Amarillo, TX – Sources confirmed today that Sandy Friesen, a member of Amarillo’s Southside Baptist Church, has finally perfected both the body language and the facial expression that indicates actual trust in God. “For years I’ve heard my pastor use phrases like ‘Put it all in the Lord’s hands,’ or ‘Just trust in the Lord.’ I…
FARWELL, TX – The entire varsity football team at Farwell Christian Academy, a private K-12 Christian School and many of the school’s 37 high school students are reeling after losing their most recent playoff game to Farwell High School (Farwell’s non-Christian public high school). Several area youth pastors and the school chaplain have been on call…
Yorba Linda, CA – The sound of higher praise is filling the house at Crossroads Christian Center in Yorba Linda these days. Praise in a higher key signature, that is, thanks to the hard work and dedication of renowned Christian vocal coach Tim Speers. Speers was brought in by the church’s executive leadership in order to help…
COMMERCE CITY, CO – After years of debating whether or not the gifts of the Holy Spirit were of any relevance to the contemporary Church, pastor Zane Trimble of Mountain Christian Center has provided what he believes is incontrovertible evidence that they are no longer necessary. “We feel that the living God himself has shown us…
Hemet, CA – Four Sundays ago, Rev. Carl Swenson, the founding pastor of First Assembly, one of Hemet’s largest churches, told his congregation that it would be three Sundays before they would gather together again for worship. An audio recording of the sermon revealed that Swenson is deeply concerned about the increased spiritual shallowness of his…
Before we jump in here, just a reminder that there are actually five great commission texts (at least) in the Gospels and Acts. This post is about the one in Matthew’s gospel. In my post surveying the Greek text of Mat. 28:19-20, I noted that I think Matthew 28:18 is actually a key to understanding the…
Did you know that there are five texts in the New Testament that contain different facets of the “Great Commission” – and without each of them, there may be something lacking in our understanding of what Jesus wants to do through His Church? I have personally come to see all five texts together as a composite…
We’re all familiar with “The Great Commission” in Matthew 28:18-20. Yes, that’s right, verses 18-20 (most people leave verse 18 off, though I think that’s the most important part – but that’s something covered at length in this post). What about verses 19 and 20? What do those two verses really say? What are the…
Fresno, CA – The sound of crushing metal, shattering glass, agonizing screams, and the howl of first-responder sirens shook a small neighborhood in North Fresno on Thursday morning. “It was really tragic,” said Maria Vasquez, a local resident who saw what happened. “The guy in the red car was texting and driving and plowed right into the…
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