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If you refuse to identify and call it what it is then you are in danger from suffering its ravages.
Hesham Shehab: Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, July 17, 2022 Holy Trinity Lutheran, Burbank, IL Text: Luke 8:26-19, English Standard Version Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon 26 ThenRead More
Former churches... Fourth St. UMC & Flowing Grace UMC
After 4-year ministry, Aurora Methodist church holds final worship service
AURORA, Ill., June 7, 2022 — After four years of community ministry, Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church held its final worship on Sunday, June 5. Congregants gathered at Cool AcresRead More
Tisby told RNS the allegations that his sermon promoted CRT are “ludicrous.”
Grove City College rejects ‘wokeness,’ CRT in new report
by: Kathryn Post April 25, 2022 (RNS) — Grove City College insists it’s not “going woke.” A new report from the conservative Christian college in Pennsylvania denounced school-sponsored courses andRead More
Graham returns from Ukraine visit.
Franklin Graham writes to Putin, Zelenskyy to ask for a cease-fire during Holy Week
by: Yonat Shimron March31, 2022 (RNS) — Fresh from a two-day visit to Ukraine, the Rev. Franklin Graham said he wrote to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Ukraine PresidentRead More
Update from World Relief
World Relief Welcomes Announcement of Ukrainian Refugee Resettlement and Humanitarian Assistance, Urges Broader Welcome
BALTIMORE – Today, President Biden announced a plan to admit as many as 100,000 Ukrainians to the United States as refugees and through other means. In addition, the United States is committingRead More
“With broken hearts, we are making an earnest plea that you use your voice and profound influence to call for an end to the hostilities and war in Ukraine and intervene...”
US Christian leaders ask Kirill to speak out, ‘reconsider’ comments on Ukraine
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, March 11, 2022 (RNS) — More than 100 U.S. Christian leaders, including the leaders of multiple denominations, sent a letter to the head of the RussianRead More
Faced with declining audiences and a troubled product, baseball — like organized religion — has turned on itself.
‘If you build it they will come’ no longer works for baseball — or organized religion
by: Bob Smietana March 4, 2022 (RNS) — Tom Johnson loves baseball. And he loves the church. Both, said Johnson, a former Minnesota Twins pitcher turned pastor, are in trouble.Read More