Wheeler Mission announced plans today for a new donation center and thrift store that will open in an area once known as the Miracle Mile on Indianapolis' Southside...
[I enjoyed Ken's lighthearted note on his blog today after being compared & critiqued alongside some prominent personalities. If you've not yet read Bobby King's well-written article, you'll want to do so. Better yet, go see the exhibits in Cincinnati for yourselves. ]
A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. Proverbs 17:27-28 NIV
We invite you to visit us at Barnes and Noble (8675 River Crossing Blvd. Indianapolis, IN) from 7-9 PM on Friday June 1st. Being first time authors, and new to the area, we would love to meet as many area Christains as we can.
Our book, The Values-Driven Family, was writtien to make the Scriptures alive and practical for today's Christian family. We'd appreciate a warm welcome to Indy and a show of support . We look forward to meeting you!
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, udging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life." Matthew 19:28-29 NIV
'Promiscuous Teleology'... Is this why so many reject evolution?
A pair of psychologists at Yale University have a new explanation for why so many people reject the theory of evolution -- our minds are hard-wired from birth to see design in the world around us. Paul Bloom is a psychologist at Yale and Deena Skolnick Weisberg is a doctoral candidate in psychology. Together, they argue that the roots of an anti-evolutionary impulse lie in childhood.
Their argument, found in the essay, "Why Do Some People Resist Science?" is published at Edge: The Third Culture, a Web site associated with a group known as The Reality Club. That organization, by the way, humbly describes itself as including "some of the most interesting minds in the world."
Those interesting minds are interested in knowing why so many Americans reject the theory of evolution...
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless. As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them? The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 NIV
One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts. They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works. They will tell of the power of your awesome works, and I will proclaim your great deeds. They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. Psalms 145:4-7 NIV
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it." Matthew 16:24-25 NIV
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:4-5 NIV
Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. "Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets. Luke 6:20-23 NIV
[... in the Greater Cincinnati area... 1.5 hrs from Indy]
For parents who are tired of taking their children to museums where the theory of evolution is presented as fact, there is now a deluxe new alternative.
The Creation Museum opens Memorial Day in Petersburg, Ky., just a few minutes across the border from Cincinnati, Ohio.
The $27 million facility offers a strictly creationist view of the world. Dozens of dinosaurs and animatronic figures usher people through the museum. The displays do not pit science against faith, but show how science backs up all the scientific claims made in the Bible.
"While most science museums and public schools present a different view of earth history, we want people to look at an alternative and see how science actually supports what the Bible teaches about the origins of the universe...
The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. "Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations. You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. Isaiah 60:14-16, 18-20 NIV
But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. James 3:8-10 NIV
Barna Research: The 2007 results are in... (drumroll)...
David Kinnaman, Pres. The Barna Group
(Ventura, CA) - It is hard to miss Americans' comfort with and interest in spirituality. Most adults say that their religious faith is very important in their life. Two-thirds of the nation’s adult population firmly embraces the idea that their most important purpose is to love God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength. However, a deeper look at people’s full array of spiritual beliefs and behavior calls into question the sincerity of their commitment.
Every year, The Barna Group explores the state of the America’s faith, examining various facets of people’s spiritual activity, faith identity, commitment and religious perspective. According to the 2007 survey, while their spiritual activities and religious identity have changed little compared to recent years, the area undergoing the most change is what Americans believe. The Barna study, which began exploring the nation’s religious behavior and beliefs in 1984, shows that commitment to orthodox biblical perspectives is slipping in a number of areas.
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13 NIV
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs. Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment. Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. Proverbs 10:11-14 NIV
Writing in The Weekly Standard, Andrew Ferguson makes an important point. Everyone, it seems, has a moral cause. The virtue of Ferguson's article is that it makes the point so clearly.
He starts with the news that movies featuring characters who smoke will be given a more restrictive rating. No kidding. The people who have already corrupted the movie ratings to the extent that they communicate almost nothing of value are now targeting cigarettes for darker ratings. Sexual promiscuity and scenes of naked flesh might slide by, but not a hero with a Marlboro.
CARMEL, Ind. -- For years, the Rev. Dominic Francese had dreamed of having a children's wing in a church that would be a type of fantasy land, with wall-to-wall murals depicting animals, vegetation and waterfalls...
I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. Psalms 101:3-4 NIV
Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, "Come along now and sit down to eat"? Would henot rather say, "Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink"? Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, "We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty." Luke 17:7-10 NIV
"Special Forces should sound a lot like the the men that Jehovah God selected to defend Israel against the invaders from the east a few thousand years ago. Gideon was the reluctant leader of an army that originally numbered about 32,000 men. Those men who trembled with fear at the prospect of defending the defenseless were allowed to quit the army, reducing the number to 10,000. God still thought that was too large an army and he did not desire an Isaralite victory in battle to be attributed to the men's own strength and valor. So he winnowed the army down to 300 men to defend Israel against the massive Midianite army. God brought about a great victory without the Israelites having to lift a finger. The Midianites killed off themselves as they turned on each other.That's us today - turning on each other.We need help in this city.
So I have a question: Can Special Forces be like that meager band of 300 who will break with the culture of death and hatred and instead of turning against one another, will turn toward and embrace and support one another?
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous andsuccessful. Joshua 1:8 NIV
Jerry Falwell, the conservative preacher whose television ministry helped fuel the rise of the Religious Right, died Tuesday, May 15, after being found unresponsive in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was 73.... [continued]
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19 NIV
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend onGod; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalms 62:5-8 NIV
"I was in line at the grocery checkout. A few feet in front of me, a mother guided her toddler ahead, anchored her baby on her hip and elbowed her checkbook open to pay the clerk. In what seemed one single gesture, she retrieved her toddler's hand from the candy rack, tore the check from her book and offered it to the clerk while placing a comforting smooch atop her baby's head. The baby drooled down the mother's shoulder, the toddler clamp-gripped his mom's leg and the mother wrapped her arms about both while waiting for her payment to be processed..."
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 NIV
Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:26-28 NIV
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19 NIV
Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they arethe kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:21-24 NIV
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. Psalms 86:11-12 NIV
So watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, "I repent," forgive him. Luke 17:3-4 NIV
We praise God for this ministry in the heart of the inner-city. And thanks for everyone's efforts of faith that helped this to happen -- modeling 'love one another' and 'love your neighbor as yourself'.
"The Star coverage of the community meeting addressing escalating murder in our city carried the title “Can faith find a way?” This important gathering of ministers, citizens and police tackled the difficult question of how to stem violence, especially murder among black males."
AMERICAN ATHEISTS today announced its full support for the "Rally for Reason" protest slated for Monday, May 28, 2007 (Memorial Day) at the grand opening of a creationist "museum" operated by an evangelical religious group in Boone County, KY...
Two Christians are meeting two atheists in a televised debate with the subject the existence of God, and Ray Comfort, a best-selling author and expert on Christian evangelism, says he can prove the existence of the Almighty in his allotted 13 minutes – without mentioning the Bible or faith.
I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things. Isaiah 45:5-7 NIV
A national atheist group aimed at maintaining separation of church and state filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Indiana's social services agency, saying a $60,000 per year chaplain position violates the U.S. and state constitutions...
And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Romans 13:11 NIV
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith
Here's a clip from Dr. Emerson as he spoke to the CCDA convention a few years ago. If any of this speaks to your heart, mark your calendars for CCDA St. Louis 2007... Oct, 10-14.
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