A few months ago, the Dacusville Church of God in Pickens County, South Carolina hosted a School of Prayer. Pastor Chad Albertson sent a note about the impact of the conference, “Since the prayer conference there has been a greater awareness of God’s presence in our services and in the lives of our people. Former…
DetailsOn Sunday, February 10, one month before the School of Prayer with Project Pray was to begin, a series of wildfires broke out across the upstate of South Carolina. Six were within Pickens County. They were rapidly spreading with wind gust of almost tornado proportions. About 4:00 p.m. members began to gather at the church…
DetailsThe 2000 U.S. Census reported 30 million Americans, or 10.8 percent of the population, claim Irish ancestry. That may be one reason that St. Patrick’s Day is a big deal in the US. But, the day surely “ain’t” what it used to be – and it probably would shock the good saint himself to see…
Details“Christ, the Lord, is risen today!” – so every litany declares on Easter Morning. His resurrection is fresh, not merely historical. It transcends time and space. It has a quantum dimension to it. What happened “there” can happen “here.” What happened “then” can happen “now.” It is not merely the ressurection of Christ that is…
DetailsSamuel and Mona Estefanos are Egyptians. On September 11, 2001, they found themselves in shock as the events of the day unfolded. The tragedy became a personal matter to both of them. Samuel recalls, “I started praying day and night, until on January 11th, 2002, God spoke to my heart and said, ‘You have to…
DetailsWhy is there such a high level of distrust between conservative Christians and the public school movement, particularly the National Education Association (NEA)? Public education should serve the public – all the public. But it has increasingly drifted to the left. It seems committed to its entrenchment more as a socialization institution for leftist causes…
DetailsPastor Jerry Madden, who leads Praise Cathedral in Greer, SC has a Barnyard Ministry, more correctly, a Barnyard Flea Market ministry. No small church, a thousand or more worshippers crowd into the impressive gathering every Sunday. Great singing. Terrific preaching. Good people. Wonderful fellowship. He sent me a report of a recent Saturday in which…
DetailsARE YOU RICH? A new survey of affluent U.S. households has defined what it means to be rich. 22% said it means $1 million or more in assets, 45% placed the figure at $5 million, and 25% put the marker at $25 million. The remaining 8% said it takes at least $100 million in assets…
DetailsCanadian Catholic author Michael O’Brien has written recently on the “moral anarchy” facing Western nations and the general inability of society to see it, a blindness that extends even to those who embrace morality. Plato referred to states in which an excess of freedoms severed from responsibility had degenerated into open anarchy. That in turn…
DetailsThe Olympics are headed to China. And Christians are hoping to use the occasion as a platform to touch the lives of the Chinese for Christ. Apparently, as a means of conditioning the Christian church in China in the face of such potential empowerment, the Chinese government is persecuting house churches and banishing foreign Christians…
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