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    • John H. Armstrong – Video Commentaries
      • John H. Armstrong: A Prayer for Our Present Crisis (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Will Our Post-Pandemic Future Look Like? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Father Is Lovingkindness (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Nationalism, Patriotism, Wealth and Revival – A Toxic Anti-Christian Brew (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Was Reinhold Niebuhr’s Critique of Evangelicalism Accurate? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: A Prayer for Our Present Crisis (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Will Our Post-Pandemic Future Look Like? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Nationalism, Patriotism, Wealth and Revival – A Toxic Anti-Christian Brew (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Father Is Lovingkindness (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The God of Prodigals (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Seeing the Pandemic as Biblical Pestilence (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Our Present Need for Spiritual Formation (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: “Doctrine Divides, Love Unites . . . Really?” (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: “Don’t Polish Your Piety” (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Dramatic Decline of Evangelicalism in America, Part Three (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Dramatic Decline of Evangelicalism in America, Part Two (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Dramatic Decline of Evangelicalism in America, Part One (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: “Educated” – An Amazing Memoir (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part Four (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part Three (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part Two (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part One (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: True Fellowship in Times of Global Pandemic (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Inescapable Networks of Mutuality (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Is Happening to the Church in These Times? Part Three (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Is Happening to the Church in These Times? Part Two (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Is Happening to the Church in These Times? Part One (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Discipleship Means Living for Others (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Practice of Ecumenical Tithing (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Abba Father (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Can We Be Missional in the “New Normal”? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: God & Covid-19 (video)
    • Hesham Shehab
      • Hesham Shehab: Palm Sunday… Behold the Servant – King
      • Hesham Shehab: Salt and Light
      • Hesham Shehab: WalCamp Presentation – Jan. 7, 2023
      • Hesham Shehab: Epiphany Sunday 2023… Dead to Sin, Alive to God
      • Hesham Shehab: Christmas Sunday 2022… What Are the Reasons for the Incarnation
      • Hesham Shehab: 4th Sunday of Advent… Do Not Fear. God Is with us.
      • Hesham Shehab: 2nd Sunday of Advent… A Sinner or a Brood of a Viper
      • Hesham Shehab: 1st Sunday of Advent… God’s “Dream” Comes True
      • Hesham Shehab: The Cost of Mission
      • Hesham Shehab: The World’s Best Counselor
      • Hesham Shehab: Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
      • Hesham Shehab: Did the Reformation Lack Missionary Zeal?
      • Hesham Shehab: Woman! My Hour Has Not Come Yet
      • Hesham Shehab: Did the Constantinian Roman Empire Divert the Christian Mission?
      • Hesham Shehab: Why the Father Sent His Son?
      • Hesham Shehab: What is Faith?
      • Hesham Shehab: Only Jesus Can Take you to the Safe Shore
      • Hesham Shehab: Because of Jesus, A Mustard Seed of Faith Could Change the World
      • Hesham Shehab: Staying God’s Word, Keeps Us in God’s Holy Name
      • Hesham Shehab: Jesus, Lunatic or Lord!
      • Hesham Shehab: How Do We Understand the Bible’s Message?
      • Hesham Shehab: Why Jesus’ Resurrection Is Most Important?
      • Hesham Shehab: Forsaken
      • Hesham Shehab: Jesus’ Love Drives Us to Serve Others
      • Hesham Shehab: Rest in Jesus’ Hands, He is in Control
      • Hesham Shehab: Christian Identity and Politics… Should We Care?
