Archives for August 2018
Poll: Most people can’t name a single Supreme Court justice
STUDY: Third of teens have not read any books in past year
After professor bans laptops, grades improve; ‘results were significant’
NBC poll: Trump support at near record-high
Facebook bans pastor’s ad urging people to ‘love God’
Tiger Woods’ ‘respect the office’ statement about Trump blasted by ESPN host
U.S. to resume military exercises in Korea, Mattis says
Don’t ditch your denomination
By Fred Luter NEW ORLEANS (BP) - In September 1986, my life was changed forever when I was elected as pastor of a dying Southern Baptist mission called Franklin Avenue Baptist Church. I grew up in the National Baptist denomination. I was the middle of five kids raised by a single mom who required everyone in her house to attend church on Sunday mornings. At the age of 21, I was radically saved while lying in Charity Hospital in New Orleans not knowing if I was going to live the next 24 hours because of a serious head wound. A deacon of the church I grew up in put his finger inches from my face and said without apology, "Boy, obedience is better than sacrifice. If you were obedient to your mom, you would not be sacrificing your life here in this hospital!" That night I asked Jesus Christ to come into my life and woke up the next morning with a commitment to live the rest of my life as a born-again Christian. After getting out of the hospital, I started a street ministry in the neighborhood I grew up in because I wanted everyone to know about this Jesus who turned my life around. While preaching one Sunday at a National Baptist church, someone mentioned to me that Franklin Avenue was looking for a pastor and asked if … [Read more...]
California Dems plot crackdown on churches
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