's unfailing love
... then you are in the right place!
I Am a Faith Coach.
I help Jesus followers - family-in-Christ just like you - strengthen their faith by strengthening their memory.
Your memories - your personal experiences of Christ - are the core of your faith.
And your personal experiences of Jesus - your legacy of faith - is the most valuable gift you can leave to the next generation.
No one will know what God has revealed of Himself to you unless you share it.
My Passion + Goal
My passion is to help you remember, record, and relay your experiences of Jesus.
My goal is to equip you with confidence so you will "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15)
Even to your own, forgetful soul.
Looking back at our lives we can see so much goodness God was unfolding that we did not realize in the moment.
As your Faith Coach I help you remember your own story. Remembering brings clarity and discernment into your "right now".
I can see now that God trained me up as a Faith Coach from birth. I am the oldest girl of nine children, and coaching younger siblings in their faith is one of the greatest privileges of my big-sister role.
Due to some deep wounds, self-hatred, and lots of stubborn pride - I intentionally turned away from God for several years towards the end of high school. Self-harm, drinking, drugs, promiscuity, abortion... I gave myself over to it all.
I became pregnant again at 19 and scheduled another abortion - but Jesus intervened miraculously a week before my appointment and that child is now a glorious 12-year-old.
I never went to college but got my Master’s education in the powerful, unconditional love of Jesus through 3 ½ years of single motherhood.
As a single mom God provided work for me as a professional hair stylist and airbrush makeup artist - which also became a prime setting for coaching others in their faith!
Other Experience God has given me as a Faith Coach:
- Pro-life speaker
- Peer counselor at my local pregnancy center
- As a Blogger and Writer for the last 7 years
- Children's Ministry Director at my church
- As a mom of 5 exuberant, strong-willed, awesome kids
A Good Place to Start
One simple way to immediately strengthen your faith (and good preparation for leaving your legacy) is this:
Once a week - in the time when you normally set aside time to be with God alone for Bible study, worship and/or prayer - begin practicing "a day for remembering".
On this day you don't have to "do" anything. You're not trying to strive "forward", to learn more, to consume more.
On your day for remembering simply try one (or several) of the following suggestions:
- Read back through your Bible soaking in verses you underlined some time ago
- Read a couple of entries in an old journal
- Pull down an old, completed Bible study and read through a few pages
- Listen to a couple of worship songs that were very important to you last year, or in a previous life season.
The Power of Remembering
There are more benefits to your faith when you practice remembering than I could possibly list here.
But I can't wait to highlight this powerful truth-connection that your enemy hopes you'll never make!
Soak this in:
It is the Holy Spirit Himself who personally, individually reminds you of what He has previously said to you, and taught you. (see John 14:26).
So as you practice a day of remembrance, you're making space for the Holy Spirit to speak to you as you let the memories come to the forefront.
The Holy Spirit is the One you are seeking for discernment in your life struggles and decisions right now.
So as you make time to listen for Him, and are reminded by Him of His previous involvement in your life you will grow more and more familiar with His "voice".
The more familiar you become with His communication to you, the easier it is to discern His direction in your right now: "this is the way, walk in it."
In short, it's this:
Remembering what God has done in your life = the Holy Spirit speaking to you = increased discernment for what His communication and direction sounds like!
I'm excited for you! There is a treasure store of faith-strengthening experiences in your own memory, and I'm so thrilled for you to dive in and be strengthened by Him!
First Action Step
Your first faith-strengthening exercise is this:
Pick one 30 minute - 1 hour time slot/1 day per week and set it aside as your "day for remembering".
Then I'd love it if you send me a note letting me know what God stirred up and brought to the surface to strengthen you with! Email me here: littlelunchmaker(at)gmail(dot)com.
YOU are so, so loved!
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St. Cloud Office donates to veterans’ housing program
The St. Cloud office gave a $1,000 charitable contribution check to the Al Loehr Housing for Veterans and Community Studio Apartments, a Catholic Charities St. Cloud facility. Lana Faber, program coordinator at Catholic Charities St. Cloud, accepted the check along with 45 pillows from the office’s Pillow Fight drive. The pillows will be shared with the Al Loehr Housing for Veterans program, DOMUS House and Emily’s Place, all housing-related services associated with St. Cloud Catholic Charities. Click here to read the Lana Faber’s letter of thanks.
The office donated its remaining 71 pillows to the St. Cloud Salvation Army’s 69-bed, emergency shelter. A big thank you to all the agents and employees for their generosity and giving spirit, which made these donations possible.


The following article is from the desk of Hardie Logan, one of the men of the Madisonville church of Christ.
In most cars and trucks that are not electric, there is a fuel gauge. Some people think it is one of the most, if not the most, important gauge in the vehicle. Drivers of the vehicle use it all the time to tell how much fuel they have and how far they can go. Even in electric vehicles, there is a gauge to tell how much charge you have in the vehicle. We know some things cause the fuel gauge to drop faster, like hot rodding or driving 90 miles an hour. Gauges can be very important.
What if God gave every Christian a “Righteous gauge” (R gauge) when they were baptized. After one is baptized their “R gauge” would read “full”. Basically, that is the point in which the gauge should be the “fullest” simply because Jesus’ blood has removed all sin and the Holy Spirit has made His presence in the temple (1 Corinthians 6:19). So, now your “R gauge” is full.
But then, the next day, you get back into the world. You meet some old friends; they tell some vulgar jokes and you laugh at the jokes with your friends. Does your “R gauge” drop from full? What would cause your “R gauge” to start going down? Do some things cause it to drop faster than others?
Then you miss worshipping with the saints. How many times can you miss before your “R gauge” starts to drop? One, two, ten? Is missing worship a greater drain on your “R gauge” than laughing at vulgar jokes? What about discouraging a brother? Or maybe watching pornographic movies or not partaking of communion or not giving as one has prospered?
Then there is the question of how low are you willing to let your “R gauge” go? Is it acceptable to God if you run on “half a tank” or “one fourth of a tank”? Or maybe just enough to get by? How full do you think God wants your “R gauge” to be when Jesus comes back?
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).
The real issue in all this is God didn’t give us a gauge. We are ones that act like we have a “R gauge” by the way we live. Some laugh at vulgar jokes, some don’t attend church services, and some watch pornographic movies. But God does tell us no matter what, we should seek after righteousness. Paul told Timothy to pursue righteousness, but Paul did not tell Timothy when to stop (1 Timothy 6:11). Do you think Paul meant for Timothy to pursue righteousness all the time? Every day?
The only real example we have is Jesus. Jesus sought to be righteous every minute of every day. Whatever God wanted Jesus to do, Jesus did it. No questions asked. And Jesus was found righteous in God’s eyes. Is Jesus your example?
“My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" (1 John 2:1).


