Mystery Shoppers Rate Church Size
All church sizes scored well on welcoming guests upon their arrival, though the smaller the church, the better the greeting. The same held true for pre- and post-service atmosphere and friendliness: the smaller the church, the more welcoming the atmosphere.
Comfort for Christian Parents of Unconverted Children
All Christian parents wish that God would show us something to do to secure our child’s salvation, and then “we’ll do it with all our might” because we love our child so much. Yet, God has not made salvation the effect of somebody else’s faith; our son or daughter must come to Christ on his or her own. John shows us that all Christians are born into God’s family “not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, [that is, somebody else’s will] but of God.” (John 1:13)
The “Evangelicals” Who Are Not Evangelicals
For the past 20 or 30 years, [“evangelical”] has designated nearly any Christian believer, Protestant or Catholic, who feels strongly about his or her faith. Which is to say that it’s not a very helpful word. Indeed, many evangelicals, or rather people who might otherwise be known as evangelicals, have long since disavowed the term.
World cities, home to most people, to add 2.5 billion more by 2050: U.N.
More than half of the world’s seven billion people live in urban areas, with the top “mega cities” – with more than 10 million inhabitants – being Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, according to a United Nations report on Thursday.
That proportion is expected to jump, so that more than six billion people will be city dwellers by 2045, the U.N.’s World Urbanization Prospects report said.
21 Things You Didn’t Know Your iPhone Could Do
Your iPhone can do all sorts of magical things that you probably aren’t aware of. Here’s a list of some of the iPhone’s coolest hidden features.
Author of Guide to Surviving Pamplona Unfazed After Being Gored by Bull
British matador Alexander Fiske-Harrison, a friend who edited the book, said Hillmann was using a rolled-up newspaper to try to lure the lone bull away from others in the crowd, something expert runners do.
“He took it on and that’s when it gored him,” Fiske-Harrison said in a phone interview from Pamplona.
Hillmann has had close calls before. He writes in the book that he was nearly killed one year when he slipped in front of a bull.
14,000 draft notices sent to men born in 1800s
The glitch, it turns out, originated with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation during a transfer of nearly 400,000 records to the Selective Service. A clerk working with the state’s database failed to select the century, producing records for males born between 1993 and 1997 — and for those born a century earlier, PennDOT spokeswoman Jan McKnight said Thursday.