The hidden content in ancient works could be illuminated by a light source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun. The technique employs Britain’s new facility, the Diamond synchrotron, and could be used on works such as the Dead Sea Scrolls or musical scores by Bach.
A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the non-profit research and education organisation, EcoOcean has claimed to have found a site off the coast of Turkey whether [sic] the great flood of Noah, as described in the Bible, took place.
Pulpit Magazine has a three-part series by John MacArthur on killing sin. He shares helpful, timeless advice that, while not new, is something we need to be reminded of often.
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. —Romans 8:13
Ted Haggard (cf. the new TedHaggard.com | Wikipedia), the former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, has been in the spotlight recently for writing a letter to friends and colleagues asking for financial support for the next two years while he and his wife, Gayle, work on degrees at the University of Phoenix.
Gayle is in the undergraduate program studying psychology. I am pursuing my master of science in counseling degree, which means we are both full time students.
In a public statement, Michael Vick (Wikipedia) asks for forgiveness and testifies to finding Jesus and giving his life to God.
First, I want to apologize, you know, for all the things that—that I’ve done and that I have allowed to happen. . . .
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I totally ask for forgiveness and understanding as I move forward to bettering Michael Vick the person, not the football player.
In 1996 Jeff Hannah, a married youth pastor at Crossroads Church (SBC) in Libertyville, IL, committed adultery with four teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 17 and received a sentence of nine years in prison.
In 2001, after serving five years, he was released on parole, remarried, and began attending First Baptist Church of Romeoville.
What is appropriate for a church committed to the Scriptures? This question has come to the fore with the recent situation in Arlington, Texas. Gary Simons, pastor of High Point Church (and brother-in-law of Joel Osteen), chose not to allow the funeral of Cecil Sinclair, a homosexual man who was the brother of a member in the congregation, Lee Sinclair, to be held at the church.
The church had initially agreed to host the funeral, not knowing that Cecil was a homosexual. The family submitted photos that led the church to have questions. But it was the obituary, which revealed that Cecil’s partner was a man, that led High Point to retract the offer to host the funeral.
We mentioned yesterday the ECLA’s decision to permit their pastors to be in same-sex sexual relationships so long as they are faithful to their partner. This news resulted in the official sanction of Bradley Schmeling, the gay defrocked pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Atlanta, to continue as pastor.
The Atlanta pastor at the heart of the homosexual clergy debate in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has returned to the pulpit. And the Atlanta congregation is ecstatic.
With a vote of 538 to 431, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Wikipedia) has passed a motion to allow ministers to be in same-sex relationships as long as they are characterized by faithfulness and commitment—even though it is still against official church policy. These homosexual pastors are not to be disciplined.
The ELCA, which has 4.8 million members, had previously allowed gays to serve as pastors so long as they abstained from sexual relations.
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Since the ELCA was founded in 1988, the group has ordered three pastors in gay relationships to be removed from their ministries. The most recent case was decided in July when the ELCA’s committee on appeals voted to remove an openly gay pastor from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Atlanta.
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Church discipline is an uncomfortable and grossly misunderstood topic, and consequently it is tragically neglected in most churches today. Its neglect is seen clearly in 
Here are today’s bullet points:
Pulpit Magazine has a three-part series by John MacArthur on killing sin. He shares helpful, timeless advice that, while not new, is something we need to be reminded of often.
In a public statement, 
In 1996 Jeff Hannah, a married youth pastor at 
What is appropriate for a church committed to the Scriptures? This question has come to the fore with the recent situation in Arlington, Texas. 
We 
With a vote of 538 to 431, 