Have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Galatians 4:16 What is This Site About?
This site was established as an informational source for those, in the Western Christian Church, who are willing to examine their beliefs regarding the Jews of the Bible and need an introduction to the same. Moreover, how lies and misinformation have affected the Church and therefore the entire world.
In our Christian self-righteousness, we often think we, and especially our leaders, are walking in purity with God's Word, but in many ways, we are no different than those who blindly follow the rhetoric dogma of the religious cults.
In some very important areas, Biblical truth preached and taught in the Western Christian Church, has become corrupted. Therefore we are sinning greatly and are in desperate need of repentance. Moreover, a large part of America's and Europe's steady decline is a result of this deceptive sin.
Over the years the Western Christian Church has created and embraced a false Jewish identity that does not exist in God's word, the Bible. From this, we have welcomed into our midst the spirit of antichrist (1 John 2:22 and other verses) and what God calls the "Dominion of Satan (Acts 26:17-18)." This is more than just a simple theological error, through this lie we have welcomed the worst sin possible into the Church today.
LEST WE FORGET, IT WAS THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS LEADERS, EMBRACING THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST, THAT PUT GOD'S MESSIAH ON THE CROSS. THEREFORE; WHAT THE LEADERS OF THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAVE BEEN, AND CURRENTLY ARE TEACHING, IS NOT JUST A SIMPLE THEOLOGICAL ERROR, IT IS A HUGE SIN THAT MUST BE PURGED OUT OF THE CHURCH IMMEDIATELY!
Although the seeds for this lie began more than 160 years ago, it has increasingly grown since the formation of modern Israel in 1948, and is now an entrenched, unquestioned doctrine embraced and spread by far too many leaders of the Western Christian Church.
More and more, over that same 70 + year period, we have filtered much of our theological teaching through these false Jewish concepts, and therefore, from our pulpits, books, and classes, have ignorantly embraced and taught many lies as Biblical truth. To put it bluntly, much of what we have embraced and taught about Biblical Jews, Modern Jews, and Modern Israel, has been a lie, and as God's word tells us "lies are of the Devil.".
The Christian Church should be the Salt & Light of America, Europe, and the world, but we have become drunk with the sin of idol worship, and false dogma, as we reverence modern Israel, modern Jews, and modern Judaism. You may disagree, however, if you are willing to honestly examine what is presented on this site while checking to see if it is true, you will then only be able to conclude that we, as a Church, are currently embracing a huge Jewish based lie.
This sin needs to be purged out of the Church if we are to ever again become a strong influence; the Salt & Light for our nations and the world; this also includes Israel and those who are deceived in the religion called modern Judaism (Let's not forget that religious Jews also need the salvation offered by, and through, Jesus).
This site is for those who are deeply concerned about the declining influence of the Christian Church in America and the Western World and who are willing to consider at least one reason why this decline is occurring. This site is also for those Christians (and non-Christians) who wish to know the truth of who the Jews of the Bible actually were, and Biblically who they are today.
This is not an anti-Semitic site. Therefore if you came here carrying a hatred for all those with a Jewish identity, and hope to further that hatred with information from this site, there is nothing here for you.
On the other hand, this site is not a cowardly, passive, politically correct Christian site. It is for those Christians who hate lies and deception, and are bold enough to embrace only Biblical Truth even when doing so causes disapproval or even rejection by their Christian peers.
Truth often hurts, but Jesus is Truth (John 14:6) and therefore Truth is the ultimate expression of love. God loves all people, even those who reject Jesus and erroneously claim to be the unbroken direct descendants of Biblical Jews.
Therefore, are you willing to stand up for God's Truth? (3rd John 4)
When a true follower of Jesus learns the truth they must not shirk back to the lies they once embraced. They must be willing to risk ridicule, rejection, popularity, finances, and sometimes even their lives, to defend and act upon God's truth. Those who follow lies will oppose the truth, and as God's Word says; lies of the Devil. However, Truth will ultimately rise up because it cannot be changed by government dictates or even the opinion of religious leaders.
For those who are faithful to follow God's commandment which says; "Examine everything carefully hold fast to that which is good." May the Holy Spirit be with you as you begin your journey in furthering your expansion of Truth.
This site is for all Christians, young and old, but it is probably easier for younger Christians to learn the truths presented here. Too many older Christians, including, and especially, seminary-schooled Pastors, often refuse to acknowledge the lies that have become entrenched in their beliefs. Unfortunately, for most people, false religious dogma does not die easily, but in the end, it is Truth that saves us, not a zealous adherence to a false doctrine or the traditions of men. Moreover, truth should never be suppressed because it offends us; truth does not change by our emotional response to it.
Figuratively, the Western Christian Church has a rope around its neck that is being tightened more, and more every day (See page 24). With that our religious freedoms are disappearing rapidly. Many of our most notable Christian leaders, whether intentionally or just out of ignorance, obviously have not been leading us totally in God's truth or we would not be where we are today. Therefore, if you care about your religious freedoms and your freedom in general, you cannot ignore the sin that is being exposed on this site. (Lamentations 5:1-2 & Lamentations 5:7)
Jesus is Truth and Truth is free for the taking. Moreover, actual Truth cannot be copyrighted because it comes from God.
Therefore, the spiritual truths conveyed here belong to the reader just as much as they belong to the authors; anyone can take them as their own.
Corrections, suggestions, or comments may be sent to:
Next. Please consider taking the short, Jews of the Bible, informational test on Page 4
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Telegraph wrote:A new batch of Coronation oil has been made using olives harvested from groves on the Mount of Olives, the burial place of the King’s paternal grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The olives were pressed just outside Bethlehem and the oil, which will be used to anoint both the King and the Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on May 6, was consecrated in Jerusalem.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, will conduct the Coronation. He revealed that it was his idea to use oil from Jerusalem to reflect the King’s “personal family connection with the Holy Land and his great care for its peoples”.
The formula was based on the same ancient recipe used to create the oil used at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and her many predecessors dating back to Charles I in 1626.
However, in a break with tradition, it does not include any of the controversial animal products traditionally used, such as civet oil and ambergris, popularly known as whale’s vomit.
It was perfumed with essential oils – sesame, rose, jasmine, cinnamon, neroli, benzoin and amber – as well as orange blossom.
The Archbishop added: “Since beginning the planning for the Coronation, my desire has been for a new Coronation oil to be produced using olive oil from the Mount of Olives. This demonstrates the deep historic link between the Coronation, the Bible and the Holy Land.
“From ancient kings through to the present day, monarchs have been anointed with oil from this sacred place. As we prepare to anoint the King and the Queen Consort, I pray that they would be guided and strengthened by the Holy Spirit.”
The Chrism oil was created using olives harvested from two groves on the Mount of Olives, at the Monastery of Mary Magdalene and the Monastery of the Ascension.
Princess Alice of Battenberg, the late Duke of Edinburgh’s mother who became an Orthodox nun, is buried below a Russian Orthodox church on the Mount of Olives.
The King made a pilgrimage to his grandmother’s tomb in January 2020, laying flowers in her memory and paying tribute to the “selfless actions” of the Princess, who was renowned for saving a Jewish family from the Nazis during the Holocaust while living in occupied Greece. She died when Charles was 20.
The decision to source the Coronation oil in Jerusalem marked a notable shift from tradition. A family-owned pharmacy called Squire & Sons made the anointing oil for monarchs from Queen Victoria.
The company was acquired in 1928 by Savory and Moore, which blended the anointing oil used for the late Queen’s 1953 coronation after the previous batch was destroyed during the Second World War.
The surplus 1953 oil, created using a formula devised by Peter Squire, has since been stored in a glass Guerlain Mitsouko perfume bottle at Westminster Abbey, but experts thought it unlikely to have been suitably preserved to be used seven decades later.
Savory & Moore later became part of the Lloyds Pharmacy chain.
Last month, The Telegraph told how Mark Hutton, a church minister and Lloyds pharmacist from Hull, had been asked to create a new batch in 2000, using the original ingredients list passed, and gradually adapted, from the Squire family. In the event, his oil was not required.
Arrangements for the Jerusalem oil’s transportation back to the UK are currently being finalised. It is thought likely that it will be blessed again on arrival in the UK.
Greek Orthodox music and chanting will be used in the Coronation Service.
King Charles' first Christmas message in 2022 featured Greek Orthodox Priests and Prayers.
Last year, he said: "Greece is in my blood".
It's been over 20 years that he has stated that his "true spiritual home is Greek Orthodoxy".
When Prince Philipp died his coffin was wrapped in the Greek flag.
I have long stated here that when Charles becomes King, the UK will become Orthodox.
The Anglican Church itself is already almost a branch of Greek Orthodoxy, allowing its many empty churches across the land to be used by Greek Orthodox priests free of charge and decorating the ones in use with Byzantine icons and art.
It is also mired in controversy and almost totally hollowed out. Traditional believers see the Anglican Church, as a branch of liberalism instead of Christianity.
I do not think that another Head of a State/Church has ever been more explicit.
...take your common sense with you, and leave your prejudices behind...


