A Police Officer’s last act of kindness, caught on tape minutes before being gunned down, changes lives.

Tim Tebow rejects stage appearance with prosperity preachers

Ask anyone who’s gotten rid of stuff they owned or were owned by and they’ll tell you about the freedom they feel.

From World Magazine: Vipool Patel originally created jesuscentral.com in 2000 as a way to teach his Hindu family about Jesus. The site uses passages in the Bible to explain the life, teaching, and impact of Jesus, with the goal of creating a starting point for someone with no religious background to understand who Jesus is. Seven years ago, …

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Legislators in Virginia are working to pass a law that would allow homeschooled students to participate in public school athletic programs, just like Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow did when he was younger. Some are opposing the idea.

Who are the ‘scoffers’ and ‘mockers’ of our day?

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

…when Apollos preached the place was packed. But when Paul came to preach some people slept in. Seats were left vacant. It was hard to find enough volunteers for the nursery on the mornings Paul preached. The apostle’s pulpit presence was simply unimpressive. Closeness to God and measures of generational relevance were tied to the towers of oratory, spectacular influence, and gathered crowds. Why bear with Paul when you could go down the street and hear Apollos? …but what some believers overlooked in Paul at times, Jesus saw clearly.

Be specific when you write songs about God. Avoid cliché. Avoid convenience. Avoid an obsession with the consumer. Avoid the temptation to make commercial success your central goal. Write with intelligence, employing all the craft, skill, and experience with which God has endowed you.

When we leave a time of worship and feel that the Holy Spirit didn’t meet us I believe we should be asking ourselves what was standing in between us and our desperation. What part of me was holding on, holding back, or holding out? What did my worship cost me today?