Louie Giglio and Inauguration Day Prayer
What happened to Louie is what happens when pastors and Christian leaders become complicit in politics. Politics determines everything. Not one’s theology, not one’s noble efforts to bring down trafficking, not one’s capacity to pray or lead the nation in a prayer for all. Politics determines everything. And the pastor who stands on that platform makes the gospel complicit in that platform’s politics.
So don’t think that just because evil strikes that we are alone. Don’t post on Facebook that this is the fault of our government because they have removed God from our schools because they haven’t. They can’t. He is there. I’ve seen him.
Don’t chalk this up to the fact that the Ten Commandments and prayer have been removed giving a foothold to Satan. There are Christians working in these buildings and when you have Christians in the classrooms, you will always have Bibles in the schools.
Ten Things Church Members Desire in a Pastor
- Love of congregation.
- Effective preaching.
- Strong character.
- Good work ethic.
- Casts a vision.
- Demonstrates healthy leadership.
- Joyous.
- Does not yield to critics.
- Transparent.
- Models evangelism.
3 Signs You Are Not A Kingdom Leader
- Taking Things Too Personally
- Holding Grudges
- Wanting It Too Much
A Tool To Measure Discipleship
I think there are six vital areas that point to a growing disciple:
- Serving in a local church.
- Praying consistently.
- Reading the Bible daily.
- Engaging in biblical community.
- Actively involved in missional outreach.
- Developing other disciples.
Millions of Hindus bathe in Ganges to Cleanse Sins
Over 110 million people are expected to take a dip at the Sangam, the place where three rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — come together at the edge of Allahabad in North India. There are six auspicious bathing days, decided by the alignment of stars, when the Hindu devout bathe to wash away their sins and free themselves from the cycle of death and rebirth.
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa raises national profile with immigration reform
Villaraigosa called for a bill that requires the undocumented to pay back taxes, pass a background check and prove sufficiency in English before receiving citizenship. He wants employers to use an identification system to undercut the under-the-table hiring system used throughout the country today. He said immigration enforcement agents should focus on violent criminals and give those who have not been through the criminal justice system an opportunity to become citizens.
No-Book Library? BiblioTech Is Coming
Library goers will be able to take out books on any of the devices in the library, take out one of the 50 e-readers for a period of time or bring their own e-readers to the library and load books onto their own devices. The library will also be partnering with e-book providers or distributors to provide access to over 10,000 titles. The hope is to add to that collection annually.
Ohio teacher claims discrimination due to her fear of children
Waltherr-Willard apparently spoke to parents about the district’s decision to eliminate face-to-face French courses. Parents spoke out, and the district was not amused that one of its teachers was stirring the pot. Waltherr-Willard claims she was sent to teach at junior high as a kind of punishment for speaking out.
Star Flaws: What The Millennium Falcon Really Saw
According to a new study from physicists at the UK’s University of Leicester, what the Falcon would have seen instead of a field of stretched stars is a rather less exciting big white blur