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few months ago, we laid Steve Hill's earthly tent to rest. It is fitting that his burial plot is near David Wilkerson and Leonard Ravenhill. These three men ran so closely together and were used so mightily in the past century. All three finished well! Steve was privileged to be part of two incredible moves of God in Argentina and Pensacola, but he always contended that the greatest move of God yet was before us, not behind us. Now his leg of the race is over. He has joined that crowd of witnesses and will see the next revival from heaven’s vantage point. This next leg of the race is ours. As I run, I am more stirred for revival now more than ever. I am believing for one more great outpouring of His Spirit in these last days. I trust I’m not alone. Some might say, "We don't need revival," or, "God will not bless America with another move of God while we continue our slide further and further away from Him.” (Trust me, I get the emails.) Friend, this is precisely why we need revival!
www.OzarksChristianVoice.com complacent sinner who was quite comfortable going to church for my religious experience on Sunday while I did as I pleased starting Monday. After graduating from high school in 1994, I made up my mind: I was done with church and through with God. I was on my way out of the church, just as the Spirit of the Lord was coming into the church. In March of 1996, I stopped running from God and ran to Him. I walked down to the altar of a church and finally surrendered. It was my Damascus Road experience. God finally got my attention. He spoke, I listened, and I've never been the same since! For the past 18 years, I've devoted my life to preaching the gospel—that's revival! Let me define it further.
Revival Is Rebirth The surest sign that revival is in your midst is the salvation of lost souls. It was revival when 3,000 were saved on the Day of Pentecost. It was revival when hundreds of thousands were saved during the First and Second Great Awakenings. It was revival when 150,000 walked down the aisles of Brownsville Assembly. Any time lost sons and daughters call on the name of the Lord and are reborn, that's revival!
Revival Is a Return
When wayward saints Revival is not God’s award for begin to abandon their our righteousness. It's His religious ways and return to answer for our true relationship with the unrighteousness! Lord, that's revival! I understand there are a lot of different thoughts on revival. Like so many words we use in Christianity, revival carries different definitions for different people. Some see it as a series of special meetings in a church. Others think it is an emotional outbreak devoid of true spirituality. Some have messaged me to inform me that the word revival is not in the Bible or that we shouldn’t seek it but rather seek God. We use the same word but mean different things. For me, revival means something special. Before revival touched my life, I was a backslidden, lukewarm, apathetic,
Religion has always been man’s attempt to come close to God, but revival is God coming close to man. Many have experienced the joy of salvation that comes with rebirth. Unfortunately, over time many allow that joy to fade. Often what begins in the spirit ends in the flesh. We don’t pray like we used to. We don’t share our faith like we used to. We don’t grieve over sin like we used to. We start to lean upon ourselves and no longer lean upon our Savior. Thankfully, the Lord keeps the doors open for those trapped in the prison of
religion to step out and return to Him.
Revival Is Repentance Without repentance, there can be no revival. Today many attempt to cheapen and redefine the meaning of repentance. They contend it has no place in the life of the believer except to simply change one's mind. Friend, Jesus began His ministry with one message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” In His last address to the seven churches in Revelation, seven times He says, “Repent!” Let us not minor on something Jesus majored on! After commending the church at Ephesus for all the good things they were doing, Jesus rebukes them by saying, “I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first” (Rev. 2:4-5, NIV). He didn't say, "I need you to change your mind about your ways." He said, "I want you to change your ways! Come back to Me. Fall in love with Me once again." I assure you that revival entered the church at Ephesus the moment they heard His words and repented of their ways. If you are away from God or have sin in your life, I urge you to take heed of these grace-filled words. Repent! Turn away from your sin, and turn toward your Savior. When you do, that's revival!
Revival Is Refreshing I 'm writing this while I'm looking out the window at the fresh blossoms on the trees in my front yard. Spring is in the air. It's a welcome and refreshing sight after a long, cold winter. Everyone in my neighborhood seems to be happier now than they were a few weeks ago. Why? New life is refreshing. Peter called out to a crowd of onlookers in Acts 3:19, “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” When we find ourselves stuck in the sickness of our sins or robbed of life from our religious ways, we can turn back to God and take a drink from the fount that never runs out. That's revival! Like spring, refreshing comes with excitement and exuberance. Yes, people get emotional. I, for one, do not know how one can be inwardly refreshed without it being outwardly expressed. I
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Revival Is Restoration When families and relationships are restored, that's revival. When your identity in Christ is restored, that's revival. When things that have been lost or stolen are restored, that's revival. Jesus said that He came to seek and save that which was lost. He wasn’t just speaking about saving you from the fires of hell, but to the restoration as sons and daughters of God. For Jesus, the focus is not on where I come from but on where I'm going. He pulled you from the fire to set you on fire!
Revival Is Reformation True revival cannot be contained. Revival fills up the saints and spills out into the streets. It finds sinners in the highways and byways. It affects the atmosphere of communities and cultures. True revival brings reformation. That’s revival! A series of meetings in your church will do little to transform your city. But let the fires of true revival enter into your church house, and it won’t be long before it touches every house. Revival may start within an individual or church, but like a spark to a dry field, that fire cannot be contained; otherwise, it will not be sustained. God’s purpose for revival is the forgiveness of our sins and the healing of our land. Currently our sins are plenty, and they stand before us. Our land is sick and in need of healing. The answer is not going to be found in a person or a place but in a position. God gave His people a pattern for finding that position in 2 Chronicles 7:14. He said, "Humble yourself, pray, seek My face, and repent of your own wicked ways." I’ve experienced revival in my life, and I'm ready to experience it once again in our nation. I’m on my knees, and now you know what I’m praying for. Daniel K. Norris is an evangelist who worked alongside Steve Hill bringing the message of revival and repentance to the nations. Together, they co-hosted a broadcast called From the Frontlines. Norris also hosts the Collision Youth Conference that is broadcast all over the world. He can be contacted at
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Other abortion-driven groups are jumping on the band-wagon, planning to pour millions and millions more into November's election. Well, it's a jaw-dropping sum.
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Actress Patricia Heaton Speaks on Media’s Portrayal of ‘Christians As Bad Guys’ — and Shares a Surprising Fact About Hollywood by Billy Hallowell Editor’s Note: TheBlaze's Cori O'Connor contributed to this report. ctress Patricia Heaton isn’t your average Hollywood celebrity. An outspoken Christian and the star of ABC’s “The Middle” and the longrunning “Everybody Loves Raymond,” she’s been open about her faith — and told TheBlaze that, contrary to popular belief, she isn’t alone in Tinseltown. Heaton, who plays a pastor’s wife in the upcoming comedy “Mom’s Night Out,” said that there are actually a lot of Christians and “seekers” in Hollywood. “Most creative people have a deep spiritual well that they’re drawing from even if they don’t know it,” Heaton said during a sit-down interview with TheBlaze. “The arts are being creative — I mean, God is a creator, he creates constantly, and when you’re in a creative place like Hollywood, there’s a lot of opportunity to talk and share and find common ground.” Christian celebrities who keep quiet about their faith might do so because of the perceptions and stereotypes about what it means to be a Bible believer, Heaton said — a paradigm Christians can sometimes bring upon themselves. The “cheap” way that Christians are often portrayed in media, she believes, creates fear among some in Hollywood when it comes to opening up about their faith. “You know, my older sister is a Dominican nun, and nuns are always portrayed as weird, sexually repressed, old maids who are bitter. Listen, I went to Catholic school, there are a few of those, but the Dominican sisters that I know are lovely, lovely ladies,” she said. “So I think there has been this idea out there
and the media kind of runs with it, portrays Christians as bad guys.” As for living out one’s faith, Heaton, a self-described Catholic who attends a variety of Christian churches, said she believes actions truly matter. “If you’re on a set everyday with 12 people, they get to know you and see how you treat number one on the call sheet and number 49 on the call sheet and how you act,” Heaton said. “Whether you act entitled or whether you are kind and generous and compassionate, and also, do you show up on time? Do you know your lines? Are you professional? All of that stuff speaks volumes.” Heaton isn’t sure if she’s paid a professional price for her Christianity, because those who haven’t hired her would never admit if her faith was the reason why. But considering her Emmy Awardwinning performance as Debra Barone on “Everybody Loves Raymond” and her current role as Frankie Heck on “The Middle” — now in its fifth season — Heaton doesn’t seem to be too bogged down when it comes to success. Heaton told TheBlaze that she is delighted that “The Middle,” a show revered for being safe to watch for all ages, has become a program that is “smart and edgy — and warm and appreciative” of life in the Midwest. Plus, she said, the show offers a realistic look at how many American families actually live. In “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “The Middle,” for instance, Heaton pointed out that the families attend church — but that the themes don’t hit viewers over the head with the message. “It’s unusual that really two shows I have been on have had that in common, ‘Raymond’ and ‘The Middle’ — both
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families were churchgoers, and they never made a big deal about it,” she said. “It was just part of the fabric of their lives which is true for many many families in the United States, but it is never portrayed.”
