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Miami faith community strains to help exiles

HIALEAH, Florida (AP) — A few days after selling all she had to flee Cuba with her three children on a crowded boat, Daneilis Tamayo raised her hand in praise and sang the rousing opening hymn at a recent Sunday worship in this Miami suburb. “The only thing that gave me strength is the Lord. I’m not going to lose my faith, whatever I might go through,” she said. The family has been sleeping in Iglesia Rescate’s improvised shelter since the promises of help made by her contact in the United States turned out to be “all lies.” In the past 18 months, an estimated 250,000 ...

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Remembering ‘Andrew’, introduced Jesus

Today I would like to focus our attention on a character mentioned whose name is Andrew. If I asked you to write down three facts that you know about Andrew, what would you write down? The Bible does give us some facts about him: His name means ‘manly’ or ‘mighty one’. His trade was that of a fisherman. John 1:44 tells us he lived in Bethsaida, the same city as Phillip and Peter. John 1:40 informs us that he was Simon Peter’s brother and that his father’s name was John. In Mt. 4:18-19 Jesus asked him to abandon his fishing and become ‘fishers of men’. In Mt. 6:2 Jesus ...

Living in these last days as is

As I write this article, I contemplate the present condition that our world finds itself in. Evil men wax worse and worse and trouble surrounds us. There are rumors of war and conflict looms large on the horizon. Jesus prophesied that in the last days we would see these things. Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of ...

Verse teaches ‘doctrine of limited atonement’

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him — John 3:16 We are working our way (like a turtle) through this well-known verse of Scripture, John 3:16. According to the verse itself, God gave His Son, so that all those who believe in Him will have eternal life. Now if we are going to take the verse literally, we would have to agree that the verse itself is teaching the doctrine of limited atonement. God gave His Son so that only those who believe in Him will have eternal life. In other words, those who believe in the Son, are not ...

Numbers that tell the story of secularization in America

The Conversation About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low. According to a 2022 Gallup survey, the percentage of people who believe in God has dropped from 98% in the 1950s to 81% today; among Americans under 30, it is down to an unprecedented 68%. Up close, the trend looks even more dramatic. Only about half of Americans believe in “God as described in the Bible,” while about a quarter believe in a “higher power or spiritual force,” according to a Pew poll. Just one-third of Generation Z say they believe in God without a doubt. Congregational ...