Humility by Andrew Murray
By Ken Horn | June 24, 2008
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Evangel Professor Co-authors Religious Book
By Ken Horn | June 23, 2008
Press release:
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Dr. Dwight D. Sheets, associate professor of New Testament at Evangel University, has recently co-authored Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am: An Investigation of the Accusations Against Jesus (ISBN-10 0-567-03126-8). The book was published by T & T Clark International, New York, N.Y., under the library of New Testament Studies.
Sheets is one of seven authors who each wrote a chapter of the book.
The book was edited by Modica and McKnight.
The chapter titles are as follows:
· Jesus as Law-Breaker – Michael F. Bird, tutor in New Testament at Highland Theological College, Dingwall, Scotland
· Jesus as Demon-Possessed – Sheets
· Jesus as Glutton and Drunkard – Joseph B. Modica, university chaplain and associate professor of biblical studies at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pa.
· Jesus as Blasphemer – Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament studies and professor for spiritual development and culture at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas
· Jesus as False Prophet – James F. McGrath, assistant professor of religion at Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind.
· Jesus as King of the Jews – Lynn H. Cohick, associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill.
· Jesus as Mamzer (Illegitimate Son) – Scot McKnight, the Karl A. Olsson professor in religious studies at North Park University, Chicago, Ill.
For additional information, call Dr. Dwight D. Sheets at (417) 865-2815, ext. 8527.
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CDC Report Shows U.S. Youth At Risk
By Christina Quick | June 23, 2008
Read more at Refrigerator Art.
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Special Evangel Salutes Olympic Athletes
By Ron Kopczick | June 20, 2008
Orders are being accepted for the Aug. 10 Today’s Pentecostal Evangel that profiles several world-class athletes who’ve committed their lives to Jesus Christ. The issue coincides with the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympic Games.
Former gold medalists Tamika Catchings (basketball) and Laura Wilkinson (platform diving) share what the Lord has done in their lives, as do former world-record sprinter Asafa Powell (100 meters) and distance runner Dan Browne (10,000 meters).
Available in mid-July, the Aug. 10 TPE is a great evangelistic tool for sharing the gospel at a time when interest in the Summer Olympics will be monumental. Copies of the 32-page magazine are only 25 cents each when a minimum order of 50 is placed. The charge for requests of 49 or less is 50 cents per copy, while the single issue price is 75 cents.
Still available for Independence Day or Fourth of July outreach ministry is the June 29 Evangel featuring the “no-holds-barred” testimony of martial artist and actor Chuck Norris. It’s an issue that also hails those who’ve helped keep the United States a free country.
For more information on either issue, or to place an order, call 1-800-641-4310 or visit www.tpe.ag.org and click on the special icons.
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Celebrating the Gift of Life
By Jennifer McClure | June 20, 2008
Life — it truly is a gift. Read more at Going Up?
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Chomp!
By Scott Harrup | June 20, 2008
Got plans for a nice weekend at the beach? Then you probably don’t want to pop this classic movie into your DVD player the night before. More at Out There.
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Midwest Floods; AG Ministries Respond
By Ken Horn | June 19, 2008
We received this NEWS RELEASE earlier today:
June 19, 2008
America’s Heart Sinks as Midwest Farmers Battle Floods
Convoy of Hope distributes 380,000 lbs. of relief supplies in three states
Springfield, Mo. – Convoy of Hope is responding to growing needs of disaster victims throughout the Midwest where emotions and heartbreak are rising along with floodwaters. The organization has already distributed 280,000 pounds of water, PowerAde, cleaning supplies and paper products to flood victims in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. The organization also provided one thousand “flood buckets” valued at $45. Convoy of Hope will provide another 100,000 lbs. of relief items today and tomorrow.
“When all is said and done the long-term impact of this could be as significant as Katrina,” said Convoy of Hope’s director of U.S. Disaster Response Kary Kingsland from Burlington, Mo. on Wednesday. “Several of the towns I visited in Iowa are submerged and the overall impact for those communities will feel like New Orleans after Katrina.”
Kingsland and Convoy of Hope’s disaster response teams have been traveling along the Iowa and Mississippi rivers since last weekend, assessing damage, creating supply lines of relief and recovery products and establishing distribution methods to assist the victims of the greatest floods to affect the United States in this lifetime.
“There are miles and miles of fields throughout Iowa and parts of Illinois that look like lakes,” Kingsland said. “Several communities like Fredonia, and Fort Madison, Iowa and Oquaka, Illinois are greatly impacted but haven’t yet received a lot of coverage in the media.”
Kingsland was visiting with people holed up in an Iowa hotel when a distressed young girl told him she had been evacuated with her parents and other Carmen, Illinois residents. Lying just across the river from Burlington, Iowa, the town of approximately 150, and several other small communities in the region, were completely submerged. “We had to evacuate our house. Only 2-inches of the top of our house was showing — we lost everything,” she said. More than 400 homes in Burlington and 600 more in the surrounding communities have suffered damage.