with strong campaign assistance from Zimbalist. Zimbalist campaigned for Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, a fellow member of the Screen Actors Guild, in his winning race for governor of California
But it’s not just the fact that she portrays positive and real themes on television. Heaton has also jumped into sociopolitical debates, taking to Twitter to share her views and openly advocating for and against the issues she’s passionate about, albeit carefully and with compassion. in 1966 and in his near-successful During the Kermit Gosnell trial, for instance, Heaton shared her candid assessment of what unfolded at his Pennsylvania abortion clinic. Gosnell is just the less sanitary version of what goes on every day...the cheapening of human life. Never one to back down from her stance, Heaton said she is, however, always careful to speak with compassion.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Remembered as Staunch Conservative By John Gizzi Legendary actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. had died at age 95. The star of such long-running hit TV series' as "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I" also aided Bruce Herschensohn, who won the 1992 Republican U.S. Senate nomination in the Golden State
challenge to President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential primaries. Along with James Stewart, Robert Stack, Pat Boone, and a few other Hollywood conservatives, Zimbalist introduced Reagan at rallies, provided voice-overs (Alfred the Butler on Batman series) for TV spots as well as Cameos on TBN, and was a California delegate in Kansas City when Reagan was edged out by Ford. During the ten-year run of "The F.B.I.," Zimbalist's "Inspector Lewis Erskine" embodied the no-nonsense, incorruptible lawman that Director J. Edgar Hoover wanted his agents to be. Hoover loved the series and reportedly supplied information for scripts. He was not ashamed of the Gospel and is the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist on the popular "Remington Steele" program. -ed
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Bottom line: Where are all the people? The answers don’t seem to be forthcoming as I write this. But as I have prayerfully pondered all of the above, I can’t help but wonder: Is this worldwide sense of shock and helplessness, of questions and confusion, of fear and grief a glimpse of things to come? Is this a small snapshot of what the entire world will experience the day after the rapture of the church? Because the Bible is clear. There is coming a moment in time when Jesus will come back to gather to Himself all those—dead and alive—who have put their trust in Him. And on that day, the world will be asking, "Where have all the people gone?" Not just 239 of us, but millions of us.
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On that day, with millions of people directly impacted by their own missing friends and family members, in the midst of overwhelming shock and helplessness, of questions and confusion, of fear and grief—when the world searches for clues, how easily will they find the answer in what I leave behind? Instead of an oil slick, will there be traces of His grace and glory and truth? This is a thought I can’t seem to shake, so I share it with you. Will your life and mine be a light to the world (Matt. 5:14) that points people to Jesus after the rapture? Anne Graham Lotz is a best-selling and award-winning author. Her most recent releases are Wounded by God's People, Fixing My Eyes on Jesus, Expecting to See Jesus and her first children's book, Heaven: God's Promise for Me. She is the daughter of Billy Graham and president of AnGeL Ministries in Raleigh, N.C.
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experience. Through the years, we've been able to share teachings in churches, schools, and conferences inviting well known Jewish roots scholars and revivalists. Our church, El Shaddai Ministries, was founded in 2000 and God has used us to bring in many Christians to know and understand their Jewish roots. After all, we are Judeo Christians. And the first Christians were Jewish. At the present time, El Shaddai Chapel, located at 4501 Quail Court, Harrison, has weekly services at 2:30pm on Saturdays.
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New Cancer Weapons:
Magnets, Lasers, 'Nanoballoons' By Nick Tate/ NewsMax Health
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he brave new world of cancer treatment is beginning to sound a lot like science fiction. Medical scientists are rapidly developing new weapons against cancer that use lasers, magnets, and "nanoballoons" — tiny particles that cause tumor cells to selfdestruct — in ways that were barely imaginable even a decade ago. In perhaps the most exciting development, researchers with the University of Buffalo have perfected a new technique for precisely delivering chemotherapeutic drugs by encapsulating them in small balloonlike spheres that — when struck by a harmless laser — burst open and deliver high doses of medicine to kill tumors. Jonathan Lovell, a UB assistant professor of biomedical engineering who helped create the pioneering anticancer technology, tells Newsmax Health new developments in nanotechnology are the wave of the future in the war on cancer. Special: These Are the Deadliest Foods in America. Read This List. "I think we're going to be seeing a lot more interest in 'smart' approaches to drug delivery in the next few years and beyond," he says. "Nanotechnology enables this type of approach since it wouldn't have been possible at all without having the unique nanoballoons that make it all work at the nanoscale." Lovell says the UB nanoballoons,
www.OzarksChristianVoice.com described this month in the journal Nature Communications, take an entirely different approach to destroying tumor cells and could vastly improve conventional cancer treatment, reduce chemotherapy side effects, and add to scientific understanding of the disease. "Think of it this way," he says. "The nanoballoon is a submarine. The drug is the cargo. We use a laser to open the submarine door which releases the drug. We close the door by turning the laser off. We then retrieve the submarine as it circulates through the bloodstream." Lovell notes chemo drugs can destroy cancer cells, but are not always efficient at doing the job. The medicines are toxic and interact with blood, bone marrow, and other healthy bodily systems, diluting their cancer-killing capabilities and causing unwanted side effects. But by encapsulating the drugs in nanoballoons — toughly 1,000 times thinner than a
— an organic compound — and phospholipid, a fat similar to vegetable oil. Like conventional chemotherapy drugs, they would be delivered to patients intravenously and travel through the bloodstream to reach tumor sites. In laboratory experiments — involving collaborators from the University at Albany, Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, the University of Waterloo, and McMaster University in Canada — Lovell tested the nanoballons in mice and found they could be manipulated by lasers. Once at the site of a tumor, the laser triggers the nanoballoons to pop open and release the drugs. When the laser is turned off, the spheres close, taking in proteins and molecules that might induce cancer growth, he explains. Doctors can then retrieve the nanoballoons by drawing blood or taking a biopsy. They could then provide a "chemical snapshot" of the tumor's environment, which otherwise is very difficult to assess, he notes.
Lovell tells Newsmax Health he expects researchers could begin testing the technique in human patients "4-5 years from now, if things go as planned." The work is supported by the National Institutes of Health, which last year awarded Lovell grants from Nanoballoons explodes cancer cells the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, as well human hair — they can be efficiently as its Early Independence Award delivered to the site of a tumor, reducing program, which funds high-risk, highthe drugs' interaction with healthy body reward research. tissues. A similar approach is underway at Lund "Why … nanoballoons open in response University in Sweden, where researchers to an otherwise harmless red laser is still are using magnetically controlled a bit of a mystery to us, but we have nanoparticles to force tumor cells to "selfdefinitely unearthed a new and unique destruct." phenomenon," Lovell says. "Its potential for improving how we treat cancer is In research published in the American immense." Chemical Society journal Nano, Lund scientists have demonstrated that The tiny spheres are made of porphyrin nanoparticles of iron oxide can be
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May 2014 "supermagnetized" to be used like biological Trojan horses to destroy tumors by entering the cancer cells and exposing them to damaging magnetic fields. Once inside the tumors, the tiny particles begin to rotate in a way that causes the cells to diet off, effectively stopping the cancer. Other researchers are experimenting with supermagnetic nanoparticles to treat cancer, but those efforts have focused on using the magnetic field to create heat to kills tumors, which can in turn cause inflammation that harms surrounding healthy tissues. But the Lund scientists — who are working in collaboration with physicists, chemists, engineers, and doctors from Sweden, Germany, and the U.S. — have pioneered a new method, in which the rotation of the magnetic nanoparticles can be controlled, so it only affects the tumor cells they have entered. "The clever thing about the technique is that we can target selected cells without harming surrounding tissue," says Erik Renström, who has helped lead the project. "There are many ways to kill cells, but this method is contained and remote-controlled." He adds that the new technique is primarily intended for cancer treatment, but it may also have potential for combatting autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, in which the immune system attacks the body's own insulin production. The researchers, who have a patent pending for their technique with the rotating nanoparticles, said more work needs to be done before the approach can move from the laboratory to clinical trials on patients. But the early work is promising, they say, and such trials could be only a few years away.
