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A California news outlet reports that the raid and subsequent criminal charges against a 57-year-old preacher and Batmobile maker were part of a favor to an angry Batmobile buyer.
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Christian college athletics are a massive investment of time and effort for athletes and coaches during the school year, but programs never quite shut off in the summer. For many programs—including at William Jessup University, Ozark Christian College, and Johnson University—summer is when hundreds of area athletes visit campus for sports camps.
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In this lesson text, the exilic prophet Ezekiel taught that the soul that sins is the one in trouble. Ultimately a child cannot pass the buck of blame for sin to mom or dad. Each individual must stand before God personally.
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Prior generations of parents and grandparents may have passed along their own habits, hang-ups, and hurts, but eventually we must stop blaming others and take responsibility for our own actions.
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Is our ranking of “really bad sins” and “not so bad sins” supported by the text from Ezekiel, or are we more likely to excuse things we’re comfortable with?
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Scripture says Jesus “learned obedience from what he suffered” (Hebrews 5:8).
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The life story of Elvis Presley emerges as narrated by Colonel Tom Parker, who exploited and enriched himself by manipulating the “King of Rock and Roll” and his family.
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This past weekend, more than 1,000 volunteers from 10 churches united to serve over 40 schools throughout the Louisville, Ky., community. Although each church served their respective schools in diverse ways, there were shared goals.
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A little more than half of the respondents (54 percent) reported their church uses the prepackaged Communion cups (with juice and bread sealed in a single container, purchased from a vendor). Among those folks, 42 percent either “strongly agreed” or “agreed” they were easy to use, while 45 percent either “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” the prefilled cups were easy to use. . . .