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Kevin Kabel |
Walter Kaiser Jr |
Val Kalende |
Mike Kalstrup |
Israel Kamudzandu |
Kapya Kaoma |
Reid Kapple |
Bahjat Karakach |
Jim Karch |
Hannah Kardon |
Mor Boutros Kassis |
Mary Kathryn |
David Kaywood |
Stephen Kaziimba |
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==kevin kabel======
Pastor Kevin Kabe
Pastor Kevin Kabel serves as the Lead Pastor at Calvary Heights Baptist Church, an independent, Bible-believing church located in Elma, New York (Western New York region). He grew up attending Calvary Heights after moving from Rochester to the Buffalo area as a child.
Pastor Kevin Kabe
Proverbs 15:18 "A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife."What a great proverb! What a great confrontation and at the same time, what a great comfort!
Strife in our lives over the course of our lifetimes is unfortunately quite inevitable. When we're young and inexperienced, we naturally find strife with our siblings and classmates. As we age, strife becomes more complicated and more painful in the home, on the job, in the neighborhood and even at church. As money becomes more necessary, strife becomes easier. As romance becomes more important, strife becomes more intense. As history starts accruing, strife starts getting more material.
Sadly, strife is a part of life in a cursed world occupied and dominated by sinful souls. When recommending marriage to a particularly vulnerable demographic in 1 Corinthians 7, Paul warned the would-be-marriers that they would have "trouble in the flesh." If the best of human relationships is accompanied by strife, we can expect less intimate and less committed relationships to have strife in them. We see strife between men and women all throughout the Bible and almost from the very beginning. Starting in Genesis 3, we see brothers entertaining strife from Cain and Abel to Jacob and Esau to Joseph and the sons of Jacob to Moses and Aaron to David and Eliab to Absalom and Amnon to the brothers fighting over an inheritance in the Gospels. Starting in Genesis 13, we see strife between neighbors from Abraham's herdmen and Lot's herdmen to Israel and the Egyptians to Israel and the Philistines to Israel and the other Canaanites to Absalom and Joab to Ahab and Naboth. Starting in Genesis 16, we see strife between spouses from Abraham and Sarah to Isaac and Rebekah to Jacob and Rachel to Moses and Zipporah to David and Michal. We even see strife in Scripture between great men of God like Paul and Barnabas, Peter and Paul and multiple times between the 12 Apostles.
While quite inevitable over the course of our lifetimes, strife doesn't need to be a common phenomenon in our lives. This proverb links a particular characteristic to strife that provides the key to both explaining and more importantly, avoiding strife. If a man has a greater amount of strife in his life than the average man, this proverb is blaming him, not the people in his life. If a woman has a greater amount of strife in her home than the average woman, this proverb is blaming her, not the other people in the home. Strife takes two but an angry person is the one in that equation who is primarily responsible for any given strife. Men with short tempers turn simple disagreements into fierce arguments. Women with short fuses turn ignorant oversights into heated tensions. When a person is full of wrath in their soul, they're full of emotional kindling from which a tiny flame of relational error can ignite an inferno of strife. Find a man who always seems to have relational tension at every job with every boss and you've found a wrathful man. Find a woman who always seems to have contentions with friends, in-laws and family members and you've found an angry woman. Find a believer who goes from church to church because they experience strife at every church and you've likely found a believer with an anger problem. Most strife can be traced back to something relatively innocent or simple like a misunderstanding or a poorly chosen word or a bad decision. If a person given to anger is the victim of that poorly chosen statement or oversight, strife will be stirred up. When spouses get angry as a result of being ignored or offended, they stir up strife by dredging up past offenses that they previously claimed to have forgiven. When so-called friends get angry for being ignored or overlooked, they stir up strife by writing or saying nasty things to make a point. We don't have to entertain strife but we will as long as we entertain anger in our hearts. --Pastor Kevin Kabel; Proverb 15:18; 5.7.26
Strife in our lives over the course of our lifetimes is unfortunately quite inevitable. When we're young and inexperienced, we naturally find strife with our siblings and classmates. As we age, strife becomes more complicated and more painful in the home, on the job, in the neighborhood and even at church. As money becomes more necessary, strife becomes easier. As romance becomes more important, strife becomes more intense. As history starts accruing, strife starts getting more material.
