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The government of Italy is asking citizens to help the nation’s economy by working Sundays—their traditional day of rest. Prime Minister Mario Monti announced support for a new law that would require many businesses to remain open on Sunday, and add needed revenue to government coffers. The legislation…

Using Twitter in Church Although there are some pastors who are encouraging the use of Twitter during worship service to enhance the impact of their sermons, many are telling churchgoers to listen to the Word of God first and Tweet after church. "When you are in corporate worship, Worship!" says John…

MARKETPLACE EVANGELISM A new music-and-worship tour is making its way across the country. Though the tour features Michael W. Smith, Third Day, and minister/author Max Lucado, it is getting mixed reviews. The concern is not over the artists or personalities involved, rather it centers on the fact that…

In 1995, a brother and his sister decided to revive the spirit of Christmases past and exchange gifts. She was doing well financially; he wasn't. She was a prominent accountant at a large corporation, and he, though older than his sister, was still establishing himself in his career. On Christmas Day,…

We will define what worship is but must first define what worship is not. This is because there is a tendency among some Christians to define worship too narrowly and thereby overlook the fullness of what worship is according to Scripture. First, worship is not something done solely by Christians or…

THE POOR The Arizona Cardinals did not win Super Bowl XLIII, but some people still think they are champions. The dramatic twist in the final minutes of the game gave the Pittsburgh Steelers the world championship, and made the pre-printed Arizona Cardinals champion gear unsellable in the United States.…

Bowing at the Altar of Relevance: The Church Has Sold Out By Lucas Land The church has sold out. The same way punk music has sold out. It's impossible to be punk anymore. Being corporate is decidedly un-punk, and most punk bands are definitely corporate. Punk was once a movement, a radical underground…

RELATIONSHIPS Twenty-four year old Sky was a creative, artistic, intelligent thinker who majored in photography at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He had an introverted personality, and was wearing a polyester retro-artist suit, sporting extended sideburns when he was introduced at Graceland…

At offering time introduce Highlights hidden picture What is the point? Sometimes the thing we are looking for is right in front of our faces. That was certainly the case in Acts 12. Back in Acts 7 we saw the first Christian martyr, Stephen. And then in Acts 8 & 9 we saw that a great persecution arose…

BELIEF A diagnostic quiz on Beliefnet promises to determine what "Kind" of Christian a person is based on their answers to 20 questions. The questions deal with basic beliefs about Jesus such as the virgin birth, the miracles of Jesus, his death on the cross, and resurrection. The website says, "One's…

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship The Intensification of Worship as an Inward Experience of the Heart The essential, vital, indispensable, defining heart of worship is the experience of being satisfied with God because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. The chief end…

GIVING Officials at the Louisiana Baptist Convention are used to receiving donations, but a recent gift was unexpected and extraordinary. A group of twenty men from the Island of Sumatra sent a gift of $854 to help those hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. The men experienced the tragedy of natural disaster…

Talking About Idolatry in a Postmodern Age by: Tim Keller article url: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/articles.php?a=2 IDOLATRY IN THE BIBLE When I first began reading through the Bible I looked for some unifying themes. I concluded that there are many and that if we make just one theme the theme…

Thursday, June 29, 2006 With a LOUD crash... By Mary Brown By a vote of 298-221 (57% to 43% ), the 217th General Assembly of the PC (USA) on Tuesday, June 20th approved an "authoritative interpretation" of the church's Constitution, called the Peace, Unity and Purity report, that maintains current ordination…

A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…

PARENTING A survey by a British Magazine for teenagers suggests teens may not be as rebellious as most people think. Bliss magazine asked 5,000 young people, with an average age of 15, to take part in a study examining social and political attitudes of teenagers across the country. The survey found the…

To Illustrate Vigilance The January 13, 1992 is­sue of Fortune magazine featured the "Biggest Business Goofs of 1991." In an act of corporate cooperation, at&t reached an agreement with the power company in New York City, Con Ed. The contract stated that whenever power demands exceeded the utility's…

able border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt'> ! The Two Babylons or The Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife By the Late Rev. Alexander Hislop First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in 1858 Contents Introduction Chapter…

Laboratories Of the SOUL Testing God's new creation in two Japanese prison camps O n an airplane high above Col­orado, I finished reading Lang-don Gilkey's Shantung Com­pound, an account of the selfish absurdities of some 1,400 merchants, missionaries, engineers, and their fam­ilies, interned in a Japanese…

JF-3S-/ the pastor's story file a resource file for pastors/teachers/speakers THEME: COMMUNICATION Number 4 — February / 1985 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY As the mother said goodbye to her son who was returning to school after spring vacation, she reminded him to write often. Another woman standing…