Current Affairs

  • Welcome to worship. This is a virtual version of the order of service, scriptures, songs, and prayers we shall share together on Sunday, June 4 at 11 AM at 4141 N. Fresno St., Fresno, CA. 93726. You are welcome to join us there or here. Let us begin! Hymn – Pentecostal Power We shall be singing…

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  • Foreclosure filings nearly double LOS ANGELES (AP) Foreclosure filings across the U.S. nearly doubled last month compared with September 2006, as financially strapped homeowners already behind on mortgage payments defaulted on their loans or came closer to losing their homes to foreclosure, a real estate information company said Thursday. read more | digg story Proverbs…

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  • Don’t Forget Saturday!

    Just a reminder for all who wish to be informed about this great story and opportunity: If you missed the article, read it here:  Justice for All For more information on Pre-Paid Legal services, click picture or go to my site. If you are interested in Identity Theft protection, check out the IdentityTheft Shield site.…

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  • Spring Forward Reminder

    It’s early this year: Remember when you go to bed To set your clock and hour ahead. Don’t be late for church!

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  • Hyperbolic Emissions is my most recent attempt to express myself on Fresno Famous. I don’t dislike politics. It is how people come together in community to govern themselves. I just  don’t like out-of-control partisanship that draws impenetrable lines over which people are discouraged from crossing and tries to label people and entire states with pre-packaged…

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  • Scandals and Sandals

    We've got another scandal in Washington – the kind we love, juicy, sexual, tawdry, and polarizing. And the Man in sandals walks among us unshaken, knowing what He has always known – that we are vulnerable and flawed and ever so needy of His grace and mercy. Here is what we do, and this is…

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  • Without letting on to any hidden information about his voting preferences or party affiliation, Brian McLaren gives three categories of concern for Christians in determining how they will vote. As a guest blogger on Jim Wallis’ "God’s Politics," McLaren addresses "Three Values for Voters to Consider." These, he explains are first, the earth, second, the…

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  • A number of days ago, I wrote an entry criticizing the President for asking us to trust the government to always act in our best interests without checks, balances, and  oversight.  It wasn't about him – but IT, the government. It was a philosophical and constitutional concern. The context was the ballyhoo over the private…

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  • Trust Me

    I heard our President ask us to trust him again today. It caused me some concern – especially for a guy who does not like to polarize himself or others politically. I think most of the distinctions we draw are unnecessarily divisive and intrinsically false. But he said, "Trust me," and it  struck me as…

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