Sadly, strife is a part of life in a cursed world occupied and dominated by sinful souls. When recommending marriage to a particularly vulnerable demographic in 1 Corinthians 7, Paul warned the would-be-marriers that they would have "trouble in the flesh." If the best of human relationships is accompanied by strife, we can expect less intimate and less committed relationships to have strife in them. We see strife between men and women all throughout the Bible and almost from the very beginning. Starting in Genesis 3, we see brothers entertaining strife from Cain and Abel to Jacob and Esau to Joseph and the sons of Jacob to Moses and Aaron to David and Eliab to Absalom and Amnon to the brothers fighting over an inheritance in the Gospels. Starting in Genesis 13, we see strife between neighbors from Abraham's herdmen and Lot's herdmen to Israel and the Egyptians to Israel and the Philistines to Israel and the other Canaanites to Absalom and Joab to Ahab and Naboth. Starting in Genesis 16, we see strife between spouses from Abraham and Sarah to Isaac and Rebekah to Jacob and Rachel to Moses and Zipporah to David and Michal. We even see strife in Scripture between great men of God like Paul and Barnabas, Peter and Paul and multiple times between the 12 Apostles.
While quite inevitable over the course of our lifetimes, strife doesn't need to be a common phenomenon in our lives. This proverb links a particular characteristic to strife that provides the key to both explaining and more importantly, avoiding strife. If a man has a greater amount of strife in his life than the average man, this proverb is blaming him, not the people in his life. If a woman has a greater amount of strife in her home than the average woman, this proverb is blaming her, not the other people in the home. Strife takes two but an angry person is the one in that equation who is primarily responsible for any given strife. Men with short tempers turn simple disagreements into fierce arguments. Women with short fuses turn ignorant oversights into heated tensions. When a person is full of wrath in their soul, they're full of emotional kindling from which a tiny flame of relational error can ignite an inferno of strife. Find a man who always seems to have relational tension at every job with every boss and you've found a wrathful man. Find a woman who always seems to have contentions with friends, in-laws and family members and you've found an angry woman. Find a believer who goes from church to church because they experience strife at every church and you've likely found a believer with an anger problem. Most strife can be traced back to something relatively innocent or simple like a misunderstanding or a poorly chosen word or a bad decision. If a person given to anger is the victim of that poorly chosen statement or oversight, strife will be stirred up. When spouses get angry as a result of being ignored or offended, they stir up strife by dredging up past offenses that they previously claimed to have forgiven. When so-called friends get angry for being ignored or overlooked, they stir up strife by writing or saying nasty things to make a point. We don't have to entertain strife but we will as long as we entertain anger in our hearts. --Pastor Kevin Kabel; Proverb 15:18; 5.7.26
Paul said in one verse what Solomon said in two when he said, “Wherefore let him that THINKETH he standeth take heed lest he fall” 1 Corinthians 10:12. Becoming self-sufficient is the slow, deceptive and dangerous way of removing God from your life. How can a person truly prosper without the direction of an Almighty God?
--Pastor Kevin Kabel
--Pastor Kevin Kabel
==Walter Kaiser jr======
Walter C. Kaiser Jr. (born April 11, 1933) is an American Evangelical Old Testament scholar, writer, public speaker, and educator. Kaiser is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished Professor of Old Testament and former President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, retired June 30, 2006. He was succeeded by James Emery White.
Walter Kaiser
Walter Kaiser summarized what he considered to be the eight kinds of suffering in the Old Testament:
- Retributive suffering involves people receiving punishment for their wicked behavior (cf. Deut. 30:19). This is the kind of suffering that Jeremiah described the people of Jerusalem and Judah undergoing in Lamentations. It is also the kind of suffering that Job's three friends incorrectly concluded that he was experiencing.
- Educational or disciplinary suffering is what God allows to touch people in order to teach them various lessons (cf. Prov. 3:11; Jer. 8:18-21; 15:15; Heb. 12:7). Job's friend Elihu erroneously believed that Job was suffering primarily because God wanted to teach Job something (Job 32—37).
- Vicarious suffering is suffering that people experience on the behalf of others (Lev. 16; Isa. 53:5). The Old Testament sacrificial system, for example, involved this kind of suffering.
- Empathetic suffering is suffering that someone experiences when he or she enters into the suffering of someone else (cf. Gen. 6:5-6; Exod. 32:14; Judg. 2:15; 1 Sam. 15:11; Isa. 63:9; Hos. 11:8; Rom. 12:15; 2 Cor. 2:4).
- Doxological suffering occurs when God purposes to glorify Himself through the suffering of someone (cf. Gen. 45:4, 5, 7; 50:20; John 9:3).
- Evidential or testimonial suffering is suffering for the purpose of bearing testimony to something (Job 1—2; Ps. 73:23-24; Hab. 1:13; 2:4; 3:16, 18).
- Revelational suffering is suffering designed to bring someone into a deeper understanding and closer relationship with God (e.g., Hosea; Jeremiah).
- And eschatological or apocalyptic suffering is the unique suffering that will be the portion of earth-dwellers shortly before the Lord returns to the earth (Isa. 24—27; Jer. 30—33; Ezek. 33—48; Dan. 2—12; Zech. 12—14).
