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I will be preaching during a youth fund raiser at First Baptist Church of Lacoochee on Saturday, May 14, 2011. The event, called a Cook-A-Bout, will offer you the ability to walk around sampling food right from the cooker. There will also be music, games and door prizes. A donation of $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12 will be accepted. The church is located at 21012 Bower Road in Lacoochee, Florida. For information or tickets call Russell Linville at (352) 206-4084.
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FOX News is reporting over 70 people have been killed as tornado-spawning storms moved through southern states on Wednesday. Read the story and watch a video here.
I have also embedded two videos of tornadoes below that illustrate the power of these storms.
I hope everyone will be in prayer for those impacted by these storms and for all of the rescue and emergency workers.
The best way to weather the "STORM" is to Simply Trust Our Risen Messiah.
It was Easter Sunday night, March 28, 1937, and Graham, with shaking knees and sweaty hands, went through all four of the sermons he prepared in advance—in eight minutes.
The beloved evangelist, who has since spoken in person to roughly 210 million individuals, got his start as an 18-year-old, preaching to a humble congregation of about 40, including ranchers and cowboys in denim overalls and women in cotton dresses.
Read more on Florida Baptist Witness.
NOTE: During a recent revival trip, I visited the Billy Graham Museum for the first time. I have a few photos posted in the Spartanburg, SC 2011 gallery.
Here's a few "Do you know?" questions...
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Think portion distortion is recent? Look at how much food portion sizes, plate sizes, and bread sizes have increased over the millennium. Craig and Brian Wansink analyzed the "food-by-head" ratio in the 52 most famous paintings of Christ's Last Supper shows increases in portion size (69%), plate size (66%), and bread size (23%) over the millennium.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A majority of Americans mostly reject universalism -- the belief that all people will be saved -- but nevertheless believe that Christians and Muslims worship the same God, with a plurality saying that good works are the key to entrance into heaven, according to a new analysis of Barna surveys.
The data, released April 18, shows that millions of adults reject the clear teachings of Scripture that faith alone, in Christ alone is necessary for salvation. Although Americans may distance themselves from universalism, they tend to embrace pluralism -- the belief that different religions lead to heaven.
By a 48-44 percent margin, U.S. adults believe that "if a person is generally good or does enough good things for others, they will earn a place in heaven." Also, 59 percent of Americans believe that "Christians and Muslims worship the same God," although only 43 percent believe that "the Bible, the Koran and the Book of Mormon are all different expressions of the same spiritual truth."
Read more about this poll on Baptist Press.
Throughout the course of his public ministry, Jesus knew both the adoration and desertion of the crowds. Today, just as 2,000 years ago, the gospel asks a question that demands an answer: Will we follow? This video by Igniter Media illustrates this truth through the dynamic lens of a 21st-century social network.
WASHINGTON (BP)--A federal appeals court reversed April 14 a 2010 ruling that had invalidated the National Day of Prayer.
A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago struck down in a unanimous decision federal judge Barbara Crabb's opinion that a law establishing a day for the observance was unconstitutional. The appellate ruling came almost one year to the day of Crabb's controversial ruling.
Last year's 66-page decision by the judge from Wisconsin's Western District had threatened a tradition as old as the American republic and a specific observance in effect for nearly 60 years. Congress passed a resolution in 1952 calling on the president to establish the National Day of Prayer as an annual event, which President Truman initiated the same year and which presidents since have recognized with proclamations. In 1988, Congress amended the law to set the first Thursday of May for its observance.
Read more on Baptist Press.
Point of View by Aaron Linne
Baptist Press
With the announcement of the iPad 2, Steve Jobs gave some very clear statistics that herald our move into the post-PC world: more than 200 million iTunes Store accounts, 15 millions iPads sold in 10 months, and more than 65,000 apps available. These are touch points for just one company; it doesn’t include all sorts of gadgets and applications that are coming out from Google, Microsoft and the hundreds of companies we’ve never heard of from other countries.
The speed of technology adoption is moving faster than we can comprehend; it’s moving so fast that we’re not even seeing it even though we’re a part of it. Amazon recently announced that they are selling more Kindle books than paperback books; before the end of the year we can likely expect them to announce that they are selling more Kindle books than physical books total.
Read more on Florida Baptist Witness.
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Our Blog Poll #31 question was, "What is your favorite version of the Bible?" and the results are:
* King James/Authorised (KJV) 7 (19%)
* New International (NIV) 6 (16%)
* New King James (NKJV) 7 (19%)
* New Living Translation (NLT) 2 (5%)
* New American Standard (NASB) 5 (13%)
* English Standard (ESV) 4 (11%)
* New Revised Standard (NRSV) 0 (0%)
* The Message (Msg) 0 (0%)
* Holman Christian Standard (HCSB) 3 (8%)
* The Living Bible (LB) 0 (0%)
* Other 2 (5%)
* I don't read the Bible. 0 (0%)
Total Votes: 36
Thank you for participating!
The Biblical office of evangelist is often one of the most overlooked and underutilized resources that God has presented in and through the local church to reach the world for Christ. Why use evangelists?
Take a "short" ride with 3'10" tall evangelist James Croft to a recent revival engagement.
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