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Amazon is always searching for better and faster ways to deliver products to customers. Never satisfied with the status quo, Amazon has tried several alternatives to UPS and FedEx. The company has asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to deliver packages via aerial drones. Now in San…

FORGIVENESS On November 12, 2006, Frank, a follower of Christ, and his wife Becca were walking in Denver with their two children, Macie, four years old, and Garrison, two. Mom and Dad were pushing Macie and Garrison in a side-by-side stroller. As they crossed an intersection, a drunk driver named Lawrence…

five characteristics that set “leader managers” apart from “run-of-the-mill managers”: 1. Leader managers are long-term thinkers who see beyond the day’s crisis and the quarterly report. 2. Leader managers’ interests in their companies do not stop with the units they head. They want to know how all…

It’s the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it’s the little differences that make them interesting.

By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – June 20, 2009 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul on notice: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one." Obama…

The action of repentance is always inward. The consequences of repentance are always outward.

Conrad and Felix liked Ulrich. When Ulrich Zwingli led the reformation in Switzerland, his absolute commitment to the authority of scripture attracted Conrad Grebel and Felix Manz to support him. They went a little further than Zwingli went, however. When they read about the early church they noted the…

CONSIDERING OTHERS When the Henrico County School system decided to sell 1,000 used notebook computers to the public in Richmond Virginia, they never imagined the scene the sale would generate. The morning of the sale, people began lining up at 1:30am. By 7 o'clock, the crowd was estimated to be 5,500…

JERUSALEM (Nov. 9) -Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb. The clash between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks broke out in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher,…

Five years ago, chairs, iron bars, and fists flew on the roof of one of the most revered sites in Christianity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. When the dust cleared, 7 Ethiopian Orthodox monks and 4 Egyptian (Coptic) monks had been injured. The fight started when an Egyptian monk decided…

Somewhere along the way in my training and my work with congregations, I picked up this operational definition of conflict: “Conflict is two or more ideas in the same place at the same time.” I continue to remind myself and the congregations that I work with about that definition. It helps me and others…

By Dr. John C. Maxwell If we are to lead effective ministries, our ministries may have to occasionally change The most significant pursuit of churches used to be church growth, but now it’s becoming overall church health The goal now is not to hold people; it’s to reach people I pastored a church in…

My ankles were wrenching painfully against old, rock-hard dirt ruts. Burning wind sliced across a barrage of prairie grass and straight through my flimsy cotton shirt. Overhead, a blistering Midwest sun made a mockery of the straw hat I’d worn to ward off its rays. Next to me, my wife and children were…

AN EVANGELICAL MANIFESTO A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public Commitment May 7, 2008; Washington, D.C. Copyright ©2008 by the Evangelical Manifesto Steering Committee AN EVANGELICAL MANIFESTO A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public Commitment Keenly aware of the hour of history in…

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…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…