Podcast Promo
This promo video for the July 2007 edition of the Walking With The Giant podcast has been uploaded to YouTube, GodTube and GospelTube.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Voice Your Opinion
Check out the Blog Poll in the left-hand column of this site and voice your opinion. This not intended to be a "scientific" poll, just some fun and information too.
New Video, Detected Noise Gives Hope in Search for Trapped Utah Coal Miners
HUNTINGTON, Utah — Rescuers searching for six trapped coal miners got two pieces of hopeful news — images of an intact chamber with potentially breathable air and the sound of mysterious vibrations in the mountain.
Officials were studying the results of air quality samples taken from a third borehole, and were expected to release their findings Thursday, 10 days after the cave-in.
Video images from the same shaft showed an undamaged section complete with a ventilation curtain that divides intake air from exhaust air. Behind the curtain, in theory, the men might have found refuge and breathable air.
Read more of this story on FOX News.
Roman Catholic Bishop Wants Everyone to Call God 'Allah'
NOTE: I've read a lot of the names for God in the Bible, but I don't recall "Allah" being one of them, do you?
A proposal by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands that people of all faiths refer to God as "Allah" is not sitting well with the Catholic community.
Tiny Muskens, an outgoing bishop who is retiring in a few weeks from the southern diocese of Breda, said God doesn't care what he is called.
"Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah? ... What does God care what we call him? It is our problem," Muskens told Dutch television.
"I'm sure his intentions are good but his theology needs a little fine-tuning," said Father Jonathan Morris, a Roman Catholic priest based in Rome. Morris, a news analyst for FOX News Channel, also called the idea impractical.
"Words and names mean things," Morris said. "Referring to God as Allah means something."
Read more of this story on FOX News.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Thomas And The Killer Cars
This was a little stop-motion production by Jon Fletcher's daughter, Klara, for her little brother's 3rd birthday. He likes Thomas the Tank Engine.
God's blessing, success of Facing the Giants pave way for third movie from ministry
Facing the Giants was produced by Sherwood Pictures, a ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church of Albany, Georgia. The movie, which was made for $100,000, has generated millions of dollars in sales and allowed the church to build an 82-acre sports complex as an outreach to the community.
Alex Kendrick, media pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church, is now in the process of hammering out a final script for Sherwood Pictures' new movie, Fireproof. Kendrick says the movie focuses on a firefighter who has a troubled marriage, seeks out and searches God's Word, and realizes his marriage cannot be fixed until he gets right with the Lord.
Read more of this story on One News Now.Female Korean Hostage Forfeited Freedom for Colleague
A Taliban militant said Wednesday that one of the hostages had foregone her chance of freedom to allow another captive who was more ill to be release.
The spokesman for Taliban commander Abdullah Jan, who only identified himself as Masoom, said he was unable to recall the name of the woman who sacrificed her freedom.
Read more of this story on The Christian Post.
Lone Star State's religious expression bill goes into effect Sept. 1
Under a new law enacted earlier this summer and going into effect in a few weeks, public school students in Texas should feel less intimidated by the threat of legal action when sharing or expressing their personal faith on campus, whether it be verbally or in a class assignment.
The "Religious Viewpoints Anti-Discrimination Act" (HB 3678), approved during the last legislative session and signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry in early June, gives public school districts across the Lone Star State until September 1 to adopt a policy designating school events where public forums will be available for students. Many say it will create more opportunities for students to express their religious views in public schools -- perhaps because the new law creates guidelines for student speakers at graduation ceremonies, football games, and other school-wide events, and also allows students to organize religious groups and activities.
Read more of this story on One News Now.
Reformation
READ: 2 Kings 22:11–23:3
The king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord . . . . And all the people took a stand for the covenant. —2 Kings 23:3
In May of 2001, English evangelist J. John spoke in Liverpool, England, on the eighth commandment: “You shall not steal” (Ex. 20:15; Deut. 5:19). The results of his preaching were dramatic.