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CAM Announces Food Drops Branson, MO…Aside from maintaining Branson and Forsyth food pantry operations and a monthly mobile outreach to eastern Taney County, Christian Action Ministries also sponsors semi-truck load food drops as well. The food drops begin two years ago in the Forsyth area and expanded to Branson in 2013. Each food drop consists of approximately twenty pallets of food ordered from Ozarks Food Harvest, the regional food bank. CAM’s executive director Pat Davis has announced the food drop schedule for 2014. In Branson, the food drops will take place at the United Methodist Church parking lot on Highway 76 on June 17th, August 19th, and October 21st. The First Baptist Church on Highway 76 in Forsyth will be the site
for Forsyth food drops on June 19th, August 14th, and October 23rd. According to Davis, “Participants must register in advance for the food drops at our pantries in either Branson or Forsyth. These drops are over and above the normal distributions available to our clients, but we do require the advance registration to make sure the distribution is equitable for everyone. And, above all, I want to thank our supporters, such as the City of Branson, for making these drops possible.” The demands for assistance from CAM reached record levels in 2013 and have continued to grow in the early months of 2014, as winter unemployment too effect, coupled with a harsh winter and continuing increases in the costs of gasoline and utilities. Anyone wishing to donate cash, food, or time, can call Pat Davis at 334-1157 or visit the CAM website at
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added Jordan. Moore Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Romines appeared with Jordan and other BGCO officials at the school site of Central Elementary School and Central Junior High School, where the storm shelter facility will be constructed. By Baptist Messenger Staff “We are grateful beyond words for MOORE, Okla.–The Baptist General this investment by Oklahoma Baptists, Convention of Oklahoma’s (BGCO) which will mean so much peace of Disaster Relief organization presented mind and provided safety to so many a $500,000 donation recently to the families,” said Romines. Moore Public Schools to build a “When disaster struck last May, the 1,600-person storm shelter at a school BGCO and its volunteers were on the front lines of the response and recovery efforts,” said Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin. ”Oklahoma Baptists disaster relief served thousands of meals to victims and volunteers, and cleared debris from more than 1,200 home sites.” “This latest donation shows the continued From left, Dr. Robert Romines, Superintendent of commitment of the Moore Public Schools, receives a $500,000 check from BGCO and its Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Director Sam Porter leadership to the safety and Executive Director-Treasurer Dr. Anthony L. and well-being of Jordan. The funds, which were presented on April 23, Oklahoma families. will help build a 1,600-person storm shelter at Central Their generosity will Elementary/Junior High in Moore. (Photo: Jonathan mean thousands of Burkhart, BGCO) children will now be in Moore. safer in the event of an emergency, The BGCO, which has an ongoing and their parents will have the comfort involvement in the response and of knowing they have a secure place rebuilding after the May 2013 to go during a storm or tornado. My Oklahoma tornadoes, is designating thanks go out to the BGCO and its the gift for Central Elementary members for their continued great School and Central Junior High work on behalf of our Oklahoma School in Moore, both located off community.” Interstate 35. Also attending the announcement of “We are privileged to present the the gift were the BGCO Disaster Moore Schools with this check to help Relief Director, Sam Porter, the fund a storm shelter building at Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, Central in Moore, which will benefit Todd Lamb, as well as others from an estimated 1,600 students, teachers, the Moore community. and staff,” said Dr. Anthony L. “We challenge all of the relief Jordan, BGCO Executive Director- agencies to get involved in a similar Treasurer. “This investment is made fashion as Oklahoma Baptists, possible because of the generosity of working to provide safety to the thousands of Baptists and others who students of the great state of gave toward Oklahoma Baptists’ Oklahoma,” said Porter. disaster relief and recovery work,”
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Ohio couple, Helen and Kenneth Felumlee, married 70 years die 15 hours apart
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enneth and Helen Felumlee, seated, pose with their eight children. The Felumlees, who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in February, died within 15 hours of each other last week. Kenneth and Helen Felumlee, seated, pose with their eight children. The Felumlees, who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in February, died within 15 hours of each other last week. A couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart. Helen Felumlee, of Nashport, died at 92 on April 12. Her husband, 91-year-old Kenneth Felumlee, died the next morning.
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children and said, "Mom's dead." The couple's eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, once sharing the bottom of a bunk bed on a ferry rather than sleeping one night apart, the Zanesville Times Recorder reported.
He quickly began to fade and was surrounded by 24 of his closest family members and friends when he died the next morning. "He was ready," Cody said. "He just didn't want to leave her here by herself." The pair had known each other for several years when they eloped in Newport, Ky., across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on Feb. 20, 1944. At two days shy of his 21st birthday, Kenneth was too young to marry in Ohio. "He couldn't wait," son Jim Felumlee said.
They remained deeply in love until the very end, even eating breakfast together while holding hands, said their daughter, Linda Cody. "We knew when one went, the other was going to go," she said. According to Cody, about 12 hours after Helen died, Kenneth looked at his
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Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Nashport Post Office. He was active in his NashportIrville United Methodist Church as a Sunday school teacher. Helen stayed at home, not only cooking and cleaning for her own family but also for other families in need in the area. She taught Sunday school, too, but was
known more for her greeting card ministry, sending cards for birthdays, sympathy and the holidays to everyone in her community, each with a personal note inside. "She kept Hallmark in business," daughter-in-law Debbie Felumlee joked. When Kenneth retired in 1983 and the children began to leave the house, the Felumlees began to explore their love of travel, visiting almost all 50 states by bus. "He didn't want to fly anywhere because you couldn't see anything as you were going," Jim Felumlee said. Although both experienced declining health in recent years, Cody said, each tried to stay strong for the other. "That's what kept them going," she said
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So, You Want a Natural Childbirth? We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. -Laura Stavoe Harm have met a lot of mothers that say, “I would like to have a natural childbirth, but we’ll see how it goes once I’m in labor.” Whenever I hear that it’s hard for me to think that it’ll work out. You see, If you desire a natural childbirth, you need to commit to it prior to the onset of your labor. You need to do your research and know the facts, because when everyone tells you how crazy you are, or when you get scared, you must believe in why you’re choosing natural childbirth and that you are able to do this. Here’s what I recommend for those exploring natural childbirth and it’s not What to Expect When You’re Expecting (just go ahead and use that book as a paperweight). Regardless of how or where you are birthing, you should read the following two books: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth Practical Information for a safe, satisfying Childbirth. Award winning medical writer and birth activist Henci Goer gives clear, concise information based on the latest medical studies. Goer will help you compare and contrast your various options and show you how to avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, restrictions, and tests. This book has excellent information regarding hospital births, birth centers and home births. You name it, it’s here. Henci Goer keeps things concise and to the point. You will read this and feel like an expert on birth’s medical procedures, knowing exactly what the pros and cons of each intervention are. Pregnancy, Childbirth and The Newborn With over one million copies in print, this is one of the best-selling books about pregnancy on the market. More complete and up-to-date than any other pregnancy guide, this remarkable book is the “bible” for childbirth educators. Now revised with: a greatly expanded treatment of pregnancy tests, complications, and infections, an expanded list of drugs and medications, plus advice for uses, a brandnew chapter on creating a detailed birth
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Page 17 of doulas in your area. Keep in mind, that most doulas are willing to barter, or work on a sliding scale and or reduced rate. There are also some that are willing to volunteer, especially if they’re completing their certification. Make sure your partner supports your decision for natural birth. This is so important. Your partner needs to understand why you’re choosing this and the benefits, that you are created to birth, that you are strong and able, and that achieving this goal is important to you. Take the time to inform your partner and anyone else that will be present at your birth why you are choosing natural birth. Have a good reason. I know many women who say they want natural childbirth because they simply don’t like needles and don’t want an epidural. But let me tell you, pain makes you brave, and that won’t be enough to keep you from taking the epidural plunge. You would do well to have a better reason than that. There are plenty of evidenced based studies that reveal the benefits of natural childbirth to mother and child. Just go ahead and go down that research rabbit hole, you’ll be amazed at what you’ll learn. Who knows, you might even become a birth activist! All the best in your journey! And remember, the fastest way to lose power is to assume that you have none. I am Joy, a happily married mother of two waterbirthed babies. I am a doula, a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, and I worked as a midwife's assistant at a freestanding birth center. In May of 2010, I attended my first birth as a doula and have been hooked ever since. I also spent over a year teaching a weekly childbirth class based on the Birthing From Within method. I love serving laboring moms and I enjoy teaching birth education. I use this blog to write about it all - my life, my children, and my passion of all things childbirth: www.thejoyofthis.com
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The Shattering of Jars of Clay by MICHAEL BROWN
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ecently, Dan Haseltine, front-man for the popular Christian band Jars of Clay, took to Twitter to announce his apparent support for same-sex “marriage.” And for the life of him, he can’t figure out a single good reason to oppose it. It is for reasons like this that we have been sounding the alarm these last 10 years. In a series of tweets posted over a three-day period, and prompted by a movie he watched while in flight, he wrote: “The treatment of people as less than human based on the color of skin is crazy... Or gender, or sexual orientation for that matter.”
www.twitter.com/OCVeditor argument born of isolated application of scripture or is it combined with the knowledge born of friendship with someone who is gay? I just don't see a negative effect to allowing gay marriage. No societal breakdown, no war on traditional marriage. ?? Anyone?” Assuming Dan’s sincerity, let me reply to his questions. First, for years now, Christian leaders have been articulating many good reasons why it is not good for society to redefine marriage, quite apart from the (very valid) slippery slope argument, and some of them have not even used the Bible to prove their points. Important books on the subject include those of Frank Turek, Matthew D. Staver, Erwin Lutzer, and, most recently, Robert P. George, Sherif Girgis, and Ryan T. Andersen, among
Of course, to compare skin color with “sexual orientation” is to compare apples with oranges, as has been demonstrated many times before. But that was only the beginning. He added, “Not meaning to stir things up BUT... Is there a non-speculative or non ‘slippery slope’ reason why gays shouldn't marry? I don't hear one.”
