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    The Kingdom of God

    Apostolic Ministry in the Kingdom of God - Part 3

    3. The New Testament Dynamics of the Apostolic Ministry.
    We have seen the first use of the term ‘apostle’, and we have considered the OT and NT prophetic significance of this ministry, that of missions, pioneering, foundational building for the new temple of God. But what does it look like practically? To answer this question we [...]

Call to Action

Take Action for Equality and True Diversity!
Dear Friends,
This coming Thursday night, June 11, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Resource Center at Grand Valley State University in western Michigan will be hosting a panel discussion on “Religion and Homophobia: Spiritual Violence in our Community.” This event is scheduled to take place just two days before our Love [...]
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Editor’s Note: Originally published on TownHall.com, used with permission. Frank Turek is a speaker and author, and a ...

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Article: Everyday Heroes Elaine and Jonathan Huguenin, a twenty-something married couple, live in New Mexico and run a small photography business ...

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"For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, even you yourself will be captured; and Chemosh will ...

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The School of Cultural Engagement consists of a total of 8 weeks of classes designed to inform and equip you ...

featuredimage The Language of God: From Atheism to Belief

Editor's Note: We're continuing to look at Francis Collins' book The Language of God, other posts here. From Atheism to Belief Collins ...

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In the first installment of this series on the apostolic ministry (see earlier post), we took a look at the ...

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President Obama has so far largely avoided taking a public stand on his views regarding abortion, using the distraction created ...

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The Ravenhill Challenge is a grassroots movement seeking to spark a cry in the Church for true revival. Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) ...

The Kingdom of God

Missionary Leader Ralph Winter Passes Away

Ralph Winter, founder of the U.S. Center for World Missions and described as “one of the three or four most significant individuals of the 20th century in terms of global missions,” died Wednesday, May 20th, 2009. According to the Christian News Wire:
“The death of Dr. Ralph Winter marks the passing of a giant from [...]

Philosophy & Science

Half of Britons do not believe in Evolution

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/01/evolution-darwin-survey-creationism
Guardian – 50% of Britons do not believe in evolutionism while only a quarter say it’s definitely true. Ironically, the results of the ‘Rescuing Darwin’ survey also reveal that 25% believe evolution is only ‘probably’ true.
The survey was conducted by ComRes (http://www.comres.co.uk/) whose clients include several of the biggest British banks, the BBC and the [...]

Culture

George Tiller Killed

Notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller was gunned down while at his church on May 31st. For perspective on this murder and the pro-life movement, listen to the following Line of Fire shows from June 1st:
Hour One: The Murder of George Tiller - Part 1

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Hour Two: The Murder of George [...]

Persecution

Chinese Government Seminar on House Churches

From Compass Direct News:

Government seminar on house churches, once considered encouraging, results in crackdown.
DUBLIN, July 2 (Compass Direct News) – Amid vigorous debate among scholars in China on the status of house churches, one prominent scholar has suggested the government offer more openness and legal standing to house church Christians, but authorities have reacted with [...]

Law & Politics

Prop 8 Upheld

Prop 8 has been upheld in California! The same-sex “marriages” that went into effect before Prop 8 will remain legally recognized, however. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram:
The California Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter-approved measure that banned same- sex marriage in the state, but the court also ruled [...]

Revolution & Justice

Meeting with Lou Engle for GBW

Leading up to the God Has a Better Way event on July 25th (see reaction to the event here), Lou Engle will be casting vision at a meeting on July 5th in Charlotte:

Special Meeting with Lou Engle
Please join us at FIRE Church for a special, city-wide rally with Lou Engle this Sunday night, July 5th, [...]

Sexuality & Gender

New Journal from NARTH Released

NARTH recently put out a press release concerning a new journal they’ve published:

New Scientific Research Refutes Unsubstantiated Claims Regarding Homosexuality
Encino, CA- A new report in this month’s edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Sexuality finds that sexual orientation is not immutable and that psychological care for individuals with unwanted homosexual attractions is beneficial and [...]

Israel & The Jewish People

War is the Likely Outcome of the Iranian Elections

The following is an article from Joel Rosenberg called War is the Likely Outcome of the Iranian Elections reprinted in its entirety:
UPDATED MONDAY MORNING: The Supreme Leader of Iran has spoken. It’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by a “landslide.” This means a major, cataclysmic war is the most likely outcome of the Iranian “elections.” And the battle [...]

Life & Family

Sextuplets survive abortion advice

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5532996/Sextuplets-mother-ignored-advice-to-abort-some-of-her-unborn-babies.html
“They more or less advised us to [abort some of the babies],” says Nuala Conway, a 26 year old mother of newborn sextuplets in Northern Ireland, “They told us about the risks we faced if we went ahead with the pregnancy.”
The Roman Catholic couple decided to ignore doctors who advised the termination of some [...]

Scripture

Jesus and the Case for War

I like to strike up conversations with people I meet while traveling. Last Tuesday, on the way back to San Francisco airport, I asked the driver where he was from. “Jordan,” he replied.

In an effort to make a connection, I mentioned that I haven’t gotten to Jordan, but I went to Iran in 2006 and served in Saudi Arabia with the Navy twenty years ago. [...]