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Archive 2004 Winter at Beulah Beach 12/26/2004 Slideshow A popular Alliance retreat along the shores of Lake Erie, Beulah Beach is familiar to many in the summer. Here are a few photos taken during the beauty of last winter's embrace. If your browser warns you that you don't have a necessary plug-in or helper application, you need to download and install the free RealPlayer here. When Backward Is Forward 12/26/2004 by Andy Crouch Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement...continued Children's Christmas Play 12/19/2004 Some images from today's play here. You will need the RealPlayer™ to watch this slideshow. If your browser warns you that you don't have a necessary plug-in or helper application, you need to download and install the free RealPlayer here. The Visited Planet 12/19/2004 Philip Yancey Sorting through the stack of cards that arrived at our house last Christmas, I note that all kinds of symbols have edged their way into the celebration. Overwhelmingly, the landscape scenes render New England towns buried in snow...more The Christmas Lie 12/19/2004 Dorothy Thomas It was the last day of school before the Christmas holidays, and I, because I was only recently recovered from a weeks-long bout with tonsillitis and wearied on the walk home in the Alberta cold, rode with the Bunny children in their cutter, and so got myself into a world of trouble...read Outbursts of Joy 12/12/2004 The presence of God: he picked me up and swung me like a bell. I saw the trees on fire, I rang a hundred prayers of praise...more Reflections: The Way of Salvation
12/12/2004 Peace - One of God's Promises 12/05/2004 Read His Promise's here. Baptism + Fire 11/30/2004 By Mark Galli Suffering may build character, but ultimately it's not about us...read The power of reconciliation 12/03/2004
by Jim Wallis Sovereign God / Sovereign Nation? 11/21/04 by Ted Wise One Christian's perspective on politics...read Learning to Love Moses 11/8/04 by Donald Miller You don't have to read the Bible for long before you realize the folks who wrote this book were quite special...more Baseball Wisdom 10/31/04 Bill Wiser In an era of free agency and sky-high contracts, it is hard to conceive baseball legend Yogi Berra breaking into the majors and waiting on tables during the off-season to make ends meet...more Is That You Lord? 10/31/04 "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going..." continued Infinite and Intimate 10/24/04 by Brennan Manning The effects of "beholding God”- that is, contemplating the glory of the Lord - are profound and far-reaching... more Mission Accomplished 10/17/04 by Liz Curtis Higgs I wanted to serve God in an exotic locale, but he had other cross-cultural encounters in mind...continue The Nightmare of North Korea 10/10/04 By Kang Hyeok One man's story of brutality, courage, love, and freedom...read Salt-and-Pepper Politics 10/04/04 By Andy Crouch Choosing between candidates whose consciences are too clean...more When Children Suffer 10/03/04 Children suffer all over the world. We see them on TV, in magazines, on billboards. We encounter them in our ICUs and drug rehab centers...continued Pick Your Shibboleths Wisely 10/03/04 Do we really want to be known as the generation who gave marriage over to the government?...more The True, the Good, and the Beautiful Christian 09/26/04 Beauty is making a comeback in science and theology. Will it find its place in the lives of believers? Read... Community for the Comfortable 09/19/04 By Dave Goetz Some growth comes only through suffering...continued Community Is Their Middle Name 09/19/04 We live in a world that measures success by size. Bigger, we're told, is better..more Loving Military Enemies 09/12/04 By Stephen L. Carter War does not exempt Christians from the second-greatest commandment...more Forgetting God 09/05/04 By Philip Yancey Why decadence drives out discipline...more Where Love Is, God Is 09/05/04 Leo Tolstoy A Short Story...read Rekindling Passion 08/29/04 By Wayne Jacobsen Can you remember the last time you awoke in the middle of the night, not to anxiety or fear, but to Jesus' invitation to spend some time with him? ...read VBS 2004 Carnival slide-show here Brazil 2004 slide-show Reflections: The Outpoured Spirit 08/22/04 Richard A. Kauffman Quotations to stir heart and mind...here A 21st-Century Tower of Babel? 08/22/04 The Debate Over Embryonic Stem Cell Research...read Life 2004 08/08/04 During a recent week in Phoenix, thousands of students were inspired to expand God's Kingdom by worshipping, and growing together. Hear excellent testimonies of a few of those students and their sponsors...RealOne audio or MP3 format. Community 101 08/15/04 Charles Moore Why Am I Still So Selfish? Read here... 'Live More Musically' 08/01/04 By Andy Crouch The difference between Christian practice and a Starbucks purchase...more A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg 08/01/04 Leo Tolstoy A Short Story...read Gratitude 07/25/04 What does it mean to be thankful? ...read Why Do We Worship Behind Doors? 07/18/04 Brazil Team Members of a short term missions trip to Brazil gave us a wonderful report today. Here are just a few very short snippets of what they had to say...RealOne audio or MP3 format. All Apologies 07/18/04 By Nathan Bierma Are today's kinda culpas more safe than sorry?