No. You grab hold of something to stop your fall and then figure out how to climb back to solid ground. Does this gifted artist not realize that the only reason we’re talking about redefining marriage today is because we are well down that slope already? This is the day of full-blown incestuous relationships on popular TV shows like Game of Thrones; of other shows glorifying polyamory (married and dating!), polygamy (from Big Love to Sister Wives to My Five Wives), and teen pregnancy; of news reports about the “wedding” of three lesbians. It is the day of almost half of all firsttime American mothers having their babies out of wedlock, with cohabitation rates up more than 700% since 1960, and it is against this backdrop that talk of same-sex “marriage” has become prominent. Do we really want to accelerate the destruction of marriage? Dan also tweeted, “I'm trying to make sense of the conservative argument. But it doesn't hold up to basic scrutiny. Feels akin to women's suffrage. Is the
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Gagnon, have argued this persuasively in depth. (Despite many attacks on his work, his arguments stand strong.) Fourth, many of us have gay friends or relatives, and our positions are motivated by love. But what does having a gay friend or relative have to do with understanding God and his Word? I have dear friends who are very religious Jews, and they are some of the finest people I know, yet I still believe they are lost without Jesus. (And they, of course, see me as gravely deceived.)
Do we rewrite the Bible to accommodate our sentiments towards others, just because they are nice people? Fifth, as articulated in the books cited in the first point, above, there are many negative consequences to redefining marriage, including: The assault on the freedoms of conscience, speech, and religion of those who do not accept this redefinition; the establishing of households that guarantee that a child will have either no father or no mother; the transformation of children’s education to include the validation of all forms of “marriage”; the continued deconstruction of gender distinctions, leading to all kinds of societal confusion; and much, much more. It is for good reason that gay activists have long declared that if they can redefine marriage, the rest of their goals will inevitably be realized.
This really boggles the mind. When you’re sliding down a dangerous slippery slope, you don’t say, “Give me one good reason we’re in danger, other than the fact that we’re careening down this deadly slope.”
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others. My YouTube debate on the subject is readily available, and there are fine books outlining the biblical definition of marriage and sexuality, including studies by Andreas Kostenberger and Richard M. Davison. Second, while there is strong biblical support for gender distinction, there is no support for the oppression of women, which is why the spread of Christianity around the world has had a liberating effect on women over the centuries. In stark contrast, the Bible condemns all forms of homoeroticism (as is recognized by many gay scholars as well), while every single example of God-blessed marriage or romance takes place between a man and a woman. I have an online lecture that addresses this issue, and I tackle the subject at length in my new book as well. There is simply no comparison between women’s rights and sanctioning homosexual practice. Third, the argument against same-sex “marriage” is based on the consistent testimony of Scripture, affirmed by Moses, Jesus, and Paul, and it is never contradicted a single time from Genesis to Revelation. Again, I demonstrate this in my new book, and other scholars, most notably Robert A.
In short, yes, redefining marriage declares a massive war on “traditional marriage” (better framed as “true marriage” or “natural marriage”) and yes, it leads to all kinds of societal breakdown. Put another way (and this is a question for you, Dan), Do you think that God’s order for marriage and family, established plainly in the Word and recognized by virtually all societies in history, can be thrown aside without consequences? Dan, you wrote, “Never liked the phrase: ‘Scripture clearly says...(blank) about... Because most people read and interpret scripture wrong.” Perhaps this is the root of your problem? Is the Bible not clear about anything? Sin? Salvation? Forgiveness? Jesus being the only Savior and Lord? Adultery being bad? Fidelity being good? Shall I list 100 more items that are abundantly clear in Scripture? But it appears you’re not really certain about many moral issues, based on your tweet that said, “I don't think scripture ‘clearly’ states much of anything regarding morality,” and, “I don't particularly care about Scriptures stance on what is ‘wrong.’ I care more about how it says we should treat people.” Did you really mean to write this? Is it possible to
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Walesa, Gingrich: 2 Popes Changed the World By Edward Pentin
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global leader in the mold of Pope John Paul II is much needed to prevent today’s socialists imposing their own values on the world, former Polish President Lech Walesa told Newsmax Friday. In comments at a special Newsmax dinner in Rome ahead of last month’s canonization of Pope John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday, Walesa paid tribute to the late Polish pontiff, saying he remains a "light for the future of the world." "The third millennium that is now underway actually doesn’t have a structure or foundations," he said. "There’s a great debate over whether this millennium will be based on freedoms only, or on values." But John Paul II, he said, "is a kind of lantern showing to people that you have to build on values. From this point of view, he’s so needed today, so that those of a left-wing orientation don’t establish it their way." Walesa was received in private audience by Pope Francis at the Vatican Saturday on the eve of the canonization of the late popes. Between 1 million and 5 million pilgrims are expected to attend the Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in possibly the largest single event Rome has ever witnessed. In an after-dinner speech, the former Polish shipyard worker who led the Solidarity movement in the 1970s and 1980s, said Poles felt powerless to effectively oppose Soviet communism. But after John Paul II visited the country in 1979, they realized that support for the communists was much less than they’d imagined. "Had it not been the Holy Father, we would never have integrated, we would never have been able to realize we were so many," he said. "And once we suddenly saw how many we were, that really gave us confidence." Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose television documentary "Nine Days that Changed the World" chronicles that historic visit to Poland in 1979, explained how both John Paul II and John XXIII showed that in the end "it’s not the physical"
but the spiritual that really matters. "We’re here this weekend to celebrate two people who had no divisions, bombers or nuclear bombers, and yet they changed the world," Gingrich said. This is "very, very important" to recognize, Gingrich continued,
Page 21 presidency to God and asked for forgiveness of [his would-be assassin] John Hinckley. And what did John Paul do before he went back to the Vatican? He rededicated his papacy to God and asked for forgiveness for the man who tried to kill him."
American Cardinal Raymond Burke, who heads the Vatican’s highest court, believes the reason John Paul was so powerful in defeating communism "was because he was such an effective teacher of the truth," he told Newsmax. "The truth always exposes these kind of ideologies where Popes John XXIII & John Paul II there are falsehoods, and visibly moved by the occasion. John XXIII, therefore their confusion and destruction he explained, had the courage to modernize which they cause," he said. the Church because it was out of touch with the people; John Paul II became the Asked if the same principles John Paul used "organizing principle of freedom" so people against communism could be just as "were no longer afraid." successfully applied in combatting the culture of death, Walesa said "very much so." Speaking earlier to Newsmax, American theologian Michael Novak, who reported on "Nobody ever thought we could stop the the Second Vatican Council that aimed to communists and bring communism down, bring the Church into the modern world, whereas thanks to values it was brought stressed that "without John XXIII and the down," he said. council, John Paul II would never have left Poland." "We didn’t believe victory was possible because what we were calculating were the "The pontificate of John Paul II rounded out troops, the tanks, the silos," he said. "When the council, completed it, so to speak, calculating like this, we underestimated the produced a catechism which brought the faith value of God and the Spirit. to the people," he said. When the world learns how that battle was Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald really won, he said, "we will begin Reagan who, along with John Paul II and establishing the third millennium basing Margaret Thatcher are credited for bringing ourselves on values." down Soviet communism, said the world was "lucky to live in a time where we had such He called on the United States, as the world wonderful leaders working together towards superpower, to take the lead in this task. freedom for all." "The US, being the world superpower, should "People say: ‘I wish we had your father back.’ be the leader, and also serve as a superpower I say I wish we had them all back but we have to the world, even if the US doesn’t want this to learn now how to move forward," he told superpower position," he said. Newsmax. "Right now we lack that cadre of leaders that we had during the 1980s." If it doesn’t want to, "why not share its [superpower status] with Poland?," he asked, Reagan said he is often asked what was the half-jokingly. "We’ll know what to do with bond between his father and John Paul II, to it." which he responds: "They were both bonded by an assassin’s bullet." Read Latest Breaking News from "What did Ronald Reagan do before he went www.Newsmax.com back to the White House? He dedicated his
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8 Women Christian Men Should Never Marry by J. Lee Grady Men and women don't be impatient when choosing a helpmate. God has the right one for you. Have you prayerfully considered these characteristics when choosing a potential marriage partner? Last month my column “10 Men Christian Women Should Never Marry” went viral. More than 1.2 million people have shared that message so far—most likely because so many single men and women are seriously asking for guidelines on finding a compatible mate. In response I received numerous requests to share similar guidelines for men who are looking for wives. Since I am mentoring several young men right now and have seen a few of them marry successfully during the past few years, it wasn’t difficult to draft this list. These are the women I tell my spiritual sons to avoid:
1. The unbeliever. In last week’s column, I reminded women that the Bible is absolutely clear on this point: Christians should not marry unbelievers. Second Corinthians 6:14 says, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” (NASB). Apart from your decision to follow Christ, marriage is the single most important decision you will ever make. Don’t blow it by ignoring the obvious. You need a wife who loves Jesus more than she loves you. Put spiritual maturity at the top of your list of qualities you want in a wife. 2. The material girl. One young friend of mine was engaged to a girl from a rich family. He saved up money for months to
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3. The diva. Some macho guys like to throw their weight around and pretend they are superior to women. Divas are the female version of this nightmare. They think the world revolves around them, and they don’t think twice about hurting somebody else to prove their point. Their words are harsh and their finger-snapping demands are unreasonable. Some of these women might end up in leadership positions at church, but don’t be fooled by their superspiritual talk. Real leaders are humble. If you don’t see Christlike humility in the woman you are dating, back away from her and keep looking.
5. The contentious woman. A young man told me recently that he dated a girl who had serious resentment in her heart because of past hurts. “Before I would propose, I told my fiancee she had to deal with this,” he explained. “It would have been a deal-breaker, but there was a powerful breakthrough and now we are engaged.” This guy realized that unresolved bitterness can ruin a marriage. Proverbs 21:9 says, “It is better to live in a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman.” If the woman you are dating is seething with anger and unforgiveness, your life together will be ruined by arguing, doorslamming and endless drama. Insist that she get prayer and counseling.
6. The controller. Marriage is a 50/50 partnership, and the only way it works is when both husband and wife practice mutual submission according to Ephesians 5:21. Just as some guys think they can run a marriage like a dictatorship, some women try to manipulate decisions to get their way. This is why premarital counseling is so important! You don’t want to wait until you’ve been married for two weeks to find out that your wife doesn’t trust you and wants to call all the shots.
allowed their mothers (or fathers) total control of their marriages. Genesis 2:24 says a man is to leave his parents and cleave to his wife. Parents should stay in the background of their children’s marriages. If your girlfriend hasn’t cut the apron strings, proceed with caution.
8. The addict. So many people in the church today have not been properly discipled. Many still struggle with various types of addictions—to alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription medicines or pornography—either because we don’t confront these sins from the pulpit or we don’t offer enough compassionate support to strugglers. Jesus can completely set a person free from these habits, but you don’t want to wait until you’re married to find out your wife isn’t sober. You may still be called to be married, but it is not wise to tie the knot until your girlfriend faces her issues head-on. Your best rule to follow in choosing a wife is found in Proverbs 31:30: “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” Look past the outward qualities that the world says are important, and look at the heart. To get the other side of this story, read “10 Men Christian Women Should Never Marry." in April edition of the OCV at: www.OzarksChristianVoice.com (Previous Issues Button)
7. The mama’s girl. It’s normal for a new wife to call her mom regularly for advice and support. It is not normal for her to talk to her mother five times a day about every detail of her marriage, including her sex life. That’s weird. Yet I have counseled guys whose wives
4. The Delilah. Remember Samson? He was anointed by God with superhuman strength, but he lost his power when a seductive woman figured out his secret and gave her man the world’s most famous haircut. Like Delilah, a woman who hasn’t yielded her sexuality to God will blind you with her charms, break your heart and snip your anointing off. If the “Christian” woman you met at church dresses provocatively, flirts with other guys, posts sexually inappropriate comments on Facebook or tells you she’s OK A Smart with sex before marriage, get out of that relationship before she traps you.
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From Adversity To Advancement BY KEN BLOUNT
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dversity is something that we all have to face. It’s a part of life. The only way that you can get out of the battles of life is to die, so you might as well learn how to deal with them and live a life pleasing to Jesus. The Bible tells us in John 10:10, “The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy…” Satan is the thief that this verse is talking about. All that kills, all that steals, and all that destroys is from the devil. It is not from God. The devil wants to steal the promises of God away from you and frustrate you until you lose your faith. Adversity is designed to get you to quit. But we don’t have to just take it. Any storm that comes into our lives is a storm that we can face and overcome with God’s power. In fact, if you let Him, God will use the storms the devil brings your way to advance you to new levels in life. But understand this: There are some storms that we allow into our lives through sin, disobedience, unforgiveness, speaking the wrong words, and fear. When we have any of these things in our lives and trials come our way, we shouldn’t be too surprised, because we left the door open. Sin gives satan the legal right to enter our lives. Sin gives demons a foothold to bring oppression our way. Jesus told the sick man, in John chapter 5, “Go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” How we live our lives is important. Jesus tied the possibility of something bad happening in this man’s future to how he lived his life. There’s so much teaching in the modern church today about how you can live just any old way and it will be fine with God. Friends, I’m here to tell you that there are consequences for sinning. So, the first step in dealing with adversity is a little self-examination. That’s something we should do every day. We need to be regularly looking at our lives and disciplining ourselves. We need to constantly be confessing our sins and allowing the blood of Jesus to wash them away so that satan can’t come against us with accusations.
www.OzarksChristianVoice.com The great thing is that when we confess our sins, the Bible says, “He is faithful to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness” (I John 1:9). God is so good that He will forgive us and even help us out of the troubles that we have brought upon ourselves. But not all trials, storms, and adversity are brought on by our own sin. Sometimes, right before some of your greatest victories in life, you’ll face some of your biggest trials. Why? Because Satan can sense when something big is on the horizon for you, so he swoops in with a storm to try to throw you off and get you to give up on your blessings or promotions. It’s simple. If you’re a threat to Satan, he’s going to come against you and try to stop you. But if you never see adversity or opposition in your life maybe you and
the enemy are going in the same direction. If you are living a godly life and following Jesus with all your heart, then adversity should be some type of an alarm clock to let you know that you are really close to getting a blessing or a promotion. But you’ll never take hold of it, if you quit in the middle of trouble. Don’t quit when it gets hard. The devil is trying to stop your success. This is the time when the character built into you by the Word of God should make you rise up and refuse to be beaten. “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you.” (I Peter 4:12-14) Adversity is just an opportunity for you to show what you’ve got! Stand up
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and show that you’re more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus! When a test comes, take that test and ace it. No Christian is excused from the day of adversity. You will have to face it at some point in life, so study up now and take that test to pass it. People who faint in the day of adversity will usually face more adversity. When the devil sees that you couldn’t pass his last test, he’ll keep throwing them at you again and again. The devil doesn’t play nice. He doesn’t show mercy. He doesn’t ease off. He wants to kill, steal and destroy you and he will keep coming at you until you fight back. The good news is that when you pass the test, you’re ready for promotion! So here are three simple things you can do to pass the tests of life: 1) Study the Word and speak it. If you have the Word down deep inside you, when you need it, it will come out. You have to study and speak the Word in good times and in times of trials. It is your fire hydrant. Don’t fan the flames with negative words. Speak what God says. Remind yourself of God’s promises, and put out the fiery trials of the enemy. 2) Be glad and rejoice in the midst of adversity. Psalm 31:7 says, “I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction, You have taken note of my life’s distresses.” Rejoicing in the Lord will activate your faith and kill the fear that satan uses to
fuel adversity against you. With no fuel, the fires will soon burn out. 3) Surround yourself with the right kind of people. Psalm 35:15 tells us, “But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me.” Don’t hang around with people who will throw a pity party for you. You need friends who will preach the Word to you in times of trouble and stir you up to press on in faith. Praise God, you can stir yourself up and face adversity. Tell yourself that you will not be defeated in the day of adversity! Then you can tell the devil that he might as well go somewhere else, because the only thing that adversity is going to do to you is sharpen you. When you don’t feel like praising God but you do it anyway, you get stronger and sharper. Walk over your enemy and get your victory. So remember: People are like teabags. When you put them in hot water, they either grow stronger and get more flavor, or they tear and break, messily spilling their contents adrift.
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Atheists Fail to Squash Prayer at Public Meetings in Supreme Court Loss by LAWRENCE HURLEY/REUTERS The U.S. Supreme Court on May 5th, 2014 upheld the right of government entities across the United States to allow sectarian prayers prior to public meetings. The court said on a 5-4 vote that the town of Greece in New York state did not violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on government endorsement of religion by allowing prayers before its monthly meetings. In a decision that is likely to guide how local governments throughout the United States handle the question, the court said that officials in Greece did not violate the law when picking prayer-givers, who were overwhelmingly Christian. Even the plaintiffs challenging the practice in the Rochester, New York, suburb of 100,000 people, conceded that
some types of nonsectarian prayers were permitted under the Constitution. The difficulty facing the justices was how to decide how courts should consider when a prayer could violate the First Amendment, which requires the separation of church and state. The court was divided along ideological lines, with the conservative wing of the court saying the prayers were acceptable, while the liberal justices said
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the practice violated the First Amendment. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court's swing vote, wrote the majority opinion, saying the town's prayers were consistent with the high court's 1983 precedent in a case called Marsh v. Chambers. That case allowed prayers before legislative sessions based in large part on the historical nature of the practice. Although the policy in the town of Greece does not embrace a particular religion, in practice all members of the public who gave a prayer were Christians until some residents filed suit in 2008. Kennedy wrote that public prayers need not be nonsectarian. "To hold that invocations must be nonsectarian would force the legislatures that sponsor prayers and the courts that are asked to decide these cases to act as supervisors and censors of religious speech," Kennedy wrote. Residents Susan Galloway, who is Jewish, and Linda Stephens, an atheist,
May 2014 filed the suit, saying the practice made them uncomfortable. The court ruled that the content of the prayers did not constitute coercion, although the majority was divided on the legal rationale on that point. Kennedy wrote that "offense ... does not equate to coercion." The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal group that represented the town, welcomed the ruling. "The Supreme Court has again affirmed that Americans are free to pray," said David Cortman, one of the organization's lawyers. The case reached the high court after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled against the town in May 2012. A district court had previously supported the town's position by dismissing the lawsuit filed by Galloway and Stephens. The case is Town of Greece v. Galloway, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-696. © 2014 Thompson Reuters. All rights reserved.