‘I’m weary of dating in the church’: A devout Christian lets us into her dating life
After a painful divorce, Robine T. Lane decided to get back into the dating scene. Now, in hopes of helping others avoid similar pitfalls, Lane recounts his experiences as a single father looking for love in The Ten Danger Signs of Dating. Drawing on biblical scripture and Christian teachings, Lane identifies red flags that both men and women should look out for when dating. For example, you might be unable to let go of the past, or you might not be able to trust in God. The empathetic and straightforward advice in The Ten Danger Signs of Dating will help you remain rooted in your relationship with God as you pursue a more honest love. The closer your connection to God grows, the closer you will draw to a love that is part of your spiritual destiny.
How Should Christians Date?
Courtship and dating are some of the least discussed topics in the church. Yet dating has caused the most havoc, destroyed countless lives, resulted in unwanted pregnancies and abortions, and even split churches apart. This has led many church youth groups to become havens for dating and premarital sex. The following are guidelines that best fit young people but many of the principles still apply to older and more mature single adults looking for a mate.
Have you ever tried to list out all the different dating advice you’ve heard — even just the advice from other Christians? Instead of getting the qualified perspective and direction we desperately need from people around us.
Dating nowadays is hard. There are endless underhand tactics , unspoken rules and too many options. Although the average marriage age is increasing, a study found that religious communities are continuing to marry at a traditional, young age. Of course, the importance of religion varies for everyone. For Jack, this was confusing. But building a relationship that didn’t revolve around sex was more important to her.
After she moved several hours away to do a masters, however, the couple called it quits. My identity comes from how God made me, not from any self-worth I get from being wanted by another person. Already have an account?
What Does the Bible Say about Dating?
Many seem confused about the role of dating and marriage today. On one hand, the secular culture believes marriage is an outdated institution. And yet, despite strong arguments against marriage, the secularist stills seems to prize what marriage brings. Christians seem confused about dating as well. Consider the mixed messages that singles report hearing from the church. Then come other confusing messages when preachers, for example, begrudgingly recall that singleness must be okay because Jesus and Paul were single.
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Step Up: A Male Perspective on Dating & Friendship
Determining the nature of dating today is challenging. The never-ending trouble with figuring out how one finds and courts a potential partner is only multiplied with ever-changing technology. These issues are only intensified for Christians looking for a marriage partner who shares their faith. Christian dating advice for men and women is often hard to find. What is Christian dating anyways?
There was a time when a man would simply approach a woman to ask her out on a date.
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10 “Red-Flag People” Christians Shouldn’t Date
The dating culture is just so crazy and it seems like all the good ones are taken! Where do you stand? But remember not to turn him into your emotional punching bag. Walk the walk in your private life and in your public life. When a woman respects herself and her love for the Lord shines, it makes her 10x more attractive. But do look him in the eye and be intentional discussing important things before you get too serious.
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It is commonly believed among Assemblies of God constituents that lenient attitudes toward sex before or outside of marriage are completely contrary to the clear teaching of Scripture. It is also felt that uncontrolled and irresponsible expressions of affection and sexual permissiveness are directly responsible for the breakdown of much in our society. Dating and premarital courtship as practiced in 20th-century America are entirely different from the process of mate selection in Bible days.
In ancient times dating and courtship were virtually nonexistent. Marriages were arranged by fathers; and great importance was placed on family lines, histories, and dowries. Few in modern culture would care to return to the marriage system of ancient civilization. Yet our modern system is not without flaw. The moral erosion of our culture has encouraged people to place an over-emphasis on physical attributes, appearance, and sexual attraction.
This has occurred to the neglect of focusing on important qualities such as integrity, purity, and commitment; all of which are needed to sustain a marriage and family.
Love In His Image: 7 Rules for Christian Dating
The concept of dating is one of the most widely remarked upon and questioned aspects of a Christian walk. Much of the questioning comes from the modern forms of dating as compared to the contextual traditions of biblical times. Although some biblical testimonies of marriage are culturally different than today, the Bible is relevant in providing foundational pieces of truth for a Godly marriage. A Godly relationship, simply put, is one in which both parties continuously pursue the Lord, but the aspects of living out such a call can be very dynamic.
When two persons enter into a relationship, whether it be through marriage or dating, there are two souls involved. Each person is accountable to his or her own pursuit of a relationship with Christ.
Christian Perspectives on Dating and Marriage by David Chadwell published by Quality Publications, Fort Worth, TX Copyright © Twenty-six chapters.
Interested in contributing to a future installment of Dating While? Fill out this form. She is an associate editor at Christianity Today. Growing up as a conservative Southern Baptist, I was conditioned to believe that the purpose of dating is for marriage. You only date when you are ready and able to be married, and you only date people whom you would consider marrying. Anything that detracts from your marriage potential, like a quirky personality, thick thighs or a too-loud laugh, decreases your value as a person.
It makes sense that the church is where I would find someone who shares my values and is like-minded on many issues. How have those conversations gone? Many have forced me to think more deeply about my own beliefs, and a few have left me thankful to have something greater than myself to believe in.
10 Principles For Christian Dating That Will Transform Lives
A dear brother in the Lord named Roberto has a huge fascination with cars, especially sports cars, like the Camaro and any model Porsche. In his native country of Brazil, he and his buddies often spend a Saturday afternoon test driving new cars at a local dealership just for fun. Modern dating was successfully launched during the sexual revolution and spiritual mayhem of the s and many of the principles of biblical dating courtship rapidly became less prominent and less important in our society.
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Type the word Christian dating into your bible search tool and what comes up? Because when I was single, I remember wishing there was an entire book of the bible dedicated to the topic, or at least even a chapter. But though Scriptures are filled with foundational life-changing truths, there are still some topics that are left untouched when it comes to finding a biblical perspective.
The process of meeting a spouse had very little to do with compatibility and personality traits, and everything to do with family lineage and economic status. Finding a mate functioned a lot more like a bartering system than dinner and a movie. So what is our obsession with wanting to know about Christian Dating? Christian singles are afraid of making mistakes.
Because relationships are such a valuable part of who we are, what I hear when someone asks me to talk about Christian Dating is a voice who is unsure, longing for answers, and in need of direction.