==val kalende======
Val Kalende is an LGBT activist from Uganda. After coming out as a lesbian in 2003, she became involved in Ugandan LGBT activism. In 2018, she stated she was no longer a lesbian, having been "transformed by God's love." In 2003, Kalende came out as a lesbian, which led her Christian family to break ties with her. As a student at Makerere University in Kampala, she co-founded the country's first lesbian activist organization,
Freedom & Roam Uganda. Weeks after the introduction of The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, which made homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, Kalende accepted to be interviewed about her sexuality in a cover story for the national newsmagazine The Daily Monitor. In 2012, after being active for 10 years in Uganda, in a Huffington Post blog post, she denounced that "coming out" as lesbian procured her verbal abuse, alienation, being abandoned as a teenager and having experienced homelessness at a tender age.
Freedom & Roam Uganda. Weeks after the introduction of The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, which made homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, Kalende accepted to be interviewed about her sexuality in a cover story for the national newsmagazine The Daily Monitor. In 2012, after being active for 10 years in Uganda, in a Huffington Post blog post, she denounced that "coming out" as lesbian procured her verbal abuse, alienation, being abandoned as a teenager and having experienced homelessness at a tender age.
March 19, 2023: Foreign Policy reported: In 2018, Val Kalende, an LGBTQ+ rights activist who even went on a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour in 2010 for her activism, went on TV during a church service to renounce lesbianism. Kalende in 2022 wrote an op-ed titled “Unchanged: A lesbian Christian’s journey through ‘ex-gay’ life,” in which she apologized to Uganda’s LGBTQ+ community for her renunciation.
Val Kalende
The creation story (He created them male and female – Genesis 5:2) is often used by anti-gay Christians to argue against same-sex relationships. But grace is so ungendered that people’s obsession with gender norms fails to fit into the true meaning of the Gospel. (There is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus – Galatians 3:28). This scripture simply tells us that God’s standards are so high he doesn’t see people in categories of race, class, or gender. This is the Gospel queered; to embrace the Gospel as queerness is radical faith. We see this when Jesus heals people on the Sabbath. On several accounts Jesus performs miracles to the agitation of religious leaders who plot to kill him because he has done what is scripturally unlawful to do on the Sabbath. The Bible doesn’t say same-sex love is forbidden. But it has a lot to say about gang rape and violence (Judges 19:22-25); lust and idolatry (Romans 1:24-27); greed, arrogance, and not helping the poor (Ezekiel 16:49-50). --Val Kalende; Erasing 76 Crimes: Unchanged: A lesbian Christian’s journey through ‘ex-gay’ life 2.22.22
==mike kalstrup======
In 1978, Michael Kalstrup and his young family moved back to Treynor, Iowa. After much prayer, the decision was made to start a church. Starting in one home, then moving to one with more space, the need to search for a location with more space was evident. After time, an old tractor implement building became available one mile south of Oakland, Iowa. Again, with much prayer and counsel, he knew that the time for the church to have a permanent location had finally come. On July 5, 1979, Fellowship of Faith began Sunday services in the building. The church remodeled the existing building holding services during construction. In the 1980's, plans were made for a building to be built north of the existing building to accommodate the growing need for a place for children's ministry and a fellowship hall. Fellowship Church continues to thrive as it has from it's very inception. In March of 2015, a second campus was launched, designed to meet the needs of the city of Council Bluffs. Fellowship Church offers ministry to all ages from newborns to adults, such as Fellowship Kids and Fellowship Youth for teens, to meet the needs of this generation. Under God’s direction, Pastor Mike has created a ministry based on excellence. Together with his pastoral staff and many volunteers who serve, the church continues to reach and build families with the message of Jesus Christ.
July 13, 2023: Politico reported: DeSantis is hoping Iowa evangelicals can make his campaign born again
“Within the church world, there are many that do like DeSantis quite a bit,” said Mike Kalstrup, a pastor of Fellowship Church in Oakland, Iowa. “My guess is that he’s probably going to have a pretty strong showing in Iowa.”
“Within the church world, there are many that do like DeSantis quite a bit,” said Mike Kalstrup, a pastor of Fellowship Church in Oakland, Iowa. “My guess is that he’s probably going to have a pretty strong showing in Iowa.”