      • Hesham Shehab: Flattening The Curve Of Racism
      • Hesham Shehab: The Unfinished Task Abroad
      • Hesham Shehab: Christians, Love your Neighbor as yourselves
      • Hesham Shehab: Palestinian-American Congressional Candidate Loses Big in Illinois’ ‘Little Palestine’ District
      • Hesham Shehab: Jerusalem Day: Religious Symbols and Mass Mobilization
      • American Islamists Remain Silent on Armenian Genocide
      • Hesham Shehab: The ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ was destroyed 45 years ago today… What Should Americans Learn?
      • Hesham Shehab: Paul and the Resurrection Testing the Apostolic Testimony – book review
      • Hesham Shehab: Advent message… Salvation Comes to All Who, like Mary, Trust the Word
      • Hesham Shehab: Mission Accomplished, Against the Sin-pandemic
      • Hesham Shehab: Coronavirus, the End Times, and the Advent of the Shiite Messiah
      • Hesham Shehab: Who Is Jesus and Who Are You?
      • Hesham Shehab: Year 2020 Starts on the Wrong Foot!
      • Hesham Shehab: A Christmas Night Message
      • Hesham Shehab: God Breaks into Our Lives
      • Hesham Shehab: Advent 3rd Sunday… How Does a Christian Develop “Spiritual Muscles?”
      • Hesham Shehab: Terror-tied Charity Coordinator Promotes Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theories at Radical Chicago Mosque
      • Hesham Shehab: Islamist Running for Chicago Office
      • Hesham Shehab: Can Islam Transform the West?: The Evidence Considered
      • Hesham Shehab: Islamists Ignore the Armenian Genocide and other Ant-Christian Pogroms
      • Hesham Shehab: The Truth Will Set You Free*
      • Hesham Shehab: Hate Preachers Fundraised for Chicago Islamic Charity with a Dark Past
      • Hesham Shehab: New Chicago Islamist College to Perpetuate Radical Ideologies
      • Hesham Shehab: 18 Years after 9/11, the World Still Suffer Consequences
      • Hesham Shehab: Another Radical Palestinian for U.S. Congress?
      • Shehab opinion… Chicago-based Palestinian Activist: Israel is a Western Dagger Tearing the Middle East
      • Hesham Shehab: Chicago Islamists – Israel, Head of the Snake, Morsi’s Removal Western conspiracy
      • Hesham Shehab: Promoting Hijab Perpetuates Women’s Oppression, Betrays Islamic Feminism
      • Hesham Shehab: Come Holy Spirit (Pentecost Sunday)
      • Opinion: Group Behind Vile Philadelphia ‘Chop Off Their Heads’ Video Is Spreading Anti-Semitism Across the U.S.
      • Opinion: The Church Should Not Take Sides in the Israeli-Arab Conflict
      • Opinion: Fired CNN Contributor Helping Fundraise for Anti-Israel Palestinian Pastor in Chicago
      • Opinion: Why Does Islamists’ Antisemitism Receive a Pass?
      • Opinion: What A Difference Easter Makes!
      • Opinion: Horrific New Zealand Massacre Emboldened Islamists in the West
      • Opinion: U.S. Authorities Should Ban Niqab and Burqa
      • Opinion: Palestinian Islamists Ally with Left against Israel at Fundraiser in Chicago
      • Opinion: Omar’s Anti-Semitic Tweet, Tip of the Iceberg – Tlaib Dancing with Palestinian Flag, Betrayal
      • Opinion: World Hijab Day Promotes, Normalizes Islamism
      • Opinion: Islamism, Biggest Challenge After Cold War
      • Opinion: A New Orland Park Imam Is Spreading Anti-Semitism
      • Opinion: A Long Way before Muslims Believe in Religious Liberty
      • Opinion: Christmas in Iraq Will Never be the Same
      • Opinion: Woe to the Left If It Allies with Islamists!
      • Opinion: Muslims in Chicagoland Should Reject Preachers of Anti-Semitism
      • Opinion: After 30 Years, Hamas Failed to Fulfill Aspirations
      • Opinion: Muslim Communities Face Radicalization Online, in the Mosque
      • Opinion: We Need Islamic Leaders Who Call for Assimilation
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  • Home
  • About
  • John’s Blog
    • Opinion: The “white evangelical” problem, Trump, Nazi, and Jim Wallis
    • Opinion: Graham forces the evangelical church to a crossroad on Sunday
    • Opinion: CNN evacuation… Threats to Free Speech is also a Threat to Religious Speech
    • Sorry for the downtime of XPian News
    • Opinion: Praying for a “Jesus dream” for Turkish President
    • Opinion: Bad idea… Swapping Islamic Cleric for an American Pastor
    • Opinion: My 13 Prayer Requests for the ‘National Day of Prayer’
    • Opinion: “Spiritual Diplomacy” Now Needed to Release American Pastor from Turkey
    • XPian News to Bring Christian News
  • Book Reviews
  • Featured Posts
    • John H. Armstrong – Video Commentaries
