Archive for August, 2006

August 9, 2006

At times, hope is all that we have to hang on to. The world can be crashing down around us in overwhelming darkness and despair, yet deep inside, a gentle voice reminds us that we are not alone.

Philip Yancy observes in Where is God When it Hurts? that Jesus never gave a poor or suffering person a speech about accepting his or her lot in life or swallowing without complaint the “medicine” that God had given him or her. In fact, he seemed unusually sensitive to the groans of suffering people and set about remedying them. And he used supernatural powers to heal, never to punish.

Crystal Miller, author of Marked For Life, page 125

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August 3, 2006

Technical Virgin
How Far is Too Far?
by Hayley DiMarco
ISBN 0800730852
Revell
paperback, 160 pages

The best-selling author of Sexy Girls offers a cutting-edge book that gets very real about the myths of technical virginity.

What is technical virginity? It’s a loophole for people who want to have sex, but still remain a virgin.

It’s also a lie, one that has set teen girls back three generations as far as relationships, loves, and self-respect goes. (more…)

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August 1, 2006

What does Creationfest, a rocking concert for thousands of teens, look like to a Seattle reporter?

Thousands worship, then rock out at Creation Festival
By D. PARVAZP-I REPORTER

GEORGE — It’s over for another year. Roughly 22,000 Christians prayed, rocked out, networked and maybe even checked out the baptismal pool in the dust bowl known as the Gorge Amphitheatre. [Read entire article here]

An excerpt from the article:

Still, there was a sense among most here that Christians are the underdogs in this country and that they are a true subculture. (more…)

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