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Ministering to Children – 7 suggestions
7 Ways Pastors Can Help Shepherd Children | ChuckLawless.com We who serve as pastors often think about ministering to adults, but we don’t spend enough time thinking about how we can minister to the children in our congregation. Pastors, consider these possibilities: more… This list is addressed to pastors, but are useful for anyone in children’s…
Read MoreWant To Prevent Mass Shootings?
Want To Prevent Mass Shootings? Stop The National Media Coverage This type of situation has become so common it’s almost jarring. Concerts, churches, schools—nothing feels safe anymore. We barely have time to recover from one tragedy when another is thrust to the forefront of national news, each one receiving endless hot takes and ideas. We…
Read MoreOvercoming “Compassion Fatigue”
School Shooting in Florida: ‘It’s Supposed to Be a Safe Place’ – Jim Denison If you’re old enough to remember Columbine, I’m sure you remember the unspeakable shock we all felt. When news broke yesterday of the shooting in Florida, the response was different. Reaction was somehow more muted. It seems that we have grown…
Read MoreWhy the US is moving to Restrict International Adoption
Why the US Thinks Restricting International Adoptions Will Save Them | Christianity Today Last fall, America’s only active accreditor of international adoption agencies quit. The Council on Accreditation (COA) protested that the US State Department was requiring “significant changes” that would likely reduce the already record-low number of intercountry adoptions, put small adoption providers out…
Read MoreFBI failed to follow protocol on tip | TheHill
FBI failed to follow protocol on tip about accused high school shooter The FBI said Friday that it failed to follow “protocols” when it received a tip earlier this year about the teenager accused of killing 17 in a mass shooting at a South Florida high school. more…
Read MoreGetting from ‘Hello’ to ‘I Do’ on a Christian College Campus | Christianity Today
Whether they had a ring by spring, never had a date, or were somewhere in between, alumni of Christian colleges and universities remember their experience of marriage culture on campus. This is likely true whether they graduated recently or as far back as the mid-20th century. Despite massive changes in gender roles, sexuality, and young-adult…
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn from the Top Athletes? | Ed Stetzer
The Olympics Have Begun! What Can We Learn from the Top Athletes? | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer Believers competing at this level recognize that their capabilities are a gift from God to be used for his glory. In Romans 12, Paul instructs believers, because of God’s mercy, to offer our bodies…
Read More“All eyes on Justice Kennedy” – CNNPolitics
Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cake case – CNNPolitics As the Supreme Court wrestled with a clash between religious freedom and LGBT rights on Tuesday, all eyes were on Justice Anthony Kennedy, who might have to reconcile two strands of his jurisprudence. … But when the subject turned to free exercise of religion, Kennedy was…
Read More17 killed in shooting at high school – NBC News
17 killed in shooting at high school in Parkland, Florida, authorities say – NBC News At least 17 people were dead after a 19-year-old former student opened fire at a South Florida high school on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The suspect was identified as Nikolas Cruz, a former student who had been expelled from Marjory…
Read MoreMen Without Conviction, Churches Without People | George Weigel | First Things
Men Without Conviction, Churches Without People | George Weigel | First Things Europe’s wholesale abandonment of its Christian faith is often explained as the inevitable by-product of modern social, economic, and political life. But there is far more to the story of Euro-secularization than that, as three ecclesiastics—a Presbyterian minister and two Italian priests—demonstrated this…
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