      • John H. Armstrong: A Prayer for Our Present Crisis (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Will Our Post-Pandemic Future Look Like? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Father Is Lovingkindness (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Nationalism, Patriotism, Wealth and Revival – A Toxic Anti-Christian Brew (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Was Reinhold Niebuhr’s Critique of Evangelicalism Accurate? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: A Prayer for Our Present Crisis (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Will Our Post-Pandemic Future Look Like? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Nationalism, Patriotism, Wealth and Revival – A Toxic Anti-Christian Brew (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Father Is Lovingkindness (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The God of Prodigals (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Seeing the Pandemic as Biblical Pestilence (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Our Present Need for Spiritual Formation (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: “Doctrine Divides, Love Unites . . . Really?” (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: “Don’t Polish Your Piety” (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Dramatic Decline of Evangelicalism in America, Part Three (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Dramatic Decline of Evangelicalism in America, Part Two (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Dramatic Decline of Evangelicalism in America, Part One (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: “Educated” – An Amazing Memoir (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part Four (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part Three (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part Two (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Do You Hope Your Ministry Will Become? Part One (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: True Fellowship in Times of Global Pandemic (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Inescapable Networks of Mutuality (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Is Happening to the Church in These Times? Part Three (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Is Happening to the Church in These Times? Part Two (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: What Is Happening to the Church in These Times? Part One (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Discipleship Means Living for Others (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: The Practice of Ecumenical Tithing (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Abba Father (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: Can We Be Missional in the “New Normal”? (video)
      • John H. Armstrong: God & Covid-19 (video)
    • Hesham Shehab
      • Hesham Shehab: Palm Sunday… Behold the Servant – King
      • Hesham Shehab: Salt and Light
      • Hesham Shehab: WalCamp Presentation – Jan. 7, 2023
      • Hesham Shehab: Epiphany Sunday 2023… Dead to Sin, Alive to God
      • Hesham Shehab: Christmas Sunday 2022… What Are the Reasons for the Incarnation
      • Hesham Shehab: 4th Sunday of Advent… Do Not Fear. God Is with us.
      • Hesham Shehab: 2nd Sunday of Advent… A Sinner or a Brood of a Viper
      • Hesham Shehab: 1st Sunday of Advent… God’s “Dream” Comes True
      • Hesham Shehab: The Cost of Mission
      • Hesham Shehab: The World’s Best Counselor
      • Hesham Shehab: Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
      • Hesham Shehab: Did the Reformation Lack Missionary Zeal?
      • Hesham Shehab: Woman! My Hour Has Not Come Yet
      • Hesham Shehab: Did the Constantinian Roman Empire Divert the Christian Mission?
      • Hesham Shehab: Why the Father Sent His Son?
      • Hesham Shehab: What is Faith?
      • Hesham Shehab: Only Jesus Can Take you to the Safe Shore
      • Hesham Shehab: Because of Jesus, A Mustard Seed of Faith Could Change the World
      • Hesham Shehab: Staying God’s Word, Keeps Us in God’s Holy Name
      • Hesham Shehab: Jesus, Lunatic or Lord!
      • Hesham Shehab: How Do We Understand the Bible’s Message?
      • Hesham Shehab: Why Jesus’ Resurrection Is Most Important?
      • Hesham Shehab: Forsaken
      • Hesham Shehab: Jesus’ Love Drives Us to Serve Others
      • Hesham Shehab: Rest in Jesus’ Hands, He is in Control
      • Hesham Shehab: Christian Identity and Politics… Should We Care?
      • Hesham Shehab: Flattening The Curve Of Racism
      • Hesham Shehab: The Unfinished Task Abroad
      • Hesham Shehab: Christians, Love your Neighbor as yourselves
