A Call to Christian Unity

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In John chapter 17 Christ prays for his disciples and the future church that “they would be one as He and the Father are one.” The Apostle Paul often prayed that the church would be “humble and like-minded.” Unity is an important mark of a healthy church, both locally and globally.

Pastor Anthony Carter of East Point Church in East Point, GA, helps us think about this issue.  He has an article in the upcoming December 2009 edition Table Talk Magazine entitled: “Out of Many, One.”

On two previous occasions we have discussed this basic issue, the features are available below:

Click here for my October 2nd conversation with Dr. RC Sproul, Jr. on “The Christian Conscience and Liberty”:

Click here for my September 1st conversation with Dr. Mark Ross on “In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essential Liberty, In All Things Charity”:

 

Study: Abortion and Women’s Mental Health

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The British Journal of Psychiatry recently published the results of a New Zealand study looking at the increased risk for mental health issues after an abortion. Today’s guests looking at this issue include:

Janet Morana, co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and Executive Director of Priests for Life
Dr. Vince Rue, Director of the Institute for Pregnancy and Loss
Amy Sobie, Spokesperson for the Elliot Institute
Paula Talley, Missouri State Leader for Operation Outcry

 

Ministry Focus: Faith Comes By Hearing

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Over the last month, many stations across the Moody Network have been involved in a fund-raising campaign with Wycliffe Bible Translators.  The Last Languages Campaign seeks to introduce the Word of God into the remaining 2400 languages of the world.

Once a translation has been completed there are many ministry partners who come along side Wycliffe to see these translations get into the hearts and minds of a community.  One such ministry partner, Faith Comes By Hearing.  Morgan Jackson is the ministry’s Director.

Click here for a feature I produced on The Last Languages Campaign earlier this summer:

Click here for a feature I produced recently on the need for Oral Scriptures:

 

A Conversation with Tim Hawkins

Tim Hawkins with the Butler kids…

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We’ve all heard the adage: “Laughter is the best medicine” but sometimes events in our lives or in the world around us make it difficult to laugh or experience joy. Recently I had the opportunity to interview Christian comedian Tim Hawkins about faith and keeping a sense of humor in the trials of life…

 

Alien Intrusion

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Science Fiction is one of the most popular entertainment genres. From the 1930’s classic “War of the Worlds” to ABC’s newest TV series “V” our popular culture seems obsessed with aliens and UFOs, even much of modern science seems focused on finding life on other planets.

So why are we so interested in aliens and does the Bible have anything to say about the subject? Gary Bates, CEO of Creation Ministries International and author of Alien Intrusion, takes a look.

For more information about life on other planets, you can follow this link for an article written by Gary Bates answering the question: “Did God Create Life on Other Planets.“

 

Equipping Chuch Members for Personal Ministry

Rev. Phillip Jensen

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In recent years there has been a fundamental shift in many ministries to equipping lay leaders to be more involved in the ministry and outreach of the church.

I recently attended a conference whose focus was to train pastors in the effective training of their members to do just that. One of the speakers was Rev. Phillip Jensen, Dean of Sydney and Senior Minister at the St. Andrews Cathedral in Sydney, Australia. He is also the Director of Ministry Training and Development for the Sydney Diocese.

Matthias Media sponsored the recent conference and has many resources for church training materials.

 

Quiz Show Scandals, 1959

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50 years ago today former game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted before a congressional committee that he had been fed the answers during his successful run on the game show Twenty-One.

This feature takes a look at this television scandal and its implications for today with Steve Beverly, Associate Professor of Communication Arts, Union University.

Mr. Beverly also writes for “The Game Show Fix” website.

 

Reformation Day 2009

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Martin Luther and John Calvin are the two most widely recognized individuals from the reformation, but there are many other forgotten leaders of the reformation that we don’t often hear about. This feature is a conversation looking at a few of these unknown heroes of the reformation. Mr. Greg Quiggle also helps us understand this important time.

The Reformation: A Religious and Historical Sketch is available online from Google books.

 

Citizen’s Participation Act

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All across the country many states have enacted some version of the Citizens Participation Act, a law intended to protect grass-roots advocates and common citizens from the threat of legal action by big business. A recent case in Illinois demonstrates the weaknesses of this poorly written law as it is being flipped on its head and used by big businesses to intimidate a prolife advocacy group.

Tom Brejcha is President and Chief Counsel Thomas More Society, and Eric Scheidler is Executive Director for the Pro-Life Action League.

 

Erasmus

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There has been a lot of attention this year on the reformation, and while there were certainly many different factors which led to it, one of the most significant was a return to studying the scriptures in the original languages. In turn, this revival led to translating the Bible into the common languages across Europe.

Dr. Grant Horner is Associate Professor of English at the Master’s College in Santa Clarita, CA.

Click here for a short article from Christian History Magazine on Erasmus from a few years ago.