Dear Mission Partners,
Despite the fact that tonight we concluded the 406th Gospel Crusade I saw a couple things tonight that I’ve never seen before. First of all, the crowd was so dense that there was enormous heat coming off the crowd – so much so that people began to faint. This is not new however; we’ve seen this before. What was new was the solution the local authorities had for the problem. They brought in fire engines and began to douse the crowd with water cannons to cool them off! All throughout my preaching 50-60 foot tall jets of water moved around the crowd spraying the people (quite ironic considering we have been praying all week that it wouldn’t rain). There’s never a dull moment.
Because of the incredible density of the crowd, especially near the platform, we were unable to bring people forward to give their testimonies of healing...
Read more of this report, and view photos, here


Leader: Welcome to World Communion Sunday!
All: Imagine! The whole world sitting at the same table!
Leader: Gathered together to remember our Lord…
All: in the eating of the bread and the drinking of the juice.
Leader: All colors, cultures, languages, and customs melded
into the Body of Christ.
All: All nations at peace at Christ’s table. Glory be to God!
Leader: In a world where hate seeps into every corner,
All: God’s love will always fill the room.
Leader: When our prejudices deny people their dignity,
All: God’s love will always lift them up.
Leader: When we ignore our neighbor’s needs,
All: God’s love will always care for them.
Leader: On this World Communion Sunday,
All: may God’s love give us the courage to
meet hate with love, erase our prejudices,
and care for our neighbors. Amen.
Leader: In this holy place all hatreds, bitternesses, and strife
can be set aside.
All: All prejudices and favoritism are forgotten.
Leader: We become one community, one nation, and one
world under God’s loving care.
All: We can love each other as brothers and sisters
Leader: In this bread and juice we can find commonality
as the Spirit connects us, one to another.
All: Hand in hand we celebrate God’s vision of
peace throughout God’s creation.


The Cornish coast is full of legends of ancient saints arriving in a variety of unusual vessels to set up hermitages and convert the locals to Christianity. Historians believe that there was an influx of Celtic missionaries from Ireland, Wales and Brittany in the fifth and sixth centuries when the area was under threat from pagan Anglo-Saxon invaders. St Piran arrived on a millstone from Ireland, landing on Perran Sands and subsequently becoming Cornwall's most famous saint.
Here in Crantock, the saint was Carantoc, who is said to have arrived on an altar in the sixth century. Like St Piran, he built an oratory, a simple chapel near a well. The 'Round Orchard' in the centre of Crantock village is thought to be the site of this chapel, and in the centre of the village, there is a seventeenth-century well, known as St Carantoc's Well. The stained glass windows in the parish church of St Carantoc depict St Carantoc's life story. The church is Norman, although it was restored at the start of the twentieth century.
There was another saint here in medieval days, St Ambrose, also known as St Ambrusca.
His chapel was first recorded in 1309 when Bishop Lacy granted 40 days indulgence to all pilgrims visiting the chapel. Although the chapel ruins were still visible in the churchyard in the eighteenth century, there is no sign of them today. However, St Ambrusca's Well can be seen beside Beach Road, with a modern door depicting the Celtic saint.
Penpol Creek ('penpol' in Cornish means 'head of the creek'), is an inlet off the River Gannel. It was once known as the Port of Truro, and goods landed here were taken by cart or packhorse up the track to Trevemper, an important commercial centre three miles upstream. At low tide, you can still see the quays, steps, mooring rings and chains along the wooded western shoreline of Penpol Creek. Other vessels brought their cargoes into Fern Pit, across the water from Penpol, and this was then transferred to shallow-draught barges to be carried on the flood tide up to Trevemper, at the tidal limit of the river, where there is still a packhorse bridge today.
Until as late as the end of the nineteenth century the Gannel was used extensively by shipping. Iron ore from the Great Perran Iron Lode was brought here to be shipped to Wales, and Welsh coal was brought back for the Truro smelting works. There was also a lead and silver smelting works on this bank of the river. A lime kiln at Penpol is still visible today, where coal and limestone were burnt together to make lime, used mainly as a fertiliser.
Although you wouldn't believe it to look at the dunes today, this was once the site of the Lost City of Langarrow, buried by a sandstorm over 900 years ago. It is claimed to have been the largest city of its type in England. It had no fewer than seven churches, each with its own churchyard. Archaeologists have found extensive burial sites throughout the area, dating right back to prehistoric times, and human remains have been found in many of Crantock's cottage gardens.
Langarrow was a land of plenty, with large tracts of richly productive agricultural land, mines yielding an abundance of tin and lead and a sea said to be overflowing with many different kinds of fish. Convicted criminals were brought here from all over the country to work in the fields and mines. They dredged the sand from the Gannel and built a harbour at its mouth. They lived in rough huts on the moorland outside the city and their principal food was the cockles and mussels they gathered from the shore.
The landowners here, according to the legends, lived a life of luxury which soon turned to sin, calling down the wrath of God. A savage storm blew up, lasting for three days and three nights. The sand dunes from Crantock to Perran were formed. They wiped the city of sin from the face of the earth.


Father in heaven,
Help me to be a good parent.
As I dwell in your love, may I give my own son an ocean of love to abide in.
As I receive your forgiveness, may I always be ready to forgive my own dear son and offer him a new day.
As I hope in you, and look forward to the future knowing your guidance.
May I gently protect and lead my own beloved son into a place of hope and vision for his future.
Lord, help me to be a good parent.


Opening Reception: Faith in Color: A Photographic Exploration of Race, Religion, and America in Tribute to C. Eric Lincoln
"Faith in Color: A Photographic Exploration of Race, Religion, and America in Tribute to C. Eric Lincoln," explores the deep roots of religious influence in black communities.
The exhibition showcases the work of Evan Nicole Bell, a Duke senior pursuing a self-designed Program II major "Documenting Justice: The Role of Photographic Narratives in Activism." See her portfolio: http://www.evannicolebell.com/. Evan created "Faith in Color" as the Duke Chapel C. Eric Lincoln Theology and Arts Fellow.
The exhibition pairs photographs with quotes from C. Eric Lincoln, a professor of religion and culture at Duke from 1976 to 1993. Lincoln was a scholar of black church and religious studies, as well as a Methodist minister who also wrote novels and poems.
At 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 all are welcome to Duke Chapel to view the exhibition, hear Evan speak about her work, and enjoy a light reception.
The exhibition will be on display in Duke Chapel April 4 through May 1.


To the known and the unknown,
Your lives have been ignored, your hearts broken, your spirit tried but justice has finally found her home. We remember you, we honor you, we cry for you and we pray for you. We pray that your spirits will receive healing and that your joy may be found. No material element will ever replace what you have been through but, in all things, receive our love. May you receive healing in body and soul. May your pain cease, May your strength increase, May your fears be released, May blessings, love and joy surround you.
We apologize for neglecting you and for looking at you with no regard but, justice has finally found her home. May she restore your hearts by prospering and granting due penalty to those involved. May they that raped women live in shame, may they that butchered others live in shame and never find peace, may they that burned homes and displaced the lives of many live in shame, may those who paid for these crimes live in shame and never find peace. May justice prevail as strong as the mighty wind that sweeps over the land and may the victims find favor and blessing in mighty ways.
He has shown you, O man, what is good.
What does Yahweh require of you, but to act JUSTLY,
to LOVE MERCY, and to WALK HUMBLY with your God?
MICAH 6:8, World English Bible (WEB),


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"Nazarene Youth International exists to attract, equip, and empower young people for service in the kingdom of God and to facilitate their integration into the Church of the Nazarene." The Eastern Kentucky District NYI joins in that mission, as we reach out to the teens and leaders across the district. Christ is the central of who we are, the word of God is our authoritative source for all we do, and holiness is our pattern for life. Being a part of the EKD NYI is a life changing experience for both students and adults What better way to grow in our relationship with Christ than with our fellow friends from our district! Our NYI team strives to help students find that identity in Christ and Christ alone! Our students are inspiring, as they lift each other up and grow together in this time of life, a time of finding their identity and who they are.
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Ski Day and Lock In: February 2nd-3rd
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We had a great service last Sunday. Thank you to everyone who had a role in making it such a nice day. Special thanks to the Rev. Dr. Ann Broomell for making the trip to serve as our supply priest and the Skardon’s – and everyone who stayed to help – for the delicious Front Porch Fellowship.
We hope you will join us this Sunday for our 10am service. Click Here to find the Lectionary for this Sunday!
Have a great week and we hope to see you this Sunday at 10am.


