Foolish Preaching Of Cross Needed In Churches, Say Speakers
By Lillian Kwon, Christian Post    Mon, March 17 2008,
Many Christians will arrive at Easter this year celebrating only half of what the holiest day in the Christian calendar signifies.
“Easter Sunday is not only a most appropriate occasion for celebration, but it also serves as a yearly sobering reminder of a topic that many people work hard to avoid – the harsh reality of death,” said C.J. Mahaney, president of Sovereign Grace Ministries.
Mahaney was speaking to hundreds in Orlando, Fla., this past weekend at Ligonier Ministries’ annual national conference, which concluded Saturday.
Steven J. Lawson, senior pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala.
The Bill raises fundamental moral issues on fertility and embryo research which should never be considered a matter of party politics and are an anathema to the Catholic faith.
A controversial Muslim scholar who was denied access to the US over alleged links to terrorist networks is to give a lecture at a Queensland government-sponsored conference.
“God must have been so pleased with Lee’s outspoken endorsement of Him because the divine entity blessed Lee in his running for the presidency. Otherwise, how else can Lee—a person who attributes all matters of life to God’s divine providence—explain his victory?”
(India)—J. Lee Grady, Editor of Charisma magazine, recently interviewed two people who were raised from the dead during an evangelistic meeting in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Says Grady: “During my 26 years as a journalist I’ve interviewed some interesting people and heard some amazing stories. But this week set a new standard when I met two people in southern India who experienced Biblical-style resurrection.” 