Billy Coffey a fresh voice in Christian fiction
When Mockingbirds Sing by Billy CoffeyThis is a story of city-folk moving to a small country town and stirring all kinds of trouble. Leah Norcross is a nine year old girl with a lisp and a creative...
View ArticleAlister McGrath's genius biography on C. S. Lewis
Eccentric genius. Reluctant prophet. This the title of the new C. S. Lewis biography by Alister McGrath—noted professor, historian, Christian apologist, theologian, acclaimed writer.Does the world...
View ArticlePresident supports abortion provider (Planned Parenthood)
President Obama spoke at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser saying, "Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you."Planned Parenthood is a government funded organization providing OB/GYN services to...
View ArticleLes Miserables: Christian themes throughout (Photos)
The classic tale of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo was adapted as a musical in 1985. A film adaptation was presented in the late 90s. And less than a year ago Les Miserables was adapted for the big...
View ArticleRebecca St. James' novel coming in September
Rebecca St. James has been known for her song-writing/singing. Her new novel The Merciful Scar with the cooperation of Nancy Rue, her acclaim has extended.The Merciful Scar is a powerful work. The...
View ArticleC. S. Lewis: 55 years of the Four Loves
It has been fifty-five years since C. S. Lewis broadcast over the radio what later became The Four Loves. Lewis has some wonderful insights on friendship, eros, familial love, and finally charity or...
View ArticleHoly Apostles witnesses heard at hearing
On June 19th 2013 at 6:00 p.m., the Westminster City Council held a hearing about an appeal filed after a stop work order was given after Holy Apostles broke ground and had footers placed.Since 2011,...
View ArticleHoly Apostles continues growth
A growing church bursting at the seams went under a planning phase of how to expand the church while being cost effective with a small budget. After a two year planning process, all the cogs were in...
View ArticleLiberty in Christ
“For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” Galatians 5:13In the current political and social...
View ArticleMichael Card's Matthew
For years Michael Card has invigorated the Christian community with his music. In his Biblical Imagination Series, “Card invites readers to enter into Scripture as he does….”Card has already written...
View ArticleJars of Clay lifts up Ephrata, PA
"Brooke Waggoner made me want to move to Nashville and start a band or sit somewhere and listen to all the great music there; Jars of Clay lifted me up yearning for the eschaton," a fan tonight said...
View ArticleHeaven and hell: Diminished imaginations
Heaven and hell. All cultures speak of some kind of afterlife. In current Christian thought and theology, the concept of hell is being eradicated, but heaven has become a dulled reality to many...
View ArticleStephen Lawhead's new novel the Shadow Lamp releases in September
Stephen Lawhead’s Bright Empires Series, already on the fourth book of the five part series, brings us into a multi-verse of adventure. In the Shadow Lamp (release September 2013), Kit, Mina, and...
View ArticleJars of Clay: New album Inland
Multiple Platinum, GRAMMY and Dove Awards winning Jars of Clay is releasing its eleventh studio album Inland August 27 on the band’s own Gray Matters label. Dan Haseltine shared at the Ephrata Main...
View ArticleHealing Generations: The Painted Table review
The Painted Table by Suzanne Field follows three generations of a Norwegian family from Minnesota. The main object of the story is a handcrafted table Saffee’s great-grandfather made in Norway in the...
View ArticleOn the road: Christian wayfarer
Christians are wayfarers, journeymen, on the road going toward home. This earth is not our home. There are wonderful inns along the road, but these are not our homes.Once our hearts seek a permanence...
View ArticleJohn Locke's individuality vs. Christian formation
Christianity is formative. The University, at one time, was also formative. John Locke’s philosophy has changed the landscape of both.The American culture, if not the Western culture, is all about the...
View ArticlePro-Life ministry succeeding
Father Terry Gensemer (head of CEC for Life) visited Holy Apostles in Westminster, MD today (October 20, 2013). His message focused on the Centurion at the foot of the cross and on forgiveness.The...
View ArticleC. S. Lewis: 50th anniversary
November 22nd marks the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s assassination. But another anniversary on that same day fifty years ago is widely celebrated within and beyond the American borders—C. S. Lewis’...
View ArticleSaint Nicholas and Christmas
St. Nicholas, patron saint to children and sailors. St. Nicholas also was a preserver of orthodoxy who slapped, possibly punched Arius, the heretical bishop.Jolly St. Nic as the song says was the...
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