Luis Palau Festival Draws 60,000 to Central Park
NEW YORK CITY — Evangelist Luis Palau is covering America’s largest city with the gospel. This weekend, his ministry is taking over New York’s Central Park with a festival that’s taken three years to plan. It takes days of work and hundreds of people to turn the famous park into center stage for City Fest, Palau’s latest Christian crusade — an outdoor service for 60,000 people. CBN News Efrem Graham toured the area with the evangelist as he sized up final preparations.
“It’s the largest one I have ever seen that we have used – except maybe Buenos Aires and Argentina, which was sort of large,” he said. “This one is so massive. And the city skyline, that is what really gets you.”
The vibrant 80 year old has personally preached to more than 30 million people in 75 countries.
It’s taken a long time and a lot of work to bring the good news to the Big Apple. Palau’s team partnered with city government and more than 1,700 churches three years ago to create NY City Serve. They then rolled up their sleeves to lift up the city’s poorest residents.
For more on this story see: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2015/July/Luis-Palau-Festival-Draws-60000-to-Central-Park/
Once while Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden, he was asked, “What would you do if you suddenly learned that you where to die at sunset today?” He replied, “I would finish hoeing my garden.” – Francis of Assisi . This is the answer of man who knows he is in the place he should be in. You can gain this sense of peace. You can walk in this confidence. It comes by knowing how to find your place.
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Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only idea you have. – Emile-Auguste Chartier
In Luke 15, Jesus presents 3 pictures of reconciliation. Chapter 15 is actually one parable told three different ways. Jesus tells the story of the lost sheep. He adds to that the story of the lost coin. He finishes it off with the story of the lost son. The three stories are actually one parable. The parable was spoken because of these words uttered by the religious leaders who opposed Jesus, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” The Pharisees and scribes were taking Jesus to task over His pursuit of sinners. With that in mind, let us take a look at the prodigal son.
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Bibles Flood Into Cuba to Meet Growing Demand
Christians in Cuba received more than 83,000 Bibles earlier this month from the International Missions Board. The Bibles come at a time of growth in the evangelical church in Cuba. The Baptist Convention in Cuba is distributing the Bibles to believers in more than 1,000 churches all over the island.
Bibles have not been sold in Cuban bookstores for more than 50 years. The only place people can get one is at a church.
For more on this story see: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2015/June/Bibles-Poured-into-Cuba-to-Meet-Christianity-Boom-/
One of my favorite scriptures is this phrase in the Psalms. “The Lord is good and His mercy endures forever.” The phrase occurs 9 times in the Psalms and 14 times overall. The thought of God’s mercy echoes deep within the heart of every born again child of God. Because you know if it wasn’t for His mercy where would you be? How could you have made it? One of the most outstanding features of the Throne of God is this mercy component. It is a place which is saturated and overflowing with God’s mercy.
James begins his letter with instructions on tests and trials encouraging the ‘scattered’ of the Diaspora to ‘hang in there’ and respect the journey understanding that blessings in development and heavenly rewards await the victorious. Verses five through eight address the wisdom component necessary to be able to count it all joy when enduring tests and trials.
The Bridge Commentary consists of four sections: Definitions, Background, Comments and Questions. The
Definitions section explains all significant Greek words found in all the verses of this passage. The
Background section contains material which will help to frame the passage in it’s 1st century setting. The
Questions section includes queries you may want to ask of the text. Finally, the
Comments section contains observations of the verses sorted in word or phrase order.
This is a revision of the original post published in February of last year. It was rewritten to make the writing clearer and the flow of the document smoother. It was sectioned off so you may skip a section, like Definitions, if you wish. A block flow diagram was (click on the link right below) also added to help give clarity to the thoughts expressed.
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Psalm 91 is famous for the comfort it brings to the children of God. Verse one is a declaration about God’s Presence. “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I don’t know about you, but I sure like the sound of abiding under God’s shadow or presence. But there is even more good news. The Psalmist also declares that in God’s presence there is fulness of joy (Psalm 16:11). Joy, peace, and protection, what more can you ask for? And it all comes from His Presence. This week we are going to continue the podcast we began last week on “How to Cultivate God’s Presence in Your Life.”
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Scientists Introduce Worlds’ Smallest Bible
Scientists in Israel have created the world’s smallest Bible, a text so small that it could fit on the tip of a pen.
CNN reports the Nano Bible includes 1.2 million letters of the Old Testament etched onto a miniscule disc. To read the scripture, it would have to be magnified about 10,000 times.
To create the Bible, scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology used silicon that was 100 atoms thick and plate it with gold. The characters were engraved with a focused ion beam.
The Nano Bible is now being displayed at the Israel Museum’s 50th anniversary exhibit.
God is omni-‘many things’. He is omniscient, a fancy word for all-knowing. God knows everything about your life and everyone’s life on planet earth. God is also, omnipotent meaning there is no power greater than what God possesses. Lastly, God is omnipresent meaning He is everywhere present at the same time. Have you wondered how God does that? How can He be everywhere all of the time? Whether we understand it or not, it is still true which brings up yet another question. How do you come to a God who is already there?
NEW YORK CITY — Evangelist Luis Palau is covering America’s largest city with the gospel. This weekend, his ministry is taking over New York’s Central Park with a festival that’s taken three years to plan. It takes days of work and hundreds of people to turn the famous park into center stage for City Fest, Palau’s latest Christian crusade — an outdoor service for 60,000 people. CBN News Efrem Graham toured the area with the evangelist as he sized up final preparations.
