REEDSVILLE — Daniel Dupuis is hoping to use his spiritual beliefs and some hard work to help inspire people with a fire pit project. A senior at Mifflin County High School, Dupuis was looking for an idea for his Eagle Scout project. He decided to combine two thoughts and create the fire ...
John 3:16 — XII For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him — John 3:16 For our study this week, we are considering the words, whoever believes in Him. Who is this group of people who believe in the Son? We can definitely say they are children of God, the elect, the chosen, the church, or the bride of Christ. They are also the ones whose names have been written in the Lambs Book of Life, Revelation 21:27. John 6:39 says, “This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me, I should lose nothing.” And John ...
II Cor. 5:17 says if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. There is a danger in over-emphasizing the fact that we have been justified by God to the point that we think salvation is simply a declaration and not a transformation. We are not just declared righteous, we are a new creature. Old things have passed away, new things have come. It is important to realize that salvation involves transformation. If you are wondering if you are a Christian, you don’t simply look back at some point in time where you prayed the sinner’s prayer, you also have to look at your life to ...
Revelation 22:17 Have you noticed that our concept of aging is changing? Remember when seventy was old? Jack LaLanne, the well-known TV exercise coach who hosted a fitness program from 1951-1985, celebrated his seventieth birthday in 1984 by towing 70 boats containing 70 people for a mile across Long Beach Harbor. Amazing! And he did it by holding the rope in his teeth. He was handcuffed and wearing leg shackles! How do you celebrate your birthday? Paul Harvey once spoke about a woman who was 103. When asked her formula for living such a healthy, active life, Eva Reitzel responded in ...
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By Jason Oliver Evans University of Virginia THE CONVERSATION With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States. For instance, on April 20, 2010, an African American Studies professor at Princeton, Eddie S. Glaude, sparked an online debate by provocatively declaring that, despite the existence of many African American churches, “the Black Church, as we’ve known it or imagined it, is dead.” As he argued, the image of the Black ...