      • Hesham Shehab: Palestinian-American Congressional Candidate Loses Big in Illinois’ ‘Little Palestine’ District
      • Hesham Shehab: Jerusalem Day: Religious Symbols and Mass Mobilization
      • American Islamists Remain Silent on Armenian Genocide
      • Hesham Shehab: The ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ was destroyed 45 years ago today… What Should Americans Learn?
      • Hesham Shehab: Paul and the Resurrection Testing the Apostolic Testimony – book review
      • Hesham Shehab: Advent message… Salvation Comes to All Who, like Mary, Trust the Word
      • Hesham Shehab: Mission Accomplished, Against the Sin-pandemic
      • Hesham Shehab: Coronavirus, the End Times, and the Advent of the Shiite Messiah
      • Hesham Shehab: Who Is Jesus and Who Are You?
      • Hesham Shehab: Year 2020 Starts on the Wrong Foot!
      • Hesham Shehab: A Christmas Night Message
      • Hesham Shehab: God Breaks into Our Lives
      • Hesham Shehab: Advent 3rd Sunday… How Does a Christian Develop “Spiritual Muscles?”
      • Hesham Shehab: Terror-tied Charity Coordinator Promotes Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theories at Radical Chicago Mosque
      • Hesham Shehab: Islamist Running for Chicago Office
      • Hesham Shehab: Can Islam Transform the West?: The Evidence Considered
      • Hesham Shehab: Islamists Ignore the Armenian Genocide and other Ant-Christian Pogroms
      • Hesham Shehab: The Truth Will Set You Free*
      • Hesham Shehab: Hate Preachers Fundraised for Chicago Islamic Charity with a Dark Past
      • Hesham Shehab: New Chicago Islamist College to Perpetuate Radical Ideologies
      • Hesham Shehab: 18 Years after 9/11, the World Still Suffer Consequences
      • Hesham Shehab: Another Radical Palestinian for U.S. Congress?
      • Shehab opinion… Chicago-based Palestinian Activist: Israel is a Western Dagger Tearing the Middle East
      • Hesham Shehab: Chicago Islamists – Israel, Head of the Snake, Morsi’s Removal Western conspiracy
      • Hesham Shehab: Promoting Hijab Perpetuates Women’s Oppression, Betrays Islamic Feminism
      • Hesham Shehab: Come Holy Spirit (Pentecost Sunday)
      • Opinion: Group Behind Vile Philadelphia ‘Chop Off Their Heads’ Video Is Spreading Anti-Semitism Across the U.S.
      • Opinion: The Church Should Not Take Sides in the Israeli-Arab Conflict
      • Opinion: Fired CNN Contributor Helping Fundraise for Anti-Israel Palestinian Pastor in Chicago
      • Opinion: Why Does Islamists’ Antisemitism Receive a Pass?
      • Opinion: What A Difference Easter Makes!
      • Opinion: Horrific New Zealand Massacre Emboldened Islamists in the West
      • Opinion: U.S. Authorities Should Ban Niqab and Burqa
      • Opinion: Palestinian Islamists Ally with Left against Israel at Fundraiser in Chicago
      • Opinion: Omar’s Anti-Semitic Tweet, Tip of the Iceberg – Tlaib Dancing with Palestinian Flag, Betrayal
      • Opinion: World Hijab Day Promotes, Normalizes Islamism
      • Opinion: Islamism, Biggest Challenge After Cold War
      • Opinion: A New Orland Park Imam Is Spreading Anti-Semitism
      • Opinion: A Long Way before Muslims Believe in Religious Liberty
      • Opinion: Christmas in Iraq Will Never be the Same
      • Opinion: Woe to the Left If It Allies with Islamists!
      • Opinion: Muslims in Chicagoland Should Reject Preachers of Anti-Semitism
      • Opinion: After 30 Years, Hamas Failed to Fulfill Aspirations
      • Opinion: Muslim Communities Face Radicalization Online, in the Mosque
      • Opinion: We Need Islamic Leaders Who Call for Assimilation
      • Opinion: Most Palestinian Peace Propaganda is Double Talk – Criticism of Israel May Conceal Anti-Antisemitism
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Breaking News:
  • Kane County rejects proclamation supporting those who shun COVID-19 vaccine
  • Hesham Shehab: Ascension 2023… Jesus Prays for Us
  • After 163 years in ministry, Aurora Advent Christian Church holds farewell worship service
  • Coming, Wednesday (April 19), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church
  • Hesham Shehab: Special Easter 2023 Message… Jesus Christ, “My God and My Lord”
  • Hesham Shehab: Palm Sunday… Behold the Servant – King
  • Easter Sunrise Service on April 9
  • Hesham Shehab: Salt and Light
  • Coming, tomorrow Wednesday (Jan. 18), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church
  • Hesham Shehab: WalCamp Presentation – Jan. 7, 2023
  • Kane County rejects proclamation supporting those who shun COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Hesham Shehab: Ascension 2023… Jesus Prays for Us

    Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, May 21, 2023 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Burbank, IL Text: John 17:1-11 JesusRead More

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  • After 163 years in ministry, Aurora Advent Christian Church holds farewell worship service

    AURORA, Ill., April 3, 2023 — With tears, hugs and bittersweet memories, Aurora Advent Christian Church held its final worshipRead More

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  • Coming, Wednesday (April 19), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

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  • Hesham Shehab: Special Easter 2023 Message… Jesus Christ, “My God and My Lord”

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  • Hesham Shehab: Palm Sunday… Behold the Servant – King

    Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, April 2, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: John 12:Read More

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  • Hesham Shehab: Salt and Light

    Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, February 5, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Matthew 5:13-20Read More

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Kane County rejects proclamation supporting those who shun COVID-19 vaccine

By James Fuller – Daily Herald Media Group November 23, 2023 Saying it would send the wrong message, Kane County Board members shunned a proclamation this week supporting residents who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Link to full Kane County Chronicle article

Ascension 2023

Hesham Shehab: Ascension 2023… Jesus Prays for Us

Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, May 21, 2023 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Burbank, IL Text: John 17:1-11 Jesus Prays for Us Christ has risen. He has risen indeed.
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West Aurora church merges

After 163 years in ministry, Aurora Advent Christian Church holds farewell worship service

Pastor Matt Mull
AURORA, Ill., April 3, 2023 — With tears, hugs and bittersweet memories, Aurora Advent Christian Church held its final worship service on Sunday, April 2, after 163 years of ministry.
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Mobile pantry coming Wednesday!

Coming, Wednesday (April 19), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., April 17, 2023 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., April 19, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of
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Easter 2023 Message for XPian News

Hesham Shehab: Special Easter 2023 Message… Jesus Christ, “My God and My Lord”

Easter
Editor is sorry for his delay in this posting. Jesus Christ, “My God and My Lord” The grace, mercy, and peace of Christ Jesus rest upon each and every one
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Palm Sunday 2023

Hesham Shehab: Palm Sunday… Behold the Servant – King

Palm Sunday
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, April 2, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: John 12: 20- 43 Behold the Servant – King Grace, mercy, and
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Starting Out Your Easter Sunday!!

Easter Sunrise Service on April 9

Two crosses

We salt and light the world because we’re His disciples.

Hesham Shehab: Salt and Light

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, February 5, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Matthew 5:13-20 Salt and Light Grace to you and peace from God
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Mobile pantry coming tomorrow, Wednesday!

Coming, tomorrow Wednesday (Jan. 18), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Jan. 17, 2023 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Jan. 18, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of
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Jesus as the

Hesham Shehab: WalCamp Presentation – Jan. 7, 2023

In the Old Testament, God revealed His name to Moses: “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me
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A timely video commentary.

John H. Armstrong: Was Reinhold Niebuhr’s Critique of Evangelicalism Accurate? (video)

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CAROL STREAM, Ill., November 30, 2020  Learn more about John H. Armstrong at XPian News… https://xpian.news/page/2/?s=armstrong&submit=Search… Visit John’s ministry… https://johnharmstrong.com/

Epiphany Sunday

Hesham Shehab: Epiphany Sunday 2023… Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, January 8, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Romans 6: 1-11 Dead to Sin, Alive to God Grace to you
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Dr. Vin Gupta addresses a critical community health need.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) save lives.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) save lives. Every single community center, gym, recreational facility, soccer field, restaurant should have a functioning one easily accessible and staff trained to use them. https://t.co/dGnoxPQAMC
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Christmas Sunday

Hesham Shehab: Christmas Sunday 2022… What Are the Reasons for the Incarnation

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, December 25, 2022 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Texts: Old Testament Micah 5:1-4; Gospel Luke 2 What Are the Reasons for
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Fourth Sunday in Advent

Hesham Shehab: 4th Sunday of Advent… Do Not Fear. God Is with us.