Convoy of Hope partnered with two Indiana churches to offer relief supplies to victims of the recent flooding there. Pastor Donald Andreason said, “They ministered to the multitudes of those suffering without a home, without a bed, without a bathroom, without a frig and without their possessions. But HOPE was given to every one that was touched by the compassion and love of these brave and courageous volunteers. There must have been close to 50 to 70 volunteers throughout the day that banded together to inspire HOPE in those that are hurting and tired. They didn’t wait for the cars and trucks to come through the line…they went out to their homes all over the city…providing helpful assistance, leaving valuable supplies and praying with so many, many individuals. Yes, we made a gigantic difference in the lives of literally hundreds of people today!”
Convoy of Hope has responded the flooding by providing water and supplies to the following communities:
Indiana
Columbus area 80,000 lbs.
Iowa
Burlington area 80,000 lbs.
Cedar Rapids 20,000 lbs.
Des Moines 20,000 lbs.
Iowa City/Coralville 20,000 lbs.
Waterloo 20,000 lbs.
Illinois
Bloomington 40,000 lbs.
Missouri
Clarksville 40,000 lbs.
Louisiana 40,000 lbs.
Canton 20,000 lbs.
Significant disasters are growing in their frequency and severity. Convoy of Hope responded to 16 U.S. disasters in 2007. The organization had already responded to 13 prior to the recent flooding that submerged much of America’s heartland, bringing the organization’s total disaster response efforts to 16 so far this year.
Please help Convoy of Hope respond to these and other disasters throughout the United States. The organization is in great need of cash donations and corporate donations of cleaning supplies. Please visit www.ConvoyofHope.org for the most recent response information or to make an online donation.
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Salute to a Trucker Chaplain
By John W. Kennedy | June 19, 2008
The New York Times on Wednesday published an admirable article on Assemblies of God trucker chaplain Shannon Rust. But two years ago, TPE interviewed Shannon at the same Pennsylvania turnpike truck stop, as well as Shannon’s father Sam, an AG chaplain who ministers at a truck stop on the other side of the interstate. To see both the Times article and the TPE feature, see Midlife Musings.
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Brewing Up Trouble?
By John W. Kennedy | June 18, 2008
Missouri politicians have worked themselves into a lather over a proposal from a Belgian brewery to buy Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. Is this really the most important issue of our time? See Midlife Musings.
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Steven Curtis Chapman Plans Comeback Following Tragedy
By Christina Quick | June 18, 2008
See the latest update on the Chapman family at Refrigerator Art.
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Youth Encouraged by School to Be Transvestites
By Ken Horn | June 18, 2008
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Keeping Track of the Edges
By Scott Harrup | June 17, 2008
Thoughts on yard work, the death of vintage mowing equipment, and life in general—at Out There.
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Bedtime Whispers
By Christina Quick | June 17, 2008
Listen in on a conversation with my 9-year-old. At Refrigerator Art.
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30 Years of Matrimony
By John W. Kennedy | June 17, 2008
Today marks three decades of wedded bliss for my wife, Patty, and me. Of course it all hasn’t been bliss. It’s been sickness and health, richer and poorer, better and worse. Marriages that survive must endure many heartaches and unexpected turns. See Midlife Musings.
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AG Missionaries Minister to Wounded Military in Germany
By Ken Horn | June 16, 2008
Ed and Faith Ferguson are Assemblies of God missionaries ministering to the U.S. military personnel and their families stationed in the Kasierslautern area of Germany. They are volunteers with the Wounded Warrior Ministry at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC). It is to this Army Hospital that the wounded are brought from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Fergusons are available to visit the wounded. If you have a family member or a friend who is wounded, and you would like the Fergusons to make a visit, please contact them at elferg41@yahoo.com or call their voip U.S. phone at 239-677-4562 (Germany is six hours ahead of the east coast of the U.S.). The contact must be made quickly as the wounded are at the LRMC for just three or four days before being sent on to the U.S. for further treatment.
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Taking Care Of Business
By kirk noonan | June 16, 2008
Ed Pinson’s fishing boat capsized recently in Texas’ Galveston Bay. Fearing no help would come, Pinson swam for shore… Click here to read the rest of the story.
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Happy Father’s Day
By Ken Horn | June 15, 2008
For Father’s Day, I offer this short article I wrote about my dad shortly after his death. It’s called “Dad’s Last Fish.”
A broad tailfin slapped the water and sent spray skyward. I watched as my dad held on desperately, a mixture of excitement and fatigue evident on his face. His gnarled, arthritic hands all but ignored his commands to raise the rod tip and take in line. This would be the fight of his life. He’d caught bigger fish—but that was when he was much younger and healthier. If he could land this fish it would be his first salmon in fresh water. And it would be the last fish of his life.
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Your Top Sites
By kirk noonan | June 14, 2008
Simple Plan wants to know where you’re top Web destinations are. In other words where do you go for news and information on culture, entertainment, and the media?
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Quoting Scripture Banned at Ohio Library
By Jennifer McClure | June 13, 2008
Read more and discuss at Going Up?
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Blind as a Gifted Photographer
By Scott Harrup | June 13, 2008
Henry Butler amazes audiences with his command of the piano. But perhaps even more amazing is Butler’s photography — wonderfully crafted visions from a man blind since childhood. Read more at Out There.
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