Enjoy Easter: Indulge in Our Special Cookie Collection
Easter is just around the corner, and specific food traditions have played a significant role in Easter celebrations for years. Enjoying special Easter cookies is an Easter food tradition no one wants to miss. We recognize the importance of the Easter celebration, and to make it even more special, we have introduced our range of Easter sugar cookies and Easter cookie baskets.
With Passion for Desserts, celebrate the joy and renewal of Easter with the delicately handcrafted Easter sugar cookies collection. These tempting cookies are skillfully made to offer the perfect taste, ensuring a memorable celebration. Let's find out why this Easter cookie basket is the ideal choice for this Easter celebration:
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The history of St. Patrick’s Day revolves around a celebrated feast day for the patron saint of Ireland. Now observed on March 17th of each year, the holiday involves wearing green and celebrating all things Irish. It also includes learning about Ireland and the history of St. Patrick’s Day in the classroom.
History of St. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland
St. Patrick was not originally from Ireland and perhaps not even named Patrick. Maewyn Succat, later known as Patrick, was born in the late 4th century in Roman Britain. At the age of 16, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave. In the early 5th century, he escaped his captors and joined a monastery in France—then known as Gaul. He later returned to Ireland as a missionary.
Through this mission, Patrick was credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Legends say that he did this by driving out the snakes, though it’s commonly understood that the snakes were Irish pagans known as druids. Opinions differ on whether the Irish conversion to Christianity was through persuasion or intimidation. Patrick simply describes himself as having evangelized heathen Ireland.
The end of his life isn’t quite known and is believed to be anywhere from the year 457 to 493 CE. The former may be due to confusion with Palladius, an Irish bishop and contemporary who was also known by the name Patrick. Other writings suggest the death of Patrick, arch-apostle, in the year 492 or 493, at the age of 120.
Symbols and Celebrations
Many of the symbols we associate with St. Patrick’s Day come from the legends associated with his work. Legend says that he was trying to explain the Christian concept of the Holy Trinity, or three persons in one God, when he picked up a three-leaved plant with one stalk and used it as a representation. That green plant was a shamrock, and two of the most significant symbols on St. Patrick’s Day are the shamrock and the color green.
St. Patrick’s Day Beginnings
Celebrations of St. Patrick’s feast day were small and typically religious at first. Celebrants would attend church and hold a special feast meal to honor the coming of Christianity to Ireland. In the 18th and 19th centuries, however, large numbers of Irish citizens were forced to leave their country due to famine and lack of work.
When many of these immigrants landed in America, they brought the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day with them as a reminder of home. Corned beef and cabbage was an affordable feast-style meal for the poor Irish Americans on this day, and despite not necessarily being Irish, it eventually became a traditional meal for the holiday.
The first parades for St. Patrick’s Day were held by Irish soldiers in the Civil War. Eventually, the holiday became a celebration of all things Irish. Irish immigrants observed it as a way to celebrate home and heritage. As decades passed, even non-Irish Americans got involved in the spirit of celebration. Businesses and restaurants began offering special meals and sales, and cities drew up parade routes. In Chicago, the river is dyed green to coincide with their annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in your Classroom!
As the holiday continued to gain popularity, classrooms across the country began celebrating by studying Irish history and making timelines of events. And since no one can resist holiday decorations and activities, the Schoolyard is always here with inspiration!
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Who Are We? The Seeds Family Worship is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) ministry made up of three missionary families that are passionate about helping families get into God’s Word and seeing them walk in a vibrant relationship with Him. The Seeds ministry team also includes an amazing group of partners and volunteers that share the same passion.
What is the ministry of Seeds Family Worship? We exist to help families experience God’s Word through creative media and have His Word written in their hearts.
Our Mission: To get families into God’s Word in as many homes as possible around the world by providing in-house creative media and by creating partnerships with ministries that provide the highest quality Christian resources for family discipleship.
How is the Seeds Ministry Supported? 80% of the Seeds budget is supported by the sale of resources on our website and through local churches hosting Seeds Live Events. The remaining 20% comes from donations by faithful donors like you.
God is using Seeds! We are having more success than ever getting Seeds into homes! We have sent out more than 500,000 albums to word-for-word scripture and our resources are being used around the world! We are also about to hit 19 million streams online through Youtube, Spotify, Amazon, RightNow Media, and iTunes. WOW…19 million streams of God’s Word impacting families worldwide! Thank you, Lord!
Seeds Support Missionaries! As part of our mission, we give free Seeds resources to full-time missionaries. Our goal is to see God’s Word strengthen the missionary families and see His Word planted in hearts everywhere as they share the gospel. We constantly get videos, pictures, and encouragement from these amazing missionaries as they use Seeds to minister around the world. God is amazing!
Seeds Is A Giving Ministry! As part of our mission, we never want any family, church, or school, not to have Seeds resources because they cannot afford them. This year alone we have given more than $50,000 in free Seeds to families, missionaries, and churches.
We Need Your Help! There are three specific areas where you can partner with us:
- Help Us Give More: We love to give freely to all families that can not afford Seeds. This is often single moms, families in tough financial situations, small churches etc. Also, we give to all missionary families to strengthen them and see His Word planted in hearts everywhere through their ministry. Seeds bears 100% of the burden of the product and the shipping. Your giving will help these families and missionaries.
- Creative Fund: We depend on the support of faithful donors to help us create new resources. We could not create new resources without your help financially. Here is what you can help us launch in 2018.
Two Brand New Seeds Albums- We will be releasing two new albums in 2018. The first will release in April and the second in October. These albums contain all new music and we believe are our best ever.
DVD, Family Time Guides, Bible Memory Cards For New Albums – When we release the two new albums, we are planning to release new DVDs, Family Time Guides and Bible Memory Cards with them
Family Time Guides- Guides created around every Seeds CD/DVD that Moms and Dads can use for family worship and devotion time in the home. We have one more written that is about to go into editing and 7 more to create.
DVD’s- We are continuing to create a DVD for each Seeds album for the families to use to help plant God’s Word in their hearts and for churches to use to lead Children’s Church Worship.
Stream Seeds of Christmas Live- This year we wanted to live stream Seeds of Christmas Live so all families around the world could enjoy it. We ended up not being able to do this financially. But if the Lord provides, we would love to do this next year. Furthermore, once we had this setup and had the equipment, we could easily stream other Live Seeds Events.
Seeds Family Worship Live Album- We would like to record a live album at our home church of the scripture songs that we sing in our corporate worship on Sunday morning. We believe this would be a great resource for the Church to discover and sing more scripture songs in their weekly gathering.
Prayer – Finally, we are a ministry that believes in and experiences the power of prayer. We make prayer a priority as a ministry team, and we are thankful for the all of the prayers that have covered and sustained this ministry for over a decade. We love to praise God for His faithfulness and we love to see Him get the credit for all that He has does.
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The prodigal son came back – changed! What a relief from the mounts of heartbreak his father had experienced. The situation described in Jesus’ story of the prodigal son has taken place countless times, but in many cases the breach between parent and child does not mend quite as well as in this story. The following modified version of the prodigal’s story in Luke 15 describes what happens all too often?
A certain man had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.” And he divided his wealth between them. And not many days later, the young son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country and he began to be in need. So he wrote his father a letter and said, “Dad, things are tough’; I’m out of money and I may end up having to slop hogs for a living in order to survive.” The father was mortified. Perish the thought that my son should have to do such a degrading thing as slop hogs.” So he sent him a letter with some money; but the son squandered that money too.
When the boy had left home part of his inheritance included the old family car. But it wasn’t long before he became dissatisfied with that: it just didn’t match his style. Pop saved the day and gave his son a new sports car for his birthday.
Once, in the middle of the night, the father got a phone call from his son. The boy’s voice sounded as if he were standing in a room with concrete walls. He was. “Dad,” he said, “I’ve got a little problem and I was wondering if you could help me out. Some of my friends and I were out for a ride tonight. They all were drinking and they forced me to take a few sips. You know I don’t like alcohol, but they forced me. Anyway, the police picked us up and pressed DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) charges against us. Looks like I’ll be in jail for a few days unless I can come up with some bond money.” Dad couldn’t stand the thought of his son spending time in jail, so he wired the money to him right away.
The pattern continued – rebellion, trouble, a plea for help and a sympathy check in return. It worked every time. In fact it was never necessary for the boy to come to his senses because he was never allowed to experience the consequences of his rebellion. He not only wasted his father’s estate; he wasted his own life, too. Riotous living led to an early death. His dad wept at the graveside as the casket was lowered into the ground. He felt so bad. But even in death the boy’s lifelong pattern of behavior was sealed. The casket his father had purchased was gold-plated, of course.
A Different Story
The Biblical version of the story is quite different. After squandering his inheritance, the boy actually did end up in a pigpen. That sounds terrible, but the pigpen became his altar of conversion. Two important truths stand out in Jesus’ story. First, the son’s repentance involved every facet of his personality. In Luke 15:17 it says he “came to his senses.”
Repentance involves a change of mind. The New Testament word for confession is a compound Greek word meaning “to speak the same.” The person who is open to repentance and confession changes his mind about sin. Instead of whitewashing it, he says what God says about it – that it is sin.
The prodigal’s repentance also involved his emotional being. Jesus reveals to us the thoughts that developed in the young man’s mind: “I will get up and go to my father and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men”” (Luke 15:18-19)
This was more than skin-deep repentance. He had, in addition to a change of mind, a change of heart. Genuine repentance is more than a flippant intellectual acknowledgment of sin. The son felt deep sorrow for the anguish he had caused his father.
However, there was still one more element involved in his repentance. Verse 20 says, “He got up and came to his father.” He had a change of will. Repentance is more than shedding tears. The Bible distinguishes between worldly sorrow and genuine repentance.
“I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, in order that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death”. (2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
King Saul and Judas Iscariot are prime examples of men whose repentance was incomplete. But the prodigal’s repentance was complete, for it involved a change of mind, heart and will.
The second important truth in this story centers on the father’s wise love. Unlike the modified version of the story, the Biblical version portrays a father who refused to subsidize the rebellion of his son. Continuing to finance his son’s rebellion would only have prolonged it. He knew that indulgence and pampering would have aborted the disciplinary, redemptive process. The son had to face the consequences of his rebellion before he came to his senses.
The father won his son back by waiting. Patient, praying love won the day. Indeed, the real hero of the story is the father, who is mentioned 12 times. Examine the words in verse 20 that describe him: “While he (the son) was still a long way off the father saw him and felt compassion for him and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”
The son did not have a chance to clean up. He was still barefoot. He did not have all the pieces of his life rearranged perfectly but he had deliberately turned from his sin and his father had run to greet him.
The spiritual application is powerful. Even if you have run far away from your heavenly Father and squandered His estate, H e has never taken His eyes off you. He lovingly awaits your return.


