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  Technology unites missionaries, families around the world

  Missionaries say new technology is bridging the thousands of miles between home and the mission field, often for free and in real time.

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  Teen website changes lives through laughs

  The interactive format of "The Doug and Jon Show" provides a safe haven for young people to laugh, share thoughts, open up about their challenges and be introduced to Jesus Christ.

   

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  Recognize children’s digital proficiency, but be alert to dangers

  When it comes to digital communication, children are natives, and their parents are immigrants. And that puts parents at a distinct disadvantage in protecting children from online danger, according to the president of a nonprofit advocacy group devoted to guarding children from Internet pornography and predators.

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  Churches view social networking as ministry tool

  With the Internet closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news, churches increasingly are viewing social-networking applications like Facebook as ministry tools.

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  Is the prodigal generation gone for good, or will they return to faith?

  Drew Dyck didn’t lose the Christian faith of his childhood when he became an adult, but he noticed lots of others did. He talked to some of those who’ve left the faith for his recent book, Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith … and How to Bring Them Back.

  02/10/2011 - By admin

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  Pottsboro church wonders, ‘What will God do next?’

  Excitement grips the congregation at Georgetown Baptist Church in Pottsboro—not only because a huge debt has been paid, but also due to expectation of God’s next blessing.

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  ‘Miracle Detectives’ on the hunt for answers

  For an hour every Wednesday night, Miracle Detectives, a prime-time television foray into exploring the miraculous, will investigate reports of the supernatural. It’s one of 17 programs on the new Oprah Winfrey Network that debuted New Year’s Day.

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  Faith Digest: No policy changes for military chaplains

  The pending repeal of the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay members will not change policies related to chaplains, the Pentagon stated.

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  Awards presented to missions leader, pastor & medical doctor

  College Station-based missions innovator, a Houston pastor and an Abilene physician are recipients of the 2010-2011 Texas Baptist Ministry Awards, presented by Baylor University and the Baptist Standard.

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  Competing claims prompt need for apologetics

  Christians curious about apologetics first need to understand what apologetics is not, Jim Denison, theologian-in-residence for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, told a conference.

   

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  Christians urged to be salt and light

  America’s culture needs dramatic change, but it won’t come about through any program, said Jim Denison, theologian-in-residence for the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Rather, change results from the lives of Christians sold out for Christ, he insisted.

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  ‘Tough truth’ of Christianity offered as honest diagnosis for spiritual sickness

  Postmodern thinking supposes it unethical for Christians to put forth Jesus as the only way to heaven, but the opposite is true, Mike Licona, apologetics coordinator for the North American Mission Board, told a conference in San Antonio.

  02/10/2011 - By admin