Ancient Church Discovered in Jordan

A fascinating archeological discovery has been made. They are calling it “the world’s first church”, and it actually may be. According to the BBC News report, a cave was uncovered underneath St. Georgeous (one of the oldest known churches until now). They are dating the site back to AD33-70 and saying it [...]

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One of Earth’s Last Uncontacted Tribes Found

There aren’t many uncontacted people groups left on the planet.  One more has been discovered in Peru and some fascinating pictures have been captured from a fly-by.
Check out the pictures as well as the story at The Daily Mail.
Skin painted bright red, heads partially shaved, arrows drawn back in the longbows and aimed square at [...]

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The Lakeland Revival

The revival happening in Lakeland, Florida with Todd Bentley is getting a lot of attention. I think it would be interesting to open a discussion on the topic here. We have a pretty diverse readership here with a wide variety of church histories.
I haven’t attended the meetings in Florida, so I can’t give [...]

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Pet Peeve #26 - Christianese

I’m a native English speaker. I also speak a little bit of Spanglish.
Como se name? Me llamo is Ben. I gusto tacos. Donde esta el bathroom?
I’m also fluent in Christianese. Being a pastor’s kid, this was the first language that I learned. To this day, when I encounter a [...]

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Pet Peeve #27 - Jewish Prayer Shawls and Holy Land Anointing Oil

Blogging is good for a lot of things. One of them is that it’s a great venue for venting about various pet peeves one might have. Things like driving for miles with the turn signal on, driving without ever using the turn signal, big hair, theft-proof packaging used on everything at WalMart, etc. [...]

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