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It has been a while since my last post, it has been pretty crazy around here. My life has been in limbo and utter chaos for the last month. Some of you may know that we had applied for a job at the college in Thatcher and were really hoping that we would get it. That is really where we want to raise our family. I was called to interview and I don't think I have been that nervous for a very long time. We prayed and fasted about it a lot, but I never got a definite answer that this was what we were suppose to do. So we left it up to the Lord, if we were meant to go it would happen. So, we didn't get the job, and I am okay with it. We are here for a reason, I just need to find out what that reason is. All of this has been such a growing experience for me. I am so thankful for the trials that the Lord has given me to strengthen me. I know He is there for me no matter what it is that I am going through. We have really been struggling with what to do with Brock & school. He has really struggled since school started back. I think he and I both cried every day. After a lot of prayer and discussion we have decided to put him back in Kindergarten. I cannot believe the charge in him and his attitude. Before he would come home and say things like "I suck Mom" or "I'm stupid", it broke my heart. On Friday when I went to pick him up he was beaming and ran up to me and said, "Mom, I had the bestest day ever!" That was all I needed to hear, I know we are doing the right thing. I want him to have the confidence and knowledge he will need to succeed in life. I am so thankful for my kids and all that they teach me, I am so glad that they chose me! Jackson also started pre-school and is loving it! He has grown up so much in the last month, I am so proud of him. Porter is so smart too, he takes everything in. He repeats everything we say and he is so sweet. I am so thankful for my family. So those are my reflections on the last month of life in the Conrad house.


