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Evangelical author Philip Yancey asks: What good is God? – CNN Belief Blog – CNN.com Blogs
Who will I miss, how have I spent my life, and am I ready for what happens next? ~Philip Yancey CNN: In your book, you say your near-death experience forced you to think of three questions: Who will I miss, how have I spent my life, and am I ready for what happens next? Are […]
My take: Why my church rebelled against the American Dream – CNN Belief Blog
I believe God has a dream for people today. It’s just not the same as the American Dream. I believe God is saying to us that real success is found in radical sacrifice. That ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of him. That the purpose of our […]
iBand Chorus – Christmas Performance at North Point Community Church using only iPads and iPhones
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4&fs=1&hl=en_US] iBand Chorus – Using only iPads and iPhones, a group of musicians rocked North Point Community Church in Apharetta, Georgia, to the sounds of the season. While banging away on keys, drums and guitars simulated by apps like NLogSynth PRO, the band, called iBand, tore the roof off the place while ringing in some […]
Where is Francis Chan – "Beautiful People" (Sept 2010)
Last week, I met some of the most beautiful people… Lisa and I flew to Nashville to film a television show that raised awareness for the 140 million orphans in the world (www.cryoftheorphan.org).
Christopher Hitchens shares some personal thoughts about his cancer
Here is an article written by secular humanist and writer Christopher Hitchens (who wrote “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” in 2007) about his own battle with cancer on Sept 2010. I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. But nothing prepared me for the early morning last […]