A Minute with a Man Today we’re often told that there is a separation of church and state and that the government cannot make you do anything or sponsor any activity that might establish a religion or prefer one religion over the other. The fact is that this is not true, that there has never been a separation of church and state, and that has never been the law in our country. Consider the second verse of the Star Spangled Banner: “Blessed with victory and peace, May the heaven rescued land, Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation, Then conquer we must, When our cause it is just, And this be our motto: In God is our trust. And the Star Spangled in triumph shall wave, O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave” Now you know that God is in our national anthem. Now don’t tell the ACLU. Dee is the author of “The Myth of Separation of Church and State.” and “The Trial of Christ: A 21st Century Lawyer Defends Jesus.” Springfield, MO Attorney Dee Wampler has 50 years trial experience as a Greene County prosecutor and defense attorney.
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ames M. Knaggs is a territorial commander of the Western territory for the Salvation Army. (Salvation Army) Charisma News obtained a leaked memo from James M. Knaggs, a territorial commander of the Western territory for the Salvation Army—one of the top leaders of the entire organization globally—which demonstrated the nonprofit’s commitment to offer services to anyone regardless of race, sexual orientation or anything else.
Could pastors—and believers more broadly—learn something from Knaggs’ memo? Read it for yourself and sound off in the comment box below the story. LETTER TO ALL USA WESTERN TERRITORY SALVATIONISTS AND ALL SALVATION ARMY SERVICE PROVIDERS Dear Loved Ones: Today I write to encourage you to continue the good work of showing Christian love to everyone who comes to us with need, as described in our international mission statement. The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. This statement comes to us directly from the passage in Scriptures where Jesus was asked, “Which is the most
Thank you and God bless you. Sincerely, James M. Knaggs, Commissioner TERRITORIAL COMMANDER
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What is Shavuot/Pentecost? Shavuot, which means "weeks" is one of the most important feasts in the entire Jewish calendar. Traditionally, it is called "the festival without a date." Once, when it was calculated from the New Moon, it would fall upon a different date each year from Sivan 5-7. During the period of Jewish Diaspora, however its date was fixed at Sivan 6. Today, the Jews remember it as the day the Lord gave the Torah at Mt. Sinai. This year Shavuot begins the evening of June 3rd. Originally, it marked the end of the grain harvest, which began with the sheaf of Firstfruits (barley) and proceeded through the count of fifty days. Later, it came to be associated with the giving of the Torah. Jewish rabbis teach that Moses received the Law on this date, that Noah received His covenant from the Lord on this date, and that even Abraham received his
Page 25 covenant on the date. The Holy Spirit empowered the church on this date (Acts 2). Therefore, the obvious inference is that this festival represents major changes in God's prophetic program. It seems to mark the change from one dispensation to another. Jewish people also commemorate the Ketubah, or marriage contract between Israel and the Lord that took place at Sinai. Believers remember that Pentecost also acts as a marriage contract between Messiah and the church. Jews read the Book of Ruth on this date, and memorialize King David, who was said to have been born and also to have died on this date. Today, Jewish people stay up all night to "decorate the bride." They read, study, and pray in the belief that at some time during the night, the heavens will open for a brief moment and prayers will be answered. To contact Jeremy for ministry in your congregation, for a radio or television interview or other special event, or for information on his albums or teachings, please call or email: Tabernacle of Praise, Branson, MO ~ Phone: 417-334-7373 Email: info@JeremyStorch.org Website: www.JeremyStorch.org
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important of all the commandments?” And Jesus answered, ‘…Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul…with all your mind and with all your strength…Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment more important than these.” Mark 12:28-31 Without a doubt, there have been times when—as individuals—we may have missed the mark and neglected to show Christ's love to all. Though people of sincere faith may disagree on how they believe God calls us to respond in every situation, we certainly agree that Christ's love is for everybody. Thankfully, our ministry to people in spiritual and physical need will give us plenty of future opportunities to offer love and care without reservation. If you have recommendations or ideas about how we can better demonstrate our commitment to caring for all in need through our programs and services, please let me know. We pray for you and your ministry and for the work God calls The Salvation Army to do.
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Now Appearing: VW’s of all types for the 20th Annual June Bug Jamboree “The Yellow Diamond Reunion” SPRINGFIELD, MO - Beetles, Buses, Thing’s, Ghia’s, Trike’s, Rabbit’s, Buggies, Wagon’s, New Beetle’s & whatever other air cooled or water cooled concoction you can think of, either being Volkswagen Powered or Bodied will come together as GROOVE (General Registry of Ozarks Volkswagen Enthusiasts) sponsors its 20th Annual June Bug Jamboree on June 1314, 2014. The Jamboree will be located on the shady grounds of Springfield’s Route 66 KOA Campground, 5775 West Farm Road 140 (just south of I-44 Exit 70) (for camping reservations www.route66koa.com or call 417-831-3645). The GROOVE June Bug Jamboree has become a summer staple for VW owners and enthusiasts. The theme for 2014 is “The Yellow Diamond Reunion” which includes a Volkswagen car show, camping, entertainment, vendors, competitions and car corral. The Giggle Box Project, a local non-profit, will be on site with the Giggle Bus doing face painting, making balloon animals and spreading happiness. Their mission is to spread the healing power of laughter to children in hospitals. More information about their organization is available at
May 2014 3rd place winners in each class. There will also be specialty awards. All entries must be Volkswagen powered or bodied. Admission to the event is free. Entries to competitions, camping, car corral and car show require nominal registration fees. Registration forms & more information about the show is available at our website. For additional information, contact: Tina Solari, Club President, (417) 546-6620 or mtsolari@centurytel.net. Sponsored by: G.R.O.O.V.E. (General Registry Of Ozarks Volkswagen Enthusiasts) PO Box 132 Springfield, MO 65801-0132
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White River Trading Company located next to the post office in Rockaway Beach, MO has just expanded the shop to take in the space next door. The expanded store now showcases Rick Pickren's Front Row Seats collection of custom musically inspired furniture in addition to antiques and vintage items of all kinds. At White River Trading Company patrons can buy, sell, or trade merchandise. The shop is open most weekdays from around 9:30 a.m. to 4 pm. If you have any questions you can contact Rick at (417) 294-0624.
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1. In this puzzle, each letter represents a different number. Can you work out what number (0-9) each letter stands for? The leftmost letter can not be zero in any word. HORSE + SADDLE = GALLOP 2. Carla is married to Edward, Tracy is married to Michael, Barbara is married to Robert, Stella is married to Steven. Who is married to Christopher - Rosemary or Stephanie and why?
3. ADVERB, CARBON, CHOICE, ERASED, SURVEY. Which one of the following words belongs in the list above and why? CRATER, INCOME, LATEST, LENGTH, SCENIC.
4. Leonard is 15, Darren is 18, Desmond is 19, Matthew is 20, Stuart is 21. How old is Raymond?
5. Seven friends each has a home aquarium and each aquarium contains a different number of tropical fish. Bill has four times as many fish as Angela, who has three times as many fish as Carol, who has ten fewer fish than Colin, who has a third as many fish as Jenny, who has twice as many fish as Jamie who has twice as many fish as Brian. How many fish has each person got if the total number of fish is 107?
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usic is the universal language and the SERVITUDE BAND is versatile in their music and consistent in their message. In today’s world, people are reaching out for hope and need a touch from God. SERVITUDE’S message is one of victory as overcomers in Christ. “Our goal is to bring people to a place in worship where God can touch a heart for a moment, and change a life for eternity,” said David Carr, vocalist for the group. The eighth of ten siblings who faced adversity at an early age, David knows how God has brought him victoriously through many trials. Strong in stature, and gentle in spirit, David is also a personal weight trainer from Springfield, Missouri, whose inspiring songwriting and commanding voice expresses his true love of Jesus.
blessings,” said Marcey. She is married to Michael Moore, back up vocalist and keyboard player for the group. Michael and Marcey also serve as praise and worship leaders at The Catalyst Church in Springfield. Each band member is a master at his craft and as a group they are dynamic at expressing the emotion of the songs they sing both musically and lyrically. Chad Bolen is one of the finest lead guitar players. The awesome sounds of Steve Hart on the twelve string acoustic guitar will amaze you. Terry Matthews on bass guitar and Dale Kosma on drums, are the heartbeat and foundation of the
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srael said recently it was stepping up efforts to encourage military enlistment by Christian Arab citizens, a community long closer to the larger Muslim minority in identifying with the Palestinians. Israel's Christian Arabs number about 160,000, some two percent of the Jewish state's eight million people, and the expected number of conscripts - now about 100 will rise in coming months, a senior military officer said. "We intend to appeal to the Christian population of conscription age (17 and 18) and will send them call-up notices to volunteer for service,"
Lieutenant-Colonel Amir Hai told reporters in a telephone briefing on Tuesday. Being mostly Palestinians themselves, Israel's Christian Arabs have traditionally stood alongside the Muslim community on Israeli-Palestinian issues. The Muslim minority comprises about 20 percent of the population and men of conscription age are largely exempted from military service. Hai said that all branches of the military, including elite units, would be open for the volunteers as long as they are suitable for the demands of the task. "No (unit) will be closed to (Christian conscripts) ahead of time, unless there is criteria that limits the recruit's ability to serve," Hai said. Only males will currently be called, although females were welcome to volunteer too, he added. "I welcome this important, historical step ... for the Christian community to be a member of Israeli society, equal in rights and duties," Father Gabriel Nadaf, head of the Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum, told Army Radio. No Large Number Expected
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Israeli Jews are obliged to serve in the military at age 18, with men serving for three years and women for two. The vast majority of ultra-Orthodox Jews are exempted on religious grounds, a divisive issue in Israeli society. Other minority groups that are called up for service are Israeli Druze Arabs and Bedouin Arabs. Sammy Smooha, professor of anthropology and sociology at Haifa University and a leading expert on Israel's Arabs, doubted The proportion of Christians in the military would not change. "The increase sounds impressive because the numbers are so small so far. I don't anticipate this will rise much further. There are greater numbers of Christians going for civilian national service options," he said. He described those enlisting as a fringe phenomenon driven by concern at the persecution of Christians in the Muslim Middle East and a desire for social advancement in Israel. Nadaf, an outspoken and controversial proponent for greater integration of Israel's Christians into Israeli society, said they wanted to be fully viewed as citizens of the Jewish state. "We are not Arabs. We are not Palestinians. We are Israelis, citizens of this country and we see ourselves as loyal to this country and its institutions as any Christian living in any other place in the world would," he said. Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Tom Heneghan
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rue religion and undefiled is to care for widows and orphans in their affliction and to keep oneself unspotted by the world. Christians commonly ask how the mandates of scripture, such as this from the book of James, should be lived out today. In answer, I submit that one way Christians can care for widows and orphans is by becoming involved in adoption and foster care. The State of Missouri currently has about 2,000 children in long-term foster care situations, waiting to be adopted. These young people range from infants to age 17. Whether they are adopted has significant bearing both upon their futures and on our community. Studies show that children adopted out of foster care (as compared with those not adopted) are more likely to finish school, more likely to enter productive careers, more likely to contract a stable marriage, less likely to rely upon public assistance, and less likely to experience depression, addiction and criminality. By contrast, children who age out of foster care without a permanent family face significant challenges.