Solutions to fix the “problem.”
Upon reading William A. Schambra’s past remarks in remembrance of Cordelia Taylor last week—“Charity, progressive philanthropy, and eugenics” and “Place and poverty”—The Gathering founder Fred Smith recalled for us the below reflections of his own. Previously featured in The Smith Slant, they are republished here with permission.
I posted an article on the shrinking of the middle class as an increasing number of people are falling into the category of economically at risk. “Squeezed by rising living costs a record number of Americans—nearly 1 in 2—have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.” While not saying much about the article, I did say, “Is it un-Christian of me to doubt these numbers?” A Facebook friend responded with a private message to voice his disagreement with my skepticism. Out of that has come an interesting exchange from our different—but not opposite—perspectives. Mine is from years of frustrating experience with bureaucracies and their penchant for reclassifying data (and people) to fit their political purposes. If you want to increase government funded programs, then you make the problem worse than it is.
His perspective is well reflected in what he wrote:
It may be helpful to share a little of my experience and perspective. I have lived for over 30 years on the edge of an African American ghetto, Woodlawn, just south of the University of Chicago. I watched as buildings continued to be ruined by landlords who paid no taxes but sucked out all the rent they could before Chicago closed down what was little more than a shell—first abandoned, often burned, eventually torn down. I have watched as local families and children struggled to “make it” and local organizations develop strategies to deal with rapacious landlords and dramatic loss of jobs on the south side. I too have become suspicious of lots of explanations but I am very weary of a lot of current explanations that make the poor the cause of their own problems. It was not true in Swaziland, Africa where I was a school teacher for 6 years. And it seems to me it is not true in the United States either.
Our conversation reminded me of an essay I read years ago by Suzanne Roberts on the relationship between poverty and the Church—from the earliest Christian community to the 19th century. It is the process she calls the “secularization of charity” and it occurs in six stages:
First, the majority of Christians were poor and shared what they had. At the end of Andy Crouch’s most recent talk at Q titled “Overcoming Our Greatest Affliction,” he says Romans 16 may be the most astonishing chapter in the whole Bible. Tertius, likely a slave named only for his birth order as third, is considered by Paul and the earliest church as an equal and allowed to greet the believers in Rome. They had all things in common—including social status.
Second, the Church glorified the poor and those who chose poverty. The poor were supported because their prayers were thought to carry special weight with Christ. The obligation of the poor was to continuously intercede for the living and the dead.
Third, the Church cared for the poor and included them in the community and while they were no longer glorified, they were not viewed as outsiders. They were recognized as neighbors, family and even embodiments of Christ himself. “They were ashamed, perhaps, depending on their status, but not alien. The poor had a clear and important role.”
Fourth, the Church and society began to discriminate between the deserving and undeserving poor. As poverty became a social problem rather than a spiritual opportunity, attitudes toward the poor and poverty were transformed, becoming more complex and even contradictory. “Voluntary poverty lost its sacred character, and consequently even ordinary wretchedness was desanctified.”
Fifth, the Church and society began to treat the poor as dangerous and poverty as a curse. The poor were now strangers and no longer seen as part of a community or as intercessors. Just the opposite, they were now a threat, passed off to charitable institutions other than the church, and viewed with suspicion and fear. The identity with Christ and the role of intercessor had long since passed.
Sixth, the Church and society came to see poverty and the poor as a problem to be fixed by a new form of charity that would be more objective and efficient. We must eliminate poverty altogether. The way to fix poverty is not charity, but scientific philanthropy and initiatives designed to analyze the issues and create practical solutions.
If Anand Giridharadas is correct in Winners Take All, then it is even more worrisome. “We are attempting to solve these problems with the very tools and the very minds that constructed the problems in the first place.” From my perspective, it is that sixth stage which is the most dangerous to the poor themselves. They are a “problem” to be solved and if they cannot or will not be fixed, we must find ways to deal with their failure to cooperate with our solutions.


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Scott and his bride Joyce met when a mutual acquaintance played matchmaker. And, as they say, the rest is history. These two and their large wedding party were a delight to work with and we couldn’t have asked for a better day for their Chicago wedding photography.
As always, I am interested in traditions surrounding the marriage ceremony which is, to me, the most important part of the day and a sacred time. In these images from their ceremony at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Chicago, you will see traditions from the Coptic Orthodox Christian tradition, a small, but growing faith community in the Chicagoland area. The bride shared with me that the word Coptic basically means “Egyptian,” and the word Orthodox means “unchanged,” so it is basically one of the oldest, unchanged forms of Christianity. You’ll see one of the symbols for the ceremony in the images below: crowns to show husband and wife as king and queen; they also represent martyrdom because every marriage requires self-sacrifice.
After the ceremony, we were able to spend some time on The Magnificent Mile taking images of the couple before they let loose and enjoyed their reception with guests at the InterContinental Hotel, a prestigious Chicago wedding event location. Enjoy!


