Mule in the Kentucky Derby
A man entered a mule into the Kentucky every year.
Someone finally asked the man why he did that.
He said, I thought the fellowship would do him good. š
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Found! Man lost at sea for 66 days in Answer to Prayer
A South Carolina family’s prayers were answered this week after their loved one was found after being lost at sea for 66 days.Ā “From what he told us on the phone, he was catching fish and collecting rain water and drinking it,” Coast Guard spokeswoman Lt. Krystyn Pecora told The News & Observer.
Louis Jordan was found around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday about 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. He had gone fishing near Conway, South Carolina on January 23.
Jordan’s family was thrilled he was found alive.
“It’s amazing,” Norma said. “It’s been very difficult not knowing anything and I just feel like all of our prayers have come true. They’ve been answered.”
“We prayed, and prayed, and hoped you were still alive,” Jordan’s father, Frank, added.
For more on this story see: Ā http://www.christiantoday.com/article/man.lost.at.sea.found.after.66.days.we.prayed.and.prayed.says.family/51393.htm
What Happens When An Atheist Goes to Church
Sanderson Jones, a former stand-up comedian who leads the Sunday Assembly ā also known as the ‘atheist church’ ā spent Sunday attending three London churches and tweeting about his experience.
What started as a visit to his friend Dave Tomlison’s church became an impromptu tour of London Christianity. The three churches he visited were St Luke’s, Holloway, where Tomlinson (author of ‘How to be a Bad Christian’) is vicar, Hillsong in central London, and St Mary’s Bryanston Square.
Contrary to popular belief, Jones said he found them welcoming places, and said churches should realize that there is much they are doing well…
7.5 Million Americans Lost Their Religion since 2012
A new survey shows in stark relief that what some are calling the Great Decline of religion in America continues: Since 2012, the U.S. has about 7.5 million more Americans who are no longer active in religion.1. More Americans prefer āno religion.ā
When asked their religious preference, nearly 1 in 4 Americans now says ānone.ā Up until the 1990s, the percentage who were in this group known as ānonesā hovered in the single digits. Ā The 2014 GSS showed that nones are 23 percent of the population, up 3 points from 2012.
How large is this group? There are nearly as many Americans who claim no religion as there are Catholics (24 percent). If this growth continues, in a few years the largest āreligionā in the U.S. may be no religion at all.
For more of this article seeĀ 7.5 Million Americans Lost Their Religion since 2012
Watch Out for This Invasion of Privacy
Samsung gives warning about talking in front of the Smart TV. http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2o6ztk/WXBN1D3F:eSLFK-rK/www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2015/02/09/samsung-gives-warning-about-talking-in-front-of-the-smart-tv.html
A voice command feature on Samsungās Smart TV could allow the interception of private living room conversations and their transmission to third parties, the company says in a privacy statement highlighted Monday by online news site the Daily Beast.
Stunning! Evangelicals and Catholics Daring Marriage Report
Here is an excerpt from a joint Evangelical Catholic statement on marriage.
As Christians, it is our responsibility to bear witness to the truth about marriage as taught by both revelation and reasonāby the Holy Scriptures and by the truths inscribed on the human heart. These age-old truths explain why Christians celebrate Āmarriageāthe coming-together of a man and woman in a binding union of mutual supportāas one of the glories of the human race. Marriage is the primordial human institution, a reality that existed long before the establishment of what we now know as the state.
Click http://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/03/the-two-shall-become-one-flesh-reclaiming-marriage-2 to view the rest of the statement.
The Teen Pregnancy Crisis is Worse than You Think
American teenagers are getting pregnant at a rate three times that of Spain and fifteen times that of Switzerland. Three out of every ten teenagers are estimated to get pregnant at least once before they turn 20. The total amounts to 750,000 teen births a year.
Source: Relevant Magazine – http://www.relevantmagazine.com/issue-73-januaryfebruary-2015
Take Me to Church? Half of Pastors Believe Faith Will Become Online-Only Experience
What do you think of online cyber-church? Please leave a comment in the comments section or leave a voice mail by clicking on the side tab.
Here is an article on the subject from Christianity Today: http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/february/how-pastors-now-use-internet-ministry-barna.html
Finally, Obama Admits Genocide Against Iraqi Christians
As ISIS continues to wage genocide against Christians in Iraq, your voice is making a difference.