They enter the world alone, with no emotional support, no financial assistance, and no place to live. According to Thomas Atwood, former president of the National Council for Adoption, “foster care is more like a trap door than a safety net”. Most of these children will not complete high school. Hardly any attend college. Perhaps a quarter end up homeless. The vast majority struggle with poverty. And within 18 months of ageing out, approximately half the boys get arrested and half the girls will be pregnant. This lays the groundwork for a new cycle of poverty, abuse, addiction and isolation. Independent of highbrow ideas about compassion and social justice, progressive states such as Texas have concluded based on cost-benefit calculations that it is cheaper to spend the money early to get kids into stable families than to cope with the costs of damaged and abandoned young people burdening the welfare and criminal justice systems. The State of Missouri has yet to make headway on this front. Funding for adoption and foster care in Missouri is at or near the bottom among the fifty states; only Nebraska does worse. But where the state has failed in this, as in other areas, there is opportunity to highlight the church as the source of recovery for fallen humanity.
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The Cherish Kids organization, based in Ozark, is one group making a difference. Whereas the state allocated basically no funds to recruit foster and adoptive parents, Cherish Kids, using 100% private funding, has recruited nearly one hundred foster families and has helped dozens of parents adopt. I mention them, not to imply that no other Christian organization participates in this type of ministry, but because I help with Cherish Kids and am informed about what they do.
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For those interested in learning more about foster care – and especially adoption – Cherish Kids may be contacted at 6100 North 19th Street, Ozark, Missouri 65721, by telephone at 417-581-KIDS (5437) or by emailing info@cherishkids.org . Also, information on the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) is at the bottom of the page. Biography: Tim Davis is a native of Taney County. He has a doctorate in economics and a law degree from Oxford. Cambridge publishes his research worldwide. Tim returned to Branson to practice law after working as a corporate attorney in New York City.
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Religion has been helping with sin consciousness for years, trying to tell you you’re all messed up. But here’s the thing, Jesus set us free from the condemnation, not just the sin but the condemnation that comes from it. -Pastor Larry Green
Going on a Mission at Home MBCH Children and Family Ministries (an affiliate of Missouri Baptist Children’s Home) is seeking Christians willing to serve God by supplying foster care for teens. The Therapeutic Foster Care ministry provides a daily rate of pay that allows one foster parent to remain at home and care for the child. Training and licensing is provided for the foster parents at no cost. You can make a difference in the life of a hurting child by “Going on Mission at Home”. For more information about becoming a licensed foster parent, call:
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HOW GOD USED THREE BRANSON MEN IN KENYA
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t the start of 2014 Bishop Moses Nyabuto was fasting and praying for the Lord to send someone to help him and his wife Priscah care for the 61 orphans placed in their care in Kisii, Kenya. At the same time, Charlie Stevens from Branson, Missouri was fasting and praying for God to direct his steps in 2014. God clearly spoke to Charlie to go and help establish Hope House Center in Kisii Kenya. God answered both men's prayers. Bishop Moses had invited Charlie years earlier to Kenya when Charlie was senior pastor of Church On The Go in Hollister, Mo. At that time the church had a website. The two have corresponded over the years and prayed together, but now was the time the Lord called Charlie to go to Kenya and work together with Bishop Moses. God always has the perfect timing. As Charlie was preparing for his trip in March, he asked two men from Grace Community Assembly Church where they all attend together, if they would pray and consider accompanying him to Kenya. After praying Mike and Daniel Weber both were led to go with Charlie to Kenya to help establish Hope House Center in Kisii, Kenya with Bishop Moses and Priscah Nyabuto. When they arrived in Kisii on March 31st, they went to the store and bought some bread and orange soda before proceeding to the Center. Arriving at the Center they were greeted by 61 very excited and happy orphans. They sang songs thanking Jesus and warmly greeted
their visitors. Then it was time for the bread and soda. The soda was mixed with water in a five gallon container and each child was given two pieces of bread and a cup of diluted soda. They were very happy! It was the only food they had that day. The next day the men went and did grocery shopping for the Center. They also bought a small generator, TV, and DVD player and let the children watch some Superbook DVD's Charlie had purchased from CBN. The children now had full stomach's and were being fed the Word of God. You would not believe how happy they were. You could now see the hope return to their lives!
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school. The owner had passed away a few months earlier. Bishop Moses went and talked to the brothers of the man who passed away and they allowed him to move into the center. God is so good! God used the men from Branson in a mighty way. While they were in Kenya they were able to negotiate to buy the Hope House Center for Bishop Moses, and his family ( including 61 orphans and 10 staff). The center also has a school where the children are educated. They currently have eight volunteer teachers (some are grown orphans). Bishop Moses was given favor by God to work out a deal to buy the property for 10,800.00 US. from the brothers of the man who had passed away. The property is worth much more. They also will allow the Bishop to pay it off over the course of 18 months @ $600.00 a month interest free! We purchased seeds, fertilizer, and tools to help them with their garden which they already started. Currently the center has no water or electricity. The small
generator can be used for short periods but the gas is very expensive. God brought Mike to Kenya for a specific reason. As a retired Marine Col. Mike has been trained to do strategic plans. Together with Mike we were able to prepare a five year plan to make Hope House Center in Kisii, Kenya self sufficient to care for 100 orphans by 2020. While they were in Kenya, the team were also able to preach and teach God's Word at various Churches and schools. Signs and wonders followed the preaching and God used the men from Branson mightily. Hope House Center in Kisii, Kenya needs your help. Until they are able to be self sufficient by raising their own crops and livestock, they need people to help support them. Please pray and consider donating to this very worthy cause. You would be demonstrating God's love and giving these orphans hope of a better life and future. You can sponsor an orphan for just $25 a month. Also pray and consider joining us on the next mission trip in March of 2015.
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Outlaw Bikers: A Field In Need of Workers by Rev. Jason "Padre" Cottom jasoncottom@gmail.com
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hey say four wheels move the body, but two wheels move the soul. When I hear that rumble I feel the call of the road and seeing miles after mile of asphalt speed under my feet. Out there is a mission field. Few are called to this mission field and fewer answer. It is dangerous, taxing, and rewarding. When you minister to bikers, you are stepping into a culture that exists within our own. The bikers' world. It is more complex than the movies and shows such as "Sons of Anarchy" depict it to be. There are many levels of this culture from the weekend riders down to the 1%'ers. Not many ministers have delved deep into the Outlaw Motorcycle Club's world. For those of who have answered that call, this is a world that even God comes second to the Club. It is an rocky field in desperate need to be cultivated. This world is a mission field you must quickly learn how to tread in. As with any culture, the bikers' culture has its own protocol, language, and values. You
will quickly find yourself not just a minister to these men and women, but a missionary in Satan's own territory of drugs, alcohol, and violence. People will cross the street to avoid them. We lock our car doors when we see them riding in a pack.
Our churches have asked them to leave church services. Police handle them like a cartel to be crushed. Hollywood has made them into both the boogie man and the outlaw hero in the same category of Jesse James and Billy the Kid. And God loves them. The tax collector in latter the part of Luke 18:13 cried out, "God be merciful to me a sinner". This man was hated and feared by his own people. But Jesus demonstrate that God loves those we fear to encounter on the streets. Bikers need to hear and see the mercy of our Lord and Saviour as much as every other person on planet Earth. Scripture clearly says that their sins are no more greater in God's eyes than any of our own sins, both thoughts and deeds. And bikers desperately need someone to tell them about the hope, love and forgiveness of their God. I have met many bikers who were delivered from their sins become men and women of deep faith. It quickens my heart and refreshes my soul when I meet them. You will rarely meet a Christian who is a stronger brother and sister to you than a Christian bikers. Pray hard for this mission field and give your support (spiritually, materially, and financially) to the missionaries who are toiling to spread the Good News to this culture.