3 edition of The American Pentecostal movement found in the catalog.
The American Pentecostal movement
David W. Faupel
|Statement||by David W. Faupel.|
|Series||Fisher (B. L.) Library. Occasional bibliographic papers of the B. L. Fisher Library -- 2.|
|LC Classifications||BX8762 .F38|
|The Physical Object|
|Number of Pages||56|
|LC Control Number||76-361994|
Text Book Description: Howard A. Goss – A Pentecostal Life by Robin Johnston. Howard Goss was not only the founding general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church, but was also a leading pioneer of the North American Pentecostal movement. The history of racial unity and division within the Pentecostal movement has been addressed in a recently-published book, We’ve Come This Far: Reflections on the Pentecostal Tradition and Racial Reconciliation, edited by Byron Klaus. The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary has been a leader within its denomination in its efforts to better.
In , the contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its th birthday. Over that time, its African American sector has been markedly influential, not only vis-à-vis other branches of Pentecostalism but also throughout the Christian church. African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement An Annotated Bibliography. By Sherry S. DuPree. Paperback $ Hardback $ eBook African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement: An Annotated Bibliography. ISBN | Quantity: Shopping Cart Summary. Book Description. First Published in Routledge is an imprint of Taylor.
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Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh’s book Pentecostals in America is a fresh take on the traditional history of the American Pentecostal movement. The book is thematic, rather than chronological, and explores issues around gender, sexuality, race, music, The American Pentecostal movement book, and theological innovation by using snapshots of Pentecostal lives in order to excavate the.
"Black Fire offers an expansive historical overview of African American Holiness-Pentecostals and their often overlooked contributions to the early development, dissemination and current vitality of the modern Pentecostal movement from its inception to the present.
Students and scholars of African American religion and culture will appreciate Cited by: Howard Goss was not only the founding general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church, but was also a leading pioneer of the North American Pentecostal movement.
His life story provides an important window on the development of the modern Pentecostal movement in general and the Oneness movement in particular.5/5(4). Read "African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement An Annotated Bibliography" by Sherry S. DuPree available from Rakuten Kobo.
First Published in Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa : Taylor And Francis. Pentecostalism, charismatic religious movement that gave rise to a number of Protestant churches in the United States in the 20th century and that is unique in its belief that all Christians should seek a postconversion religious experience called baptism with the Holy ing the Holy Spirit’s descent upon the first Christians in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, or Shabuoth (Acts.
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This book offers a chronological and historical overview the many forms of Pentecostalism within the United States. Pentecostalism is a poorly understood theological movement, despite its recent growth in popularity as well as social and political importance.
More and more Americans are encountering neighbors, friends, coworkers, and even political leaders who are aligned with one of the many. Oneness Pentecostalism (also known as Apostolic, Jesus' Name Pentecostalism, or Jesus Only movement) is a movement within the Christian family of churches known as derives its distinctive name from its teaching on the Godhead, which is popularly referred to as the "Oneness doctrine," a form of Modalistic Monarchianism.
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Dr. Estrelda Y. Alexander grew up in the Pentecostal movement, but didn't know much about the Black roots of that movement until she was a seminary student.
In her groundbreaking new book, Black Fire: Years of African American Pentecostalism, the Regent University visiting professor traces those roots back to the Azusa Street Revival and. For Catholics in particular, Latino Pentecostals in America helps explain the attractiveness of Pentecostalism to so many Latino ex-Catholics.
Nevertheless, the book does leave some questions unanswered and some topics unexplored. First, Espinosa could have said more about Catholic-Pentecostal relations. Inthe contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its th birthday.
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In this lively history of the rise of Pentecostalism in the United States, Grant Wacker gives an in-depth account of the religious practices of Pentecostal churches as well as an engaging picture of the way these beliefs played out in daily core tenets of Pentecostal beliefpersonal salvation, Holy Ghost baptism, divine healing, and anticipation of the Lord's imminent returntook Pages: COVID Resources.
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The title of this blog post may surprise you! However, the title is actually taken from a well-researched and highly interesting article from American Political Science Review (May 2012). The author is Robert D. Woodberry of National University of Singapore.
As someone involved both in democracy-building (e.g. as an educator of journalists) and in Christian missiological reflection and action (e.g. through involvement in Lausanne International), it seems obvious to me that the article is a significant contribution to the exploration of the historical relationship between Christian faith and democratic societies. This is clear from the following informative summary:
This article demonstrates historically and statistically that conversionary Protestants (CPs) heavily influenced the rise and spread of stable democracy around the world. It argues that CPs were a crucial catalyst initiating the development and spread of religious liberty, mass education, mass printing, newspapers, voluntary organizations, and colonial reforms, thereby creating the conditions that made stable democracy more likely. Statistically, the historic prevalence of Protestant missionaries explains about half the variation in democracy in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania and removes the impact of most variables that dominate current statistical research about democracy. The association between Protestant missions and democracy is consistent in different continents and subsamples, and it is robust to more than 50 controls and to instrumental variable analyses.
It may be helpful to know that the author defines ‘Conversionary Protestants’ as those who «(1) actively attempt to persuade others of their beliefs, (2) emphasize lay vernacular Bible reading, and (3) believe that grace/faith/choice saves people, not group membership or sacraments».
This article also has significant implications for the contemporary context. We may e.g. conclude that the practice of actively seeking to persuade others of the credibility and relevance of the Christian truth claims is a way of promoting fundamental democratic ideals such as freedom of conscience and religion.
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The first was in the online magazine Salon from Salt Lake blogger Troy Williams about how the Book of Mormon and Mormon history teaches Socialism. The article’s subheadline: “Joseph Smith would be horrified by the religion's present-day materialism — and uber-capitalist candidate.”In fairness, some of Williams' article was thoughtful and thought-provoking, but exactly why is it Salon’s role to glibly say what would horrify Joseph Smith?It’s off-putting, to say the least, when someone with an ax to grind cherry-picks elements of the Book of Mormon to bludgeon a political opponent or to score points in a public debate or to even try to further, as it seemed to me, the old trope that Latter-day Saints are hypocrites.
The Law of Consecration, as practiced by the Latter Day Saints, was for the support of the poor (Doctrine and Covenants 42:30). Latter Day Saints were asked to voluntarilydeed (consecrate) their property to the Church of Christ, and the church then would assign to each member a "stewardship" of property "as much as is sufficient for himself and family" for his "needs, wants, family, and circumstances." If consecrated property became more than was sufficient for the assigned steward, the "residue" was "to be consecrated unto the bishop" kept for the benefit of "those who have not, from time to time, that every man who has need may be amply supplied and receive according to his wants."
Communism and all other similar isms bear no relationship whatever to the united order. They are merely the clumsy counterfeits which Satan always devises of the gospel plan. Communism debases the individual and makes him the enslaved tool of the state to whom he must look for sustenance and religion; the united order exalts the individual, leaves him his property, "according to his family, according to his circumstances and his wants and his needs," (D&C 51:3) and provides a system by which he helps care for his less fortunate brethren; the united order leaves every man free to choose his own religion as his conscience directs. Communism destroys man's God-given free agency; the united order glorifies it. Latter-day Saints cannot be true to heir faith and lend aid, encouragement, or sympathy to any of these false philosophies. They will prove snares to their feet. [Conference Report, April 1942, p. 90]
“Concerning the consecration of property:—First, it is not right to condescend to very great particulars in taking inventories. The fact is this, a man is bound by the law of the Church, to consecrate to the Bishop, before he can be considered a legal heir to the kingdom of Zion; and this, too, without constraint; and unless he does this, he cannot be acknowledged before the Lord on the Church Book therefore, to condescend to particulars, I will tell you that every man must be his own judge how much he should receive and how much he should suffer to remain in the hands of the Bishop. I speak of those who consecrate more than they need for the support of themselves and their families.“The matter of consecration must be done by the mutual consent of both parties; for to give the Bishop power to say how much every man shall have, and he be obliged to comply with the Bishop’s judgment, is giving to the Bishop more power than a king has; and upon the other hand, to let every man say how much he needs, and the Bishop be obliged to comply with his judgment, is to throw Zion into confusion, and make a slave of the Bishop. The fact is, there must be a balance or equilibrium of power, between the Bishop and the people, and thus harmony and good will may be preserved among you.“Therefore, those persons consecrating property to the Bishop in Zion, and then receiving an inheritance back, must reasonably show to the Bishop that they need as much as they claim. But in case the two parties cannot come to a mutual agreement, the Bishop is to have nothing to do about receiving such consecrations; and the case must be laid before a council of twelve High Priests, the Bishop not being one of the council, but he is to lay the case before them.” ( History of the Church, 1:364–65.)
The stewardship is private, not communal, property . The consecrator, or steward, was to be given a “writing,” or deed, that would “secure unto him his portion [stewardship]” ( D&C 51:4 ). Although it has been acknowledged that all things belong to the Lord, a stewardship represents a sacred entrustment of a portion from God to the individual. The stewardship is given with a deed of ownership so that individuals, through their agency, are fully responsible and accountable for that which is entrusted to them. The deed protects individuals if they are disqualified from participation as stewards (see D&C 51:4 ). For legal purposes, the stewardship was private property, even though the stewards themselves understood that it ultimately belonged to God. President Marion G. Romney explained:“This procedure [of providing deeds] preserved in every man the right of private ownership and management of his property. Indeed, the fundamental principle of the system was the private ownership of property. Each man owned his portion, or inheritance, or stewardship, with an absolute title, which, at his option, he could alienate [transfer], keep and operate, or otherwise treat as his own. The Church did not own all of the property, and life under the united order was not, and never will be, a communal life, as the Prophet Joseph himself said.“The intent was, however, for him to so operate his property as to produce a living for himself and his dependents.” (In Conference Report, Apr. 1977, p. 119; or Ensign, May 1977, p. 93 .)


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Trustees Awards Gala
The Trustees Gala recognizes members of Colesville United Methodist Church for their outstanding contributions to the church and the community. There are many "unsung heroes" who work hard to run events, do missions, and put in "sweat equity" to make programs in the church work better. We just want to say "Thank You" in a very special evening of celebration. Tickets are available through the trustees or online.
Colesville Community Market Bake-off
The Colesville Community Market Bake-off will be held on October 20. The deadline for registration is October 17. Click here for an Entry Form and the Rules for the Bake-off.
Community Health Fair and Blood Drive
The Community Health Fair will be held from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM
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The Blood Drive will be held from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM
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The CUMC Robotics Club will begin again this October and will meet on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Our students range from upper elementary school to high school. All are welcome to participate. There is no charge. No special ability for math or science is required. If your son or daughter is interested, plan for them to attend starting October 13.
Sundays at 10:00 AM
Colesville is blessed with a joyous and spiritual membership. We offer Adult Sunday School classes beginning at 9:00 am, a nursery, and a multitude of opportunities for all ages to become involved. Visitor parking is available in the back of the church and near the East entrance. Our facility features handicap accessiblity at the East entrance and ushers are available to assist with any special needs you may have.
At Colesville, some of us dress up and others dress casual. We believe God is more concerned with a person's heart than with their clothes; and we welcome you, just as you are. First-time visitors are invited to contact us for more information. For new members and those considering joining us, we offer New Member Classes regularly. Informal Coffee Time is held after the morning service and is a perfect time to catch up with church members and make new friends. Please use this site to access the information you need about the church and as a resource for broadening your faith. We look forward to hearing from you and answering any questions you might have.