More Tending the Garden 07/11/04 By John Wilson Evangelicals and the environment...read Saving Strangers 07/02/04 Photo essay by Denise McGill The journey of one Somali Bantu family in
the largest group resettlement of African refugees in U.S. history...more Discreet and Dynamic 07/02/04 By Philip Yancey Why, with no apparent resources, Chinese churches
thrive...read India Pictures 2004 07/04/04 Have been moved here. Stuff Happens 06/13/04
By Gina R. Dalfonzo Americans are ruled by stuff. This isn’t hard to figure out—the signs of our obsession are everywhere—more Amazing Sin, How Deep We're Bound 05/04/04 By Mark R. McMinn Finding the courage to trust in grace...more Forgiveness 101 04/25/04 By Timothy C. Morgan Rwanda is becoming a lab for testing new models of Christian forgiveness...more Discover the 'Treasure Principle
04/18/04 By Carol Steffes God a rebel? Read Chesterton's thoughts on the Passion. A Spark Neglected 03/21/04 Leo Tolstoy It all began about a trifle. In this classic short story of revenge and forgiveness, Leo Tolstoy shows how, if neglected, one tiny spark of hatred can flare into a fire beyond control - and how Love alone has the power to quench the flames of enmity...more Passions and Tears Abound 02/29/04 by Agnieszka Tennant What moviegoers had to say after watching The Passion of The Christ...here 'Dude, That Was Graphic' 02/29/04 Mel Gibson talks about The Passion of The Christ...more A Laughing Child in Exchange for Sin 02/22/04 Christine A. Scheller What exactly does courage look like in an age of abortion? Read... The Passion of Mel Gibson 02/22/04 by David Neff Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities...more Graffiti, Grace and God 02/15/04 Taylor Field was struggling with one of life's biggest questions, one that most Christians wrestle with at some point: What was God's will for his life? More The art of affirmation 02/08/2004
By Claude Thomas While I Was Sleeping 02/01/04 by Lindsey O'Connor Why my husband finally refused to end my life during my two-month coma...read Release a Handful of Anger 01/22/04
by John Trent When a group of 6-year-olds were asked by their teacher, "What's the most important truth you've learned so far?" one priceless response came from a girl who wrote, "When your dad makes your mom mad, never let her brush your hair!" ...more The Martyrs of Alcatraz 01/22/04 Dan Hallock Religious Persecution in the Land of the Free...more Gibson says faith led to film of Christ’s last hours 01/22/04 More than 1,500 people turned out at CedarCreek Church in Perrysburg Township to get a glimpse of Mel Gibson’s upcoming movie The Passion of The Christ...continued A Heaven-made Activist 01/11/04 Joni Eareckson Tada is driven forward by hymns of praise and her sovereign God...continued Resolutions Worth Keeping 01/04/04 The origins of new years' resolutions, and one famous list...continued
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