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The JESUS film, one of the most effective evangelistic tools of all time, now comes in a version edited primarily for women—Magdalena: Released from Shame.By box office standards, JESUS was a bust when it released in 1979, earning a mere $4 million. But since then, it has gone on to become arguably the most watched film in movie history, with over 6 billion viewings (including repeated viewings) in less than three decades.Read more of this story.
A pastor from Kenya is visiting the Madison area this week at the invitation of a Stoughton resident who is working to help him raise the resources needed to continue operating an orphanage in Kenya’s third largest city.Cindy Nawrocki discovered pastor Samson Nyameche when she started attending Abundant Grace Church in Milton. The church was already supporting his ministry in Kenya. But she made a strong personal connection with his work.
FIRST PERSONIn 1967 our family moved to Madison, Wisconsin. In the fall of that year our next door neighbor, Esther Klingbiel, invited our 3½ year old son, Mark, to attend a weekly Good News Club® that she was teaching. At home with a new baby, Janet, it was a nice break for me. Our son Mark enjoyed the club very much. That February at one of the club meetings, Mark asked Jesus to come into his heart and be his Savior. When he came home we had no idea or understanding of what he was talking about.
COMMENTARYTony Blair knew what he was doing, while leading a post-Christian nation next to an even more secular continent. He knew that he couldn’t discuss his faith."You talk about it in our system and, frankly, people do think you’re a nutter," he told BBC after leaving office.Read more of this commentaryREAD MORE: The Faith that Moves Tony Blair by Michael Gerson
CLERMONT, Fla. — Jason Russell, a fitness buff, had long found it difficult to combine his Christian faith with his job as a gym manager, which required him to be around women in spandex and men concerned only with how macho they are. “Me being a single guy and trying to walk the Christian line, it was difficult,” said Mr. Russell, 30. “I needed not only to protect myself, but as a leader, to help others with their spiritual journey.” Mr. Russell had been planning to open a gym of his own. Then he discovered Lord’s Gym, a 10,000-square-foot fitness…
WASHINGTON — As world leaders continue wrestling over what to do about the spiraling global food crisis, the former U.S. ambassador for humanitarian issues says he worries that Americans "have not yet developed the political and spiritual will" to adequately tackle the situation.Read more of this story.
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney and his Mormon faith. Mike Huckabee and his "Christian leader" ads. John McCain and John Hagee. Hillary Clinton and her "prayer warriors." Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright.To put it mildly, the 2008 election has featured an extraordinary emphasis on religion.Read more of this story.
Words of Hope bookstore at 4112 Monona Drive has "Going Out of Business" signs in the windows. Owner Al Huizenga says he’ll be open for another week and a half and then the doors will close for good.In 1981, just out of seminary, Huizenga moved to Madison and purchased the One Way Bookstore on Monroe Street, a few blocks from Camp Randall stadium.
ST. LOUIS — Southern Baptists, as a rule, do not drink. But once a month, young congregants of the Journey, a Baptist church here, and their friends get together in the back room of a sprawling brew pub called the Schlafly Bottleworks to talk about the big questions: President Bush, faith and war, the meaning of life, and “what’s wrong with religion.”“That’s where people are having their conversations about things that matter,” the Rev. Darrin Patrick, senior pastor and founder of the Journey, said about the talks in the bar. “We go where people are because we feel like Jesus…
Church goers on Madison’s east side were giving. Not just from their hearts, but also from their feet.Jeff Hubrecht and his son Cameron are worshiping in socks -giving their shoes to those who really need them.Read more of this story.