Archive for April, 2008
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Monday, April 14th, 2008Correctional Chaplain Richard E. Cawthon recently sent this thrilling report of salvation and transformation to our national chaplaincy department:
I was asked by one of our correctional officers to visit with an inmate who had attempted to commit suicide two days prior. When I saw him, he was a broken, defeated person. The officer told me […]
Blind Golfer, 85 Years Old, Shoots Hole-in-One
Saturday, April 12th, 2008An AP report from Green Valley, Arizona carries one of the best sports stories ever.
An 85-year-old legally blind golfer from southern Arizona made a hole-in-one this week on a par-3 course. Robert Dunham accomplished the feat on the third hole at Tortuga in Green Valley.
Playing with a group of fellow blind veterans enrolled in a […]
TV Clip From 52nd General Council
Friday, April 11th, 2008Just came across this local coverage of last year’s historic GC in Indianapolis. Take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4lgNqyzYE
James K. Bridges Resources Online
Thursday, April 10th, 2008James K. Bridges, who recently completed 15 years as general treasurer of the Assemblies of God, has written often for AG publications. Many of these are available online. Click here to access the list of Bro. Bridges’ writings, as well as articles that feature him.
Cults Still Trying to Predict the End
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008A Russian doomsday cult is in the news.
Two members of the group that went underground five months ago to await the end recently emerged with a tale of two deaths among the group. Thirty-five cult members entered a cave in early November, threatening to blow up gas canisters that blocked the entrance if authorities attempted […]
Interview With the Navy Chief of Chaplains Part 2
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Part 2 of my interview with Rear Admiral Robert Burt, an ordained minister of the Open Bible Churches who has the distinction of serving as the Navy Chief of Chaplains, is now available on TPExtra. My co-host is Chaplain Scott McChrystal. Click here to listen.
See also “High-seas ministry” with Chaplain Burt in the April 13, […]
D’oh! Simpsons Not Fit for Kids?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Venezuela has it right: The TV program The Simpsons is not fit for kids (or anyone else for that matter).
The totalitarian regime of President Hugo Chavez made news by labeling The Simpsons unfit for children and pulled it from the 11 a.m. slot of nationally-controlled Venezuelan television. Even a stopped clock is right every now […]
A Visit With the Navy Chief of Chaplains
Monday, April 7th, 2008Part 1 of my interview with Rear Admiral Robert Burt, an ordained minister of the Open Bible Churches who has the distinction of serving as the Navy Chief of Chaplains, is now available on TPExtra. My co-host is Chaplain Scott McChrystal. Click here to listen.
See also “High-seas ministry” with Chaplain Burt in the April 13, […]
In the Mail: A Letter From God?
Monday, April 7th, 2008We get lots of mail in the TPE office. We still get traditional snail mail, though a lot of people communicate via email or fax.
Today I got a six-page typewritten letter that was signed “YHWH.” Those four letters are what biblical scholars call the tetragrammaton, which simply means a four-letter word.
But the tetragrammaton is a […]
Water
Sunday, April 6th, 2008The AP recently reported:
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or […]
