This a rather interesting news piece from an Israeli television program (called HOT TV, I believe) in which the Jews for Jesus campaign in Israel is pretty much branded as a cult (so much of objectivity and fairness). The director of the Israeli chapter and another gentleman are interviewed after the presentation.
I thank GOD for the Christian men and women who put themselves on the frontlines to spread the Good News — Salvation in Christ Jesus alone.
Todd Friel of “Wretched” radio picks apart Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren’s prayer during President Barack Obama’s inaugural ceremony. He also takes a brief look at Mr. Obama’s reference to Scripture (which he does quite often).
Is Friel being petty and going overboard with analyzing every missed or “twisted” word/phrase?
This is not a spoof or a joke. The following video, sponsored by a Christian group, is being aired in Bolivia to rally voters to supposedly vote in line with the Holy Bible.
A television ad that has aired around the country opens with a photo of Bolivia’s leftist President Evo Morales dressed in the garb of a traditional shaman. An image of Jesus Christ arrives to knock Mr. Morales off the screen, and a document labeled “New Constitution” appears amid flames. “Choose God. Vote No,” the ad advises.
The ad, funded by an evangelical church based in this stronghold of the political opposition, points up how religion is playing a growing role in the latest chapter of Bolivia’s sometimes bloody fight over a new constitution, which is up for a national referendum on Sunday.
Imagine seeing a bold ad like that on our US stations…
This video is so awful, but oh so true. This is what some folks seem to prefer…
And here’s an excerpt from a LA Times story called “A closer, faster walk with thee”:
So you’re racing through another jam-packed day, late picking up the kids from basketball practice because you got stuck at the office. You still have to pay the bills, walk the dog and perhaps grab cold pizza before collapsing into bed.
When do you ever find time for God?
One publisher has the answer: “The One Minute Bible, Day by Day,” whose brief readings promise to inspire your “daily walk with the Lord.”
Or check out “5 Minute Theologian: Maximum Truth in Minimum Time.”
Because man does not live by bread alone — and might be tempted to eat on the run — there’s “Aunt Susie’s 10-Minute Bible Dinners: Bringing God Into Your Life One Dish at a Time.”
The American style of worship, like everything else in people’s overloaded lives, is speeding up.
This hurried search for the Almighty partly explains the rise of a niche industry of books, DVDs, podcasts, text messages and e-mail blasts that distill the essentials of faith, from creation to the crucifixion.
The materials offer bite-sized spiritual morsels that can be digested in minutes, or even seconds, on the daily commute, aboard airplanes or at the dinner table. As “7 Minutes With God” advises: “Take 7 minutes each day to: build your faith in God, grow closer to the Father, make progress in your spiritual life.”
And what about your over-programmed 10-year-old? Again, religious publishers have an answer: “The Kid Who Would Be King: One Minute Bible Stories About Kids.”
“The audience is definitely anyone who’s interested in a ready-made, quick little devotion they can do every day,” said Tim Jordan, an editor at B&H Publishing Group in Nashville, which produces the “The One Minute Bible.”
“It’s not meant to replace the Bible,” Jordan added. “It’s meant to whet your appetite.”
It’s not a bad idea, these things, but if people start preferring them to actually reading the Holy Bible, then we’re in trouble. Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to our Walk with Jesus the Christ.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” - John 8:31-32
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