A Rhode Island school district has taken parents by surprise by suddenly announcing it is banning "father-daughter" dances at the request of the ACLU.
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Does God permit divorce? If so, does He then allow remarriage after divorce? How about in cases of marital infidelity? Or the case of a believing Christian divorced by an unbelieving spouse? Christian leaders and church pastors hold a variety of views concerning Christian divorce and remarriage. My intent in this bible study is to offer some Scriptural answers. In brief, what does the bible say about marriage, divorce, and remarriage?
Marlin Harris' mission was clear in 1988 when he arrived in Paraguay as a Southern Baptist missionary: guide the transition of the mission hospital into a Paraguayan-run Baptist institution. But during one of Harris' first meetings with the Paraguayan Baptist leaders, a convention leader stood and said, "There's an elephant in this room, and that is that you all are trying to give to us the Baptist hospital. And it's in such bad shape, we don't want it." In less than 6 months a 17-year-old Ontario girl on fire for the pro-life cause has rallied the country to send Parliament 100,000 letters in support of unborn human life. After becoming appalled by Prime Minister Harper’s apathy towards young life in the womb, Alexandra Jezierski started Letters4Life last March, a campaign to write 100,000 letters that “speak out against abortion.” Rev. Rob Schenck Rev. Rob Schenck, president of Faith and Action in Washington, DC, is a critic of Pastor Terry Jones, the Gainesville, Florida, minister who has publicly burned Korans and promoted an anti-Islam film that has incited the Muslim world. Still, Rev. Schenck today defended Jones' right to free speech, even if it is offensive and abhorrent. He denounced the issuance of arrest warrants in Egypt for Jones and other Americans associated with the offensive film. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling for a full investigation into the murder of protestant Pastor Henry Rodriguez, 44, who was shot dead as he exited his church in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday 16 September. Pastor Rodriguez was a leader at the United Pentecostal Church in the Marsella neighbourhood in the Kennedy sector of Bogota. Teaching Kids to Serve is at the Heart of Standard Publishing's 2013 Vacation Bible School9/19/2012 Standard Publishing introduces a first-of-its-kind Vacation Bible School program for 2013. God's Backyard Bible Camp(tm) -- Under the Stars is the first SuperSimple(tm) VBS and features Bible stories that all occur in the evening. This summer night theme adds a new element of excitement for children as they learn about and experience service. “And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood.” William Tyndale, translator of the New Testament and Pentateuch, was born on the Welsh border, probably in Gloucestershire, some time between 1490 and 1495. In Easter term 1510 he went to Oxford, where Foxe says he was entered of Magdalen Hall. He took his M.A. degree in 1515 and removed to Cambridge, where Erasmus had helped to establish a reputation for Greek and theology. <more...> Five Victory Christian Center employees are facing criminal charges for allegedly waiting more than two weeks to report a rape claim on the church campus. A son and daughter-in-law of pastor Sharon Daugherty are among the five facing criminal charges after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped last month. |
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Associate Pastor with The Bridge Community of Faith in Kelowna BC Canada. Archives
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