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, December 18, 2022 Resurrection Lutheran Church, Crown Point, IN Text: Matthew 1:18–25 Do Not Fear. God Is with us. An American writer once
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Second Sunday in Advent

Hesham Shehab: 2nd Sunday of Advent… A Sinner or a Brood of a Viper

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, December 4, 2022 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and
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First Sunday in Advent

Hesham Shehab: 1st Sunday of Advent… God’s “Dream” Comes True

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, November 27, 2022 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Isaiah 2:1-5 Yes, today marks the first Sunday of a new church
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Mobile pantry coming this Wednesday!

Coming, Wednesday (Nov. 16), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Nov. 14, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Nov. 16, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of
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Till is a must-see movie that will hopefully bend our country’s moral arc closer to a more just society.

‘Till’ is a mandatory movie for our times

Movie Till
AURORA, Ill. – I went to school for sixteen years and was never taught about Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old black youth whose brutal murder by white supremacists in 1955 added
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The Holy Spirit is God.

Hesham Shehab: The World’s Best Counselor

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, October 23, 2022 Resurrection Lutheran Church, Crown Point, IN Text: Gospel of St. John, Chapter 14 The World’s Best Counselor Jesus said: 15
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Mobile pantry coming TODAY!

Today, Wednesday (Oct. 19), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 19 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Oct. 19, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of
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Yes, every time somebody sees God for who he is, they lose their consumer mentality.

Hesham Shehab: The Cost of Mission

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, July 10, 2022 Peace Lutheran, Lombard, IL Text: Genesis 12:1-4 The Cost of Mission Grace to you and Peace from God our Father
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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

Hesham Shehab
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 Then
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Mobile pantry coming TODAY!

Today, Wednesday (July 20), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., July 20, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., July 20, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of
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Mobile pantry coming Wednesday!

Wednesday (June 15), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., June 11, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., June 15, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of
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Former churches... Fourth St. UMC & Flowing Grace UMC

After 4-year ministry, Aurora Methodist church holds final worship service

Final communion at Flowing Forth UMC
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 Acres
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Check to health department

Kendall PADS closes for good, transfers funds to health department

PADS
After several years of providing meals, shelter, and social services to the area’s unhoused community, Kendall County PADS has decided to dissolve the nonprofit homeless support organization. Citing concerns over
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National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 219 (Aurora)

Results of “Stamp Out Hunger” in Aurora

"Stamp Out Hunger" 2022 in Aurora
AURORA, Ill. — The 2022 edition (two year absence because of COVID-19) of “Stamp Out Hunger” took place in Aurora on May 14, 2022. The National Association of Letter Carriers,
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Food drive coming this Saturday to Aurora & the Fox Valley

Letter Carriers 30th Food Drive Will Help Feed Needy Families in All 50 States; Aurora & Fox Valley

Letter carriers Stamp Out Hunger
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its annual national food drive on Saturday, May 14. NALC’s food drive, which was first held in 1983,
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“First Share” of STEM supplies 

Closing: Aurora’s SciTech Hands-On Museum Announces Future Plans; “Last Look” on June 3

SciTech
AURORA, Ill., May 4, 2022 — SciTech Hands-On Museum (SciTech), an award-winning hands-on STEM  museum dedicated to inspiring learning through creative, interactive and educational activities and programming announced today the
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Sons of Norway meeting at St. Olaf Church, Montgomery

At remembrance service, Fox Valley Norwegian-Americans honor deceased brothers, sister

Norwegian-Americans remember
MONTGOMERY, Ill., May 2, 2022 — Fox Valley Norwegian-Americans celebrated deceased brothers and sisters at a service of remembrance Sunday, May 1. Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 held
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Aurora food pantry to debut Veterans Victory Garden

AURORA, Ill., April 23, 2022 — Aurora’s Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry will unveil a VeteransRead More

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  • Aurora Lions Club raises $1,343 for Ukrainian refugees; serve record 600 breakfasts at fundraiser 

  • Wednesday (April 20), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

  • Giving back: 100 Aurora University students perform community-service projects

  • Aurora Lions to collect donations for Ukrainian refugees; to match up to $500 

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Randall Balmer & new book

Randall Balmer on why racism, not abortion, birthed the religious right

by: Yonat Shimron Sept. 22, 2021 (RNS) — White evangelicals have long held that theRead More

