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In Argentina, bars have been allowed to reopen while churches are still limited to just 10 people. One Argentine pastor decided he would turn his church, The Comunidad Redentor evangelical church in San Lorenzo into a bar. Pastors will carry around trays with Bibles to replicate the actions of waiters.…

It is true that many churches, striving to get more people to come to their church in an increasingly secular culture, will try various innovative means to get people in the door. Well, Rochester Cathedral, in Kent, England, took it to the limit by installing a mini-golf course in their sanctuary for…

Amazon is always searching for better and faster ways to deliver products to customers. Never satisfied with the status quo, Amazon has tried several alternatives to UPS and FedEx. The company has asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to deliver packages via aerial drones. Now in San…

the philosophy of the master martial artist, Bruce Lee, is being revealed to James Franciscus in, The Way of the Intercepting Fist, one of the episodes of the TV series, Longstreet. Bruce tells James that he should become like "water," forming to the very essence of his opponent's character and skills,…

America’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, is considering changing its name create more opportunities to reach people with the Gospel message. The organization created a presidential task force to consider the issue and found feelings run deep on both sides of the issue.…

Each year a private college in Beloit, Wisconsin releases a snapshot of the mindset of that year’s entering freshman class. The Beliot College Mindset List is designed to help professors develop lesson plans that are more meaningful to students and open doors to greater understanding. In the Fall of…

INFLUENCE While some viewers felt the advertisement featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam that ran during Super Bowl XLIV got lost in the shuffle during the broadcast, Focus on the Family says the ad achieved some positive results. In USA Today’s Ad Meter poll taken the day after…

Once a month, a group of dedicated professionals ventures into their community to serve those less fortunate than themselves. They're not carrying hammers and nails to build a house, or ladles and pots to work in a soup kitchen. Rather, they're armed with blow-dryers, scissors, and nail polish. Oh yes,…

OUTREACH A church in Australia has to take reservations for their Sunday morning worship services because so many people want to attend each week. Churchgoers on the Gold Coast of Australia enjoy a unique worship experience when they board The Church on the Water. Every Sunday morning the sea going chapel…

POSTMODERNISM In his book, The End of the World…As We Know It, Chuck Smith, Jr. gives as good a definition of postmodernism as I’ve read, “Postmodernity is what comes after we all stop thinking like engineers (i.e., rationalism).” Smith writes. “Postmodernity is not irrational; it simply does not believe…

MARKETPLACE EVANGELISM A new music-and-worship tour is making its way across the country. Though the tour features Michael W. Smith, Third Day, and minister/author Max Lucado, it is getting mixed reviews. The concern is not over the artists or personalities involved, rather it centers on the fact that…

MISSION In his book, “An Unstoppable Force,” Erwin McManus writes, "The gospel flows best through the establishing of significant relationships that are authentic and healthy. When relationships become stagnant and the community of Christ closes itself to the outside world, the result is an institution…

IMAGE A middle-aged rock group in Britain was able to score their first musical hit in 15 years by performing an artificial facelift on themselves. The group known as The Alarm, gave themselves the pseudonym The Poppyfields and hired a group of teenagers to take their roles in a new music video. While…

CONTEXTUALIZATION Chinese authorities were surprised to find that a machine designed to scare birds away from the Beijing airport did not work because the local birds did not speak the right language. The device known as a "scream machine" was imported from the United States and produced the recorded…

Changing Culture- Tim Keller Some seem to have risen to the challenge of effective ministry in a changing culture. Who can we learn from? I am actually a bit reluctant to lift anyone up high as a shining example—including Redeemer Presbyterian. Let me put it like this: John Stott at All Souls Church…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

SECTION OUTLINE FOURTEEN (ROMANS 14) Paul discusses the believer’s responsibilities toward those Christians who are weak in the faith. I. No Believer Should Be Judged by Another Believer Down Here (14:1–8). A. We are not to criticize others’ legalism (14:1–8). 1. The rules (14:1–6) a. Don’t judge in…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…