Please pray for Dan, my friend and brother in the Lord. He suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, and he recently experienced the worst attack of his life. It has had some severe effects that greatly affect the quality of his life and that of his family. The doctors have said that there is little to nothing that they can do at this point, but we do not place our faith in doctors. Please pray for the Lord to intervene and restore Dan to full strength. If you know any other prayer warriors or groups, please pass this request along to them. Praise God for the healing He is working in Dan's life!

Yesteryear...

Imagine the following scenario: At church this Sunday, while reviewing the list of announcements and upcoming events for your church, your pastor added, “Oh, and don’t forget: on Sundays we have our regular target practice. Make sure to bring your rifles. Make sure to bring your pieces to church.” » read more »

What is a Christian? Is it anyone who claims the title, attends such a labeled church, or lives in the West? Of course not! But what does it take to be known legitimately as Christian? Why is this important? In one particular way, it is very important. Churches, ministries, and individuals often identify themselves as Christian but fail every Biblical hallmark—these are false believers. In short, these are wolves in sheep's clothing, surely more dangerous to believers than wolves openly known as such. » read more »

I received a forwarded message sent by a self-anointed Messianic rabbi. Here is a portion of it referring to an expensive conference he is commanding his yeshiva's students to attend. » read more »

I recently saw an episode of “House, M.D.” Entitled “Fidelity.” In this episode, the patient was the wife of a married couple, each of whom was very dedicated to, and clearly in love with, the other. As it happened, the diagnosis of the wife's ailment depended upon whether she or the husband had ever had sex outside of their marriage. In a minor subplot, Wilson, a doctor on the show who was married at the time, had been seen having lunch with a nurse from his department. During the course of the show, three characters—the husband, the wife, and Wilson—were confronted about whether they had committed adultery. In all three cases, the response was a variation of: "Of course, not; I love my wife/husband." This is a typical, almost cliche, response in mainstream American culture. However, the more I considered it, the more I realized that it is wanting. In fact, it encapsulates and reflects a core problem with the institution of marriage in modern America. » read more »

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20 NASB)

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What if your church or your denomination's official publishing house used denominational funds to print, publish and promote a book that extols the joys of rejecting biblical authority. That's right, rejecting the Word of God. This is exactly what many biblically sound Nazarenes are now experiencing.

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"...a review of filings in the Thomson Reuters Westlaw legal database shows foreclosure proceedings against U.S. churches have nearly tripled since December 2007, when the recession began, compared with the previous seven years, which included the dot.com bust and economic downturn." Yep, I've heard of number of stories of local churches getting foreclosed on. » read more »

One church gets a clue, sells its property, and applies the money to real ministry.

FAYETTEVILLE, GA -- A church in Fayetteville is closing its doors but not its hearts. Rolling Hills Baptist Church is challenging traditional ideas and selling the church and using the money to help people. » read more »

Age segregation is practiced in government schools, private schools, and churches. It's wrong, yet believers still participate this worldly idiocy. For example (hat tip Kat):

There are three basic flaws with systematic age-segregation. Number one, it's not found Scripture. You can't go to the Bible and come away with this "young adults," "medium adults," "married" — you can't go to the Scriptures and come away with that kind of segregation as a church model. » read more »

Voddie Baucham on Christian education:

"If we continue to send our children to Caesar for their education, they'll continue to come home as Romans."

Jesus on Christian education:

"A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher." Luke 6:40