Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: Luke 24:13-53

  Prenuptial agreements used to be a topic reserved for the tabloids. For example, in 1988, the day before his wedding, baseball player Barry Bonds required his fiancée to sign such an agreement. She consented but seven years later, after a nasty divorce, she sued him for a portion of his seven million dollar salary. The case went all the way to the California Supreme Court, but the contract held.1 Times, however, have changed. Today many financial experts advise couples of all ages and backgrounds to plan for divorce before getting married by entering into a prenuptial agreement.2

A self-proclaimed atheist, Anthony Daniels is a former physician who now writes using the pseudonym “Theodore Dalrymple.” As a contributing editor of City Journal and the Dietrich Weismann Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, his writings are known for their pointed cultural commentary. In an essay titled, “What the New Atheists Don’t See,”1 “Dalrymple” critiques the popular rejection of religion by contemporary atheists. He argues that religious faith was essential for the establishment of Western civilization and is essential for its survival.

First Baptist Church, Perryville MD is sending a team from 4/18 – 4/25 to aid in Hurricane Katrina rebuilding. First Baptist Church is on Route 40 at the edge of Perryville in Cecil County, MD.

Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: Zechariah 9:9-10 & John 12:20-50

  A Critical Review by Norman L. Geisler and Bill Roach (shortened version) The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William P. Young (Wind Blown Media, 2007, 264 pp) is a New York Times best seller with well over a million copies in print. Literally hundreds of thousands have been blessed by its message, but its message is precisely what calls for scrutiny. Responses to The Shack range from eulogy to heresy. Eugene Peterson, author of The Message predicted that The Shack “has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his. It’s that […]

  by PFM President Mark Earley. We’ve talked a lot this year on BreakPoint about the crisis facing this nation’s criminal justice system. With half-a-million prisoners being released each year — two-thirds of them re-offending, 50 percent of them being re-incarcerated — we are discovering that we simply must be changing the hearts of criminals.