People’s hearts were changed. One author reports that large amounts of stolen goods were returned, including hotel towels, hospital crutches, library books, cash, and more. One man, who is now in the ministry, even returned towels he had taken from the Wimbledon tennis championships years ago when he worked there.
Something similar happened with King Josiah in the 18th year of his reign. Because of the long line of evil kings, the record of God’s laws had been lost. So when Hilkiah found God’s law and Shaphan read it to King Josiah, the king tore his clothes in grief and immediately began making religious reforms in his own life and throughout the nation. With just one reading of God’s Word, he changed the course of the nation (2 Kings 22:8–23:25).
Today, many of us own Bibles, but are we changed by the truths found there? We are called to read, hear, and obey His Word. It should cause us, like Josiah, to take immediate action to bring our lives into harmony with God’s desires.
Thinking It Over
Is it my habit to read God’s Word every day?
How does awareness of sin break my heart,
as it did for King Josiah?
Open your Bible prayerfully; read it carefully; obey it joyfully.
For similar resources, search these topics:
Basics Of Faith > Bible/Scripture > Truth vs. ErrorBasics Of Faith > Sin > Repentance
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
JCEA August Newsletter Online
The August 2007 Edition of the James Croft Evangelistic Association Newsletter is now available. Here are the topics covered in this issue:
Honor Student Bumper Sticker
A Recently Spotted Christian Bumper Sticker:
"My kid saved your honor student." -- God
Monday, August 13, 2007
Walking With The Giant, July 2007 Podcast
Edition: Vol. 2, No. 3
File Size: 18.02 MB
Length: 38 min. 26 sec.
Program Features:
- Ghana Update: Evangelist Raphael Adjei Kingbi, JCEA Ministry Coordinator (e-mail), shares the Ghana, West Africa monthly ministry report. Evangelist Ralph shares about attending a ministry training session in the mountain town of Abetifi in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
- Interview: Chris Maslin, Assistant Director of Camp Operations for Ridgecrest Camps in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. Chris shares all about the purpose and activities of the individual camps for boys and girls. Parents, teens and children will find this interview interesting, especially if they are searching for a great Christian summer camp. You can download a brief video on Walking With The Giant Videos taken at Camp Crestridge for Girls, or watch it on GodTube.
- Message: Martha, Martha (Part 3) by Evangelist James Croft is taken from Luke 10:38-42 in the Holy Bible.
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Political Blog Poll Question
Lately we've been hearing, seeing and reading all about the 2008 presidential election, especially with some debates and a straw-poll in the news. This weeks' Blog Poll question deals with how early the campaign has gotten underway. Express your viewpoint by voting in the Blog Poll in the left-hand column of this site.
There will be a new question each week. Here's the last poll results.
Suspect in Missouri Church Shooting Charged With Murder, Assault
Read more of this story on FOX News.
Check The Obvious
READ: Colossians 3:12-17
Even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. —Colossians 3:13
When Bill Husted walked into his 40th high school reunion, he shook hands and hugged people for 20 minutes before realizing there were two high school reunions in the building that day and he was at the wrong one.
Husted, a technology writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, used that experience to illustrate one of his enduring axioms of computer troubleshooting: Check the obvious first. Before you replace the sound card, make sure the volume control is not turned down. If the modem isn’t working, check to see if it’s connected.
“Check the obvious first” can be a good principle for spiritual troubleshooting as well. Colossians 3:12-17 lists a dozen spiritual qualities that indicate a healthy soul. Prominent among them are compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, love, and thankfulness.
Before criticizing our church or other Christian groups, we might ask the Lord to reveal our own shortcomings. Prior to ripping out the wires of relationships, we could check to see if patience and forgiveness are connected in our own heart.
It’s good to look inside our heart—to check the obvious first—even when it feels as if all our problems are caused by others.
I’ll check within my own heart first,
The obvious to see,
That faults I find in others
Are really faults in me. —D. De Haan
Christlike love is patient with the faults of others.
For similar resources, search these topics:
Relationships > Relating to others > Judging/Criticism
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