Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: Joshua 2:1-24

By Audrey Carli Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis was a mother to her community. Before the Civil War, she organized the women of Grafton, West Virginia, to fight deadly childhood diseases. After seven of her own children died, she decided that the best way she could help mothers was to teach them how to prevent childhood illnesses.

Sitting at the king’s court under the proclamation of God’s Word in autumn 1547, John Bradford felt decidedly uncomfortable. The preacher’s words on integrity and the need for personal and national financial probity stirred up his conscience. He left court that day knowing that change was required, change that would be both public and costly.

by Michael Foust WASHINGTON (BP)–Does living together before marriage increase the chances for a successful marriage? The answer may surprise some.

Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: Paslm 42

“I will build my church,” Jesus said, “and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) The lead story on Drudge over the Easter weekend was the Pope baptizing a prominent Egyptian author who converted from Islam to Catholicism, and for good reason. It’s a huge story in Italy and the Muslim world, especially coming as it did the week that Osama bin Laden accused the Pope of waging a “crusade” against Islam. But this particular baptism is just the tip of the iceberg.