In this insightful interview on the 700 Club today, Mousab Yousef shares his story of Hamas member turned Shinbet agent. Mousab began to question Islam and those questions ultimately led him to Christ. After this, he spent 10 years as an informant, working with Shinbet, Israel’s security service, to help foil suicide attacks. He has [...]
Well, October 15 is apparently when medical professionals expect the swine flu will peak here in North America, and I heard today there are already a few cases in Toronto. As a church, we believe in an incredible healing, preserving God who takes care of His people. However, we recognize one of the ways He [...]
According to this Fox News story from May 27, it’s now illegal to host a Bible study in your San Diego home – at least without a government permit:
Read the article here.
You may not know that we have been working on getting our Highway to Maturity Courses online. At OCC, we have three 10 week courses to help you grow in your relationship with God and your understanding of the Bible. Of course, the best thing to do is take them in person, as we offer [...]
Most people know that “cutting” has become quite a problem for many teens. But now radiologists are being accosted with a more extreme version. Welcome to the world of self-embedding, where young people are cutting themselves to embed objects deep into their bodies – even through their bones. Staples, paperclips, nails, pencils, glass, plastic, needles [...]
Yesterday, our website was featured in Faith Highway’s monthly e-zine (think ‘electronic’ and ‘magazine’). They designed the site for us, and tell me that not only has it been a success for us, it’s also been one for them. Despite the fact that they produce 1000 church websites a year, ours is the main site their customers repeatedly [...]
Apparently, this project had its first edition in 2008, but the guy that started it was excommunicated from the Mormon Church and even had his diploma from Brigham Young University revoked. The response was so great, however, that he’s publishing a second edition on his own.
According to Chad Hardy’s website, “Mormons Exposed,”
these hunky men of [...]
Advent Conspiracy has a new (?) vision for your Christmas. They are arguing that Christmas can still change the world.
The message for churches and individuals is simple: give yourself relationally, don’t fall for the consumer trap, and give your money instead to things that will make a difference. They’ve aligned themselves with Living Water Int’l to provide [...]