Christian universities put on ‘shame list’
“Some voices are calling for Christian schools to be expelled from the NCAA, and others are calling for Pell Grants to be denied to students who attend our universities,” said Bruce McLarty, president of 6,000-student Harding University in Searcy, Ark. “These attacks seem to be coming from every direction these days.”
What the Tower of Babel Can Teach Us about Our Desire for True Gospel Witness
- Racial and ethnic diversity is increasingly dramatically.
- Diversity is suburbanizing.
- The majority of children born in the U.S. are non-white.
- Integration is not keeping pace with diversification.
How Fast Does a Christian Grow?
Our growth is much more like a tree than a bubbling science experiment. If you take measurements of a tree over several days or weeks, you’ll be disappointed. When you don’t see growth, you might doubt the tree is alive.
But if you measure a healthy tree from one year to the next, you’ll see what God is doing.
- Limits exist for a reason
- God is still present, even when he feels absent
- Your unresolved past will sink your future
- Grieve your losses
- If God wants to go deep, it’s because he wants to take you far
- Your heart will heal and you will trust again
- Your emotions eventually catch up to your obedience
- Managing your energy is more important than managing your time
- Sleep is a leader’s secret weapon
- Your best days may actually be ahead of you, not behind you
Many men have learned that the safest place to take one’s pain is within. While withdrawing may be one’s default for dealing with pain, it is not conducive to connecting with another. In fact, to family members and friends it can feel like the person has “gone away.”
We can clearly look at our sweetheart and focus on the many joys they bring to our life. And each time our mind flips a middle finger at the lovely, full, shining truth of the now and zips off to soulmate land, we can practice letting go of the fantasy person and, instead, simply choose to love the one we are with.
Work begins to try to save Christianity’s holiest shrine: Jesus’ tomb
And at the heart of the heart of the edifice, in the center of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, they will lift the slab where millions of pilgrims have knelt and prayed, where the salt of tears and the wet of sweat have smoothed and worried the hardest stone.
And for the first time in more than 200 years, they will look inside.
‘Angels’ Singing ‘Amazing Grace’ Blocked Westboro Protestors from Accessing the Orlando Funerals
A line of “angels” blocked protestors from the controversial Westboro Baptist Church from interrupting the funerals of victims of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre. The line of people wearing large, homemade angel wings were part of a collection of nearly 200 people who turned out to form a human chain to prevent the protestors from disrupting the processions.
Florida boy asks to pray with police officers after eating breakfast
Before leaving the restaurant, Garza says her son approached the officers, who had just gotten their meals, and asked if they could all pray together for their safety.
As they prayed, Garza snapped a photo of Joshua sitting at the table holding hands with the police officers, all bowing their heads in prayer. Garza says her son finished the prayer with, “And please help us all to live a good life. Amen.”