For months we’ve been telling you about theĀ plight of Iraq’s ChristiansĀ as ISIS has unleashed a barbaric and deadly wave of persecution throughout the region.
ISISāthe Islamic Stateāis using its radical jihadi army toĀ target, persecute and murder Christians in unthinkable ways. ISIS is decimating churches, slaughtering Christian men, raping and enslaving Christian women and evenĀ beheading Christian children.
For months we’ve called it what it is: genocide against Christians.
For more on this see: http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/48299-finally-obama-admits-genocide-against-iraqi-christians
Who was St. Patrick, and Would He Drink Green Beer?
Short answer: No, he never drank green beer. Patrick was a maverick, an iconoclast, a trailblazer. And though he was high born, he never forgot the naked shepherd boy, cold and hungry and huddling on an Irish hillside. āThe imagined Patrick to me is interesting as a cultural phenomenon, but not as a breathing man of faith,ā said Philip Freeman, author of āSt. Patrick of Ireland.ā āHe suffered terribly, was tormented by self-doubt, yet he always pressed forward to spread the Gospel.ā He was also the first church father to speak out against the abuse of women, especially slaves. And at a time when Christian biggies like the Apostle Paul and St. Augustine never left the boundaries of the Roman Empire, Patrick was the first missionary to people considered barbarians. In the words of Thomas Cahill, āThe step he took was in its way as bold as Columbusā, and a thousand times more humane.ā
For more of this article seeĀ Who was St. Patrick, and Would He Drink Green Beer?
Teen Dead for 45 Minutes Comes Back to Life as Mother Prays
A Missouri teen who fell through ice on Lake Sainte Louise and was clinically dead for 45 minutes has miraculously came back to life after his mother said a fervent prayer.
According to Christian News Network, John Smith, 14, was playing on the lake with two friends when all three fell through the ice. One boy made it out of the water and another boy held to a piece of ice, but it took rescuers 15 minutes to find Smith.
By the time Smith arrived at a local hospital, he had been clinically dead for 45 minutes and had received 30 minutes of CPR. When Dr. Ken Sutterer informed Smithās mother, Joyce Smith, of the grim news, she started praying.
āI donāt remember what all I said,ā Joyce Smith told a local news station afterward. āBut I remember, āHoly God, please send your Holy Spirit to save my son. I want my son, please save him.’ā
Immediately after Smithās prayer, her son started showing signs of life.
ā[A]ll of a sudden I heard them saying, āWe got a pulse; we got a pulse,āā she said.
Another one of Smithās physicians, Dr. Jeremy Garrett, called the incident āa bonafide miracle.ā
The teen was able to return home after a stay in the hospital for rehabilitation.
āI donāt remember much about it to be honest. Hearing what the doctors and the paramedics said, Iām pretty surprised at the outcome,ā John Smith said.
āIām surprised Iām alive, but itās a real miracle that Iām alive, and I thank God Iām alive. Thereās a reason Iām alive, so Iām just going to kind of follow what God has in store for me throughout my life.ā
New Jersey Teen Wins Court Case Against Atheists to Keep ‘Under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance
“I’m so grateful the court decided that kids like me shouldn’t be silenced just because some people object to timeless American values,” said Jones, who was a defendent-intervenor in the suit.
“Ever since I was little, I’ve recited the Pledge of Allegiance because it sums up the values that make our country great. The phrase ‘under God’ protects all Americans ā including atheists ā because it reminds the government that it can’t take away basic human rights because it didn’t create them.”
A state judge dismissed the case brought by the American Humanist Association seeking to gut “one nation under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance after hearing Jones and her family’s testimony against it.
This is the second time a state court has stopped the American Humanist Association from outlawing the federal pledge. Their firstāÆstate-levelāÆsuit, raising identical claims, wasāÆunanimously rejectedāÆby Massachusetts’ highest court last year, according to the Becket Fund.
In a case filed in February 2014, the American Humanist Association, claimed the recitation of the pledge violates Article 1 of the New Jersey’s constitution. The case was filed on behalf of an unnamed New Jersey family from Monmouth County against the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.
Last November, Jones told Fox News “our rights don’t come from the government but from a higher power, so they can’t take away the rights.”
“The message today is loud and clear: “God” is not a dirty word,” noted EricāÆRassbach,āÆdeputy general counsel for the Becket Fund in a press statement. “The Pledge of Allegiance isn’t a prayer, and reciting it doesn’t magically create an official state religion.”