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Dear Dave, My wife and I have a friend we met through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. She has a 1-year-old child, and she recently asked us for some money. We don’t really approve of how she’s choosing to spend her money—she’s spending a lot of it on alcohol and cigarettes—but she does need financial help. What should we do? Mike Dear Mike, I have a very simple rule for situations like this. If someone is bold enough to ask me for my money, I can be bold enough to attach requirements to the money for their own good.
Financially speaking, her problem is just as much mismanagement of money as it is a lack of money. Anyone who chooses smokes and alcohol over diapers for their kid needs to be smacked. But since you can’t really do that, you can put conditions on your help that are designed to help her improve her decision-making abilities and, by doing that, improving her life. —Dave
Dear Dave, I owe the IRS $6,000, and currently I’m making monthly payments. Should I roll this debt into my debt snowball, and then really attack it when it gets to the top of the list? Jared Dear Jared,
One of two things will happen when you handle things in this manner. They’ll welcome the help and graciously accept your conditions, or they’ll get mad and act like you have no right interfering in their business. I don’t have a problem helping people who have a good heart and really need a break. But if someone cops an attitude with me in this situation, I wouldn’t break out my wallet anytime soon. Regardless, if you choose to do this, I’d make the money a gift and not a loan. Concentrate on trying to get her on a path where she thinks a little straighter, and, as a result, she will make better choices. Teach her how to make and live off a budget or help her enroll in a personal finance course. But right now, just handing her money is like giving a drunk a drink. This whole situation is a lot bigger than giving someone $35 for diapers. The answer to that is easy. It’s yes. But in this case I’d probably give it to her in the form of a grocery store gift card. Many of those don’t allow alcohol and cigarette purchases. Or, I’d just go buy diapers and baby food and take them to her. Actually helping people is a lot more work than just
My advice would be to put the IRS at the very top of your debt snowball. Usually, when it comes to paying off debt, I advise people to arrange their debt snowball from smallest to largest, then start with the smallest one and work their way up. This doesn’t always seem to make mathematical sense, but the truth is personal finance is 80 percent behavior and only 20 percent head knowledge. Paying off some small debts quickly energizes you and gives you motivation. It makes you feel like you can really do it. Besides, if you were such a math genius you wouldn’t have debt in the first place. But the IRS is a different animal altogether. Their interest rates and penalties are ridiculously high. Plus, they have virtually unlimited power to collect. So put them at the top of the list, and get them paid off as fast as you can! —Dave
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Be Prepared for the Changing "Seasons" of Your Life This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. A few days ago, we observed May Day, a celebration of spring. And, after a long and hard winter in many parts of the country, most of us are ready for sunshine, warmer temperatures and the hopefulness that spring always symbolizes. But as winter gives way to spring, we are also reminded that our lives have “seasons,” too — and it pays to be prepared for all of them. So, as you move into the “retirement season,” you’ll need to prepare for several possible challenges, including the following: Outliving your resources —The idea of outliving one’s financial resources is certainly not one we want to face. In fact, in a poll of people ages 44 to 75 sponsored by Allianz Life Insurance, 61% said they fear depleting their assets more than they fear dying. The best way you can overcome anxiety about running out of money is to invest and plan. Contribute as much as you can afford to your IRA and 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan — and when your salary goes up over time, increase your contributions. As for the “plan” part, try to envision the type of lifestyle you want during retirement, and then estimate how much this lifestyle will cost. Once you reach retirement, you will also need to do some planning — specifically, you will need to calculate how much money you can afford to withdraw from your investments each year. Becoming disabled — One-third of all people between the ages of 30 and 64 will become disabled at some point, according to the Health Insurance Association of America. If you became disabled, even temporarily, the loss of income could prove devastating to your financial security, and that of your family’s. To avoid this worrisome scenario, you
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6th Annual Gospel Sing-Off Call for Entries Branson, MO, April 28, 2014…Christian Action Ministries (CAM) of Branson is seeking gospel singers and singing groups of all genres that are interested in competing for 10 finalist positions in CAM’s 6th Annual Gospel Sing-Off fundraiser to be held on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at the phenomenal Sight & Sound Theatres in Branson. Awardwinning guest star Christy Sutherland of Nashville will open the show in which the 10 finalists will compete Christy before a panel of celebrity judges and a live audience.
Award for Christian Country Female Vocalist of the Year. Aside from television appearances and national tours, for the past four years Christy has also starred in Louise Mandrell’s Christmas extravaganza at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Barbara Mandrell, Christy’s mother-inlaw, co-produced Christy’s hit album “Greater Still” Tickets for the event will be available in mid-July. For more information, contact the CAM offices at 417-3341157 or contact Jack Burke at: jack@soundmarketing.com.
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Entries must be received by July 11th in order to be considered for one of the ten finalist positions. Contestants must be able to perform in the contest in Branson on Sunday August 31st and, in case of winning, be able to perform the following day at Silver Dollar City. Contestants will compete for $3,000 in cash prizes and trophies. First place winner receives $1,500, second place $1000, and third place $500. Plus the winner will also receive two performance slots at Silver Dollar City on the following day. Past winners have included Changed, The Fair Family, Southern Raised, The Petersen Family, and Sons of the Silver Dollar. The Fair Family is now in the second year of their own Branson show at the Hamner Theater. Guest star Christy Sutherland was honored in 2009 with the Christian Music Hall of Fame Visionary Award for Southern Gospel Female Vocalist of the Year, and in 2010 won the prestigious Diamond
CAM operates food pantries in Branson and Forsyth, as well as a monthly mobile outreach to eastern Taney County. The Sing-Off is CAM’s only operational fundraiser to support its efforts in fighting hunger in Taney County
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“The Little Opry Theatre is a perfect fit for the musical talent and humor The Sons of Britches will bring to the stage and more importantly, entertainment to our guests,” said Randy Brashers, President of Branson’s IMAX Entertainment Complex and The Little Opry Theatre. “As quaint and intimate as our theater is, they will definitely fill it
International evangelist/ Bible teacher Dr. Kris A. Jackson and wife Debra have touched America and several foreign nations with the Good News of Christ’s saving, healing and delivering power. For nearly thirty years they have served successfully in ministry as pastors, evangelists and church planters, conducting revivals, inter-denominational crusades and camp meetings from coast to coast.
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Kris Jackson Ministries is based in Branson West, MO near America’s show capital, Branson. Kris is an artist, both with words and paint brush, an accomplished guitarist and author with more than a dozen books to his credit, such as “Jump-Start the Heart”, “Blueprint to the Blessing”, “Mystery of the Third Day”, “Maker’s Match” and “Psychology of the Psalms” to name a few. Kris holds ThD and PhD in Religion degrees from North Carolina College of Theology. End Time revival is the Jacksons’ daily pursuit, with meetings characterized by heart-searching repentance, cutting-edge Bible revelation, and an undeniable sense of “Holy of Holies” Glory. Thousands have come to Christ, received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and received healing in KJM meetings. For more info visit
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3 Common Contemporary Worship Problems Is your worship lively, or does it seem stale? Written by Don Chapman
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www.OzarksChristianVoice.com Print out a one-page service order with announcements, sermon, song order (with the key for each song) and anything else happening. Band members can keep it to the side of their music stand. If my music is memorized and I don’t have a stand, I fold the service order up and keep it on my keyboard or on the floor.
s I’ve been visiting and playing in several churches over the past few months, I’ve noticed a few recurring problems that can easily be fixed to help the quality of your contemporary worship:
When I inevitably draw a blank and can’t remember the next song, a train wreck is avoided. Or I might step off the stage during announcements when, oops, there’s still another song coming up for the offering.
1. A stale sameness.
3. Song keys. In one church, we played a song in
We all have our favorite worship leaders, but if you’re a Joel Houston fan, does every song in your set have to be written by Joel Houston or one of his clones? It seems like everything these days is either Hillsong United or trying to sound like Hillsong United. If you do five songs in your set, do two or three of your favorites, then throw in something different— a piano ballad, a hymn, a "golden oldie" praise song, a ukulele. Anything to add variety. The best praise set I’ve heard in a long time was created by 28year-old worship leader Jared Barber here in Greenville—it had a little bit of everything, reached a wide audience and kept you engaged.
2. Service order. Do you ever wonder why your guitarist/drummer/keyboardist draws a blank during your set when it’s time for them to start the intro to the next song? Many worship leaders don’t provide a service order for the band at rehearsal. Instead, the band is given a stack of jumbled charts for the upcoming Sunday. I want to know the order and have it in front of me (seeing it on a worship planning website isn’t enough) so I can start getting it ingrained into my head.
B, and the song that immediately followed was in C. It would have been a much easier, effortless and smoother transition to play both songs in B or C. After you create your praise set this week, look it over and even sit down and play it through on your guitar or piano. Can the worship flow be improved by nudging keys slightly? Related keys are your friend—going from D major to G major works much better than going from D major to F# major. A halfstep makes all the difference!
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