==israel kamudzandu======
Dr. Israel Kamudzandu is Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Lindsey P. Pherigo Chair at Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri. He is author of Translation as Incarnation: The Bible in the Twenty-First-Century Global South (Wipf and Stock, 2023). He is the author of Abraham Our Father: Paul and Ancestors in Postcolonial Africa (Fortress Press, 2013), and Abraham as a Spiritual Ancestor: A Postcolonial Zimbabwean Reading of Romans 4 (Leiden: Brill, 2010), as well as numerous articles. Kamudzandu has a Ph.D. in New Testament Biblical Interpretation from Brite Divinity School and he served as pastor at Covenant United Metho
Dr. Israel Kamudzandu
In the modern world, healing through the name of Jesus is hardly believed by many people, yet in Acts we see disciples performing miracles of all kinds. The church of the 21st century should be open to the work of the Holy Spirit and know that Jesus is still at work in and among believers, just as he was with the Acts church. Following the flow of the narrative, we see Jesus at work among his disciples as Peter and John did not have money as was expected by the beggar, but they knew what they had: they activated their faith and through the gift of faith and the Holy Spirit, they were able to give the lame human being a unique gift. In whatever form and shape, 21st-century clergy and lay members must be open to hear their own need of healing, as well as a need to find true identity based not on financial stability but whose foundations are in Jesus Christ. While we regard financial wealth as a sign of being blessed, we forget that we are spiritually and faithfully poor and we stand in need of being healed of our crippled and misplaced faith. The actions of the healed person invite our attention in that we see that he/she was able to “walk, leap, and praise God” (3:8), which is indeed an authentic way of expressing inward instead of outward health. While the narrative itself is filled with ministry details, we should probably pay attention to the importance of the entrance where the beggar was sitting. The description of the “Beautiful Gate” in verses 2-3 is probably an indication that this entrance was reserved for special visitors, and beggars knew that rich people were allowed to enter into the Temple through reserved doors. On this particular day, Peter and John used this entrance and the beggar happened to be there; and he/she initiated the conversation on the grounds of need. The initiative opened a door for Peter and John to provide healing. The incident calls on both clergy and lay believers to think about moments they have been encountered by crippled persons asking for financial assistance. In all cases, we give some money and yet we forget to pray for healing upon their lives and this is not just physical healing but unlocking their potential to be self-sufficient in matters of life. In a word, we as Christians have missed opportunities for authentic ministry. Peter and John did not, for they were always present in their ministerial, evangelical, missional, and transformational world. --Dr. Israel Kamudzandu; Commentary on Acts 3:1-10
==kapya kaoma======
Kapya John Kaoma is a Zambian, US-educated scholar, pastor and human rights activist who is most noted for his pro-LGBTQ+ activism, particularly regarding Africa. After having received a 1st class Bachelor of Theology at the Theological College of Central Africa in 1997, he went on to receive a Master of Arts at Trinity College, University of Bristol in 1998 and a Doctor of Theology at Boston University in 2010, where he also serves at Visiting Researcher. Kaoma has received several honors and scholarships, including the 2014 International Human Rights Award of the Lesbian and Gay Association Mexico City.
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March 23, 2023: Religion Unplugged: Is Pope Francis ‘The Only One Who Can Make A Difference’ In Uganda’s Anti-LGBTQ Bills?
The Episcopal priest who first documented links between U.S. evangelicals and an anti-gay bill in Uganda, the Rev. Kapya Kaoma, says that the “only person who can make a difference now in Africa is Pope Francis.” Sept 8, 2021: The Leaflet: Why India must criminalize gay conversion therapy
THE Supreme Court, in 2018, through its judgment in the case of Navtej Singh Johar and Ors. vs. Union of India decriminalized consensual sex among all adults, including those within the LGBTQIA+ community. The Court struck down a part of the colonial-era provision of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which had criminalized ‘unnatural sex’—reversing its 2013 decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal vs. Naz Foundation. This was hailed as a landmark decision in the fight for equal rights by the LGBTQIA+ community in India. Apr 8, 2015: Kapya Kaoma: Political Research Associates: Christian Right Culture Warriors Don’t Understand the Word “Family” Dec 3, 2014: Kapya Kaoma: Political Research Associates: Top Uganda Politician: Western Gays Adopting Children to Turn Them Gay
Sept 17, 2014: Episcopal Cafe: 30 African Theologians & Scholars Back LGBT Equality The event was organised by Adee, who is also an elder in the US Presbyterian Church, and Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian Anglican priest, from Political Research Associates. Mar 31, 2014: Political Research Associates: ITN News’ Channel 4 and PRA’s Kapya Kaoma Take Down Scott Lively
PRA’s senior researcher Kapya Kaoma joined ITN News’ Channel 4 (England) in a spotlight feature about Scott Lively’s involvement in the creation of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The piece includes PRA’s exclusive video of Lively’s presentation at a Uganda anti-gay conference in 2009. March 23, 2014: Kapya Kaoma: Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: How anti-gay Christians evangelize hate abroad
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August 28, 2014: