With cancer so prevalent these days, almost all of us know someone who has suffered from such a horrible disease.  Many of us wonder what we would do if we heard news from our doctor that our bodies are infected.  Let me ask an interesting question: Would such news be good?  In one way, we would say of course not! But it depends does it not?  No one would wish for such a diagnosis,  but it were there, it would be foolish to reject the news from a wise doctor.  And who would not welcome the news if a cure were available? ...

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  Abortion is a hot topic among Evangelicals, and it should be.  But the reason we care does not begin with connection to a political party, a political leaning or ideological preference. Christians care about children, whether children in the womb or not, because they are created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-27).  We have been given by God a certain sovereignty over plants and animals in regards to their life, but not over fellow man. God alone may give and take life.  So God says, “whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in...

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Kinkos was a perfect place to study in seminary because of its late hours and convenient vending machine, of which I took advantage on one particularly strenuous week of studying.  It was mid-term testing and I needed to know a lot of Colossians for a Greek class, so I studied God’s Word in the original language for hours up at Kinkos that week, just me and my vending machine.    I did fairly well on the written test that Thursday, but I failed another type of test that week. It was the test on “The Goal of Knowledge.” See, I finished...

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Creating a new web site for Covenant Presbyterian Church is not for the purpose of just being new and up to date. No, our hope is that this new site will serve the vision of God's Church here in Cleveland and in the world. We exist to worship and enjoy God, and we set out to do so through serving and enjoying one another. This site is a means to that end. We hope it will be used to facilitate this through:Weekly updates of events and activitiesPictures (so all may see the joy we share at these events!)Ministry updates and...

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This is a video that Les Newsome posted on Ole Miss's RUF Blog... I think you will find these 12 minutes interesting: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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