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  • Aurora U. prof, B. Kooi, pens ‘Seven Highly Effective Police Leaders: 1895-Modern Times’

  • The beloved church coffee hour may soon return as COVID-19 fades

  • Aurora literacy center students chronicled in new book

  • New book explores how Desmond Tutu’s Christian mysticism helped unite a nation

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Wednesday (March 16), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

AURORA, Ill., March 13, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offeredRead More

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  • AP: Pope denounces fake news about COVID, vaccines, urges truth

  • As COVID continues, church-run food pantries, ministries adapt and expand

  • Biden: Pope called me a ‘good Catholic,’ said to ‘keep receiving Communion’

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Hesham Shehab: Why the Father Sent His Son?

Sermon presented by Rev. Hesham Shehab on The John Ross Show (https://facebook.com/xpiannews) on Dec. 24,Read More

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  • Naperville native, former missionary, leading Fox Valley Methodist pastor dies

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Grove City College rejects ‘wokeness,’ CRT in new report

by: Kathryn Post April 25, 2022 (RNS) — Grove City College insists it’s not “goingRead More

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  • Hesham Shehab: Did the Constantinian Roman Empire Divert the Christian Mission?

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  • This Friday… Aurora food pantry, university to partner in Trunk or Treat

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Christian leaders meet with White House to advocate for social programs, voting rights

by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 (RNS) — Faith leaders representing a broad spectrumRead More

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  • Faith-based refugee resettlement groups describe what it will take to rebuild program after Trump cuts

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Opinion: Gov. DeSantis, Let My Ministry Serve Migrant Kids

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Terrence Howard

Actor Terrence Howard gets high marks at Judson University’s World Leaders Forum in Elgin

By Tom Siebert ELGIN, Ill., July 10, 2021 — Terrence Howard has a star onRead More

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COVID-19 at Church Guidelines

CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally

CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally CORBEVAX uses recombinantRead More

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  • Free healthcare clinic in Aurora is seeking volunteers to continue making mission possible

  • Free healthcare clinic in Aurora is seeking volunteers to continue making mission possible

  • Aurora mobile food pantry to visit senior, low-income, supportive living facilities… pop-ups coming

  • Francis Collins ‘a bit’ frustrated with evangelicals amid COVID-19 vaccine push

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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 theRead More

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  • How one Chicago church is stepping up to help Afghan evacuees

  • Faith-based agencies celebrate ‘return to moral leadership’ as Biden raises refugee ceiling to 125,00

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  • World Relief Grieves the Loss of Life at Kabul Airport and Urges Biden Administration to Ensure Continued Safe Evacuation of Vulnerable Afghans, U.S. Citizens and Green Card Holders

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World Council of Churches thinking of the refugees.

World Council of Churches urges Patriarch Kirill to lobby for Easter cease-fire

by: Jack Jenkins April 19, 2022 (RNS) — The head of the World Council ofRead More

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  • Franklin Graham writes to Putin, Zelenskyy to ask for a cease-fire during Holy Week

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The Roman Road from Insurrection – Russell Moore

This week we watched an insurrection of domestic terrorists, incited and fomented by the PresidentRead More

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  • Christianity Today… Stung Like a Bee

  • Russian news agency pushed video of Portland protestors burning a Bible: report – The Hill

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  • Pro ALL Life: Why I Protest and Encourage You to Do So Too – Christianity Today Opinion

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Baseball Lockout

‘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 lovesRead More

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  • Survey: Americans think bad things just happen; God is not responsible

  • Amid COVID-19, most churches provide hybrid worship, half stopped picnics

  • Franklin Graham undergoes heart surgery, expects full recovery

  • NO Facebook Live show today!

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Storming of U.S. Capitol

Jim Wallis: Reconciliation needs truth

by: Paul O’Donnell (Jim Wallis) Jan. 29, 2021 (RNS) — “You will know the truthRead More

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Ex-Geneva athlete goes to Tokyo Olympics

GENEVA, Ill., July 23, 2021–A U.S.A. competitor in the Tokyo Olympic triathlon will be aRead More

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  • Ben Zobrist, World Series hero for the Cubs, sues former pastor for alleged affair with his wife

  • Black Sox Scandal: Local community leaders ‘reinstate’ Buck Weaver to baseball… 

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