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Greg Laurie on censored ad: 'Hold the Bible high'
After promotional materials for the SoCal Harvest crusade were taken down from two Southern California malls because they showed Pastor Greg Laurie holding a Bible, Laurie is asking attendees of the event to hold up their Bibles in a show of support for God's Word. Read More...
Again: Colo. says cake artist Jack Phillips broke law
Christian cake artist Jack Phillips is in court again, defending the same religious freedom right the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed on his behalf in a previous case in June. Read More...
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Backpack ministry helps plant 'foundational worldview'
While growing up in Clarkston, Ga., Sam Abebe could count on getting his backpack full of school supplies every year from Clarkston International Bible Church through its annual back-to-school event. Today, years later, Abebe serves as CIBC's student pastor.rn
- 'Mormon' name too common to go away, many say
- Stranded flood victims in India prompt Bapt. response
- Mentoring initiative nurtures churches & seminarians
- SBC DIGEST: New book conveys Gospel-shaped human dignity; LifeWay offers shared office space; Bob Smietana to lead RNS
- FIRST-PERSON: Back-to-school prayers for our children
Today's Devotion
From the Book of Jeremiah:
Restoration foretold; Christ's rule promised; good and bad figs; seventy years' captivity; destruction of Babylon foretold.
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the Lord. . . . I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them (Jer. 23:1,4).
The word pastor was first used when referring to David because he was called from taking care of his father's sheep and anointed to be the shepherd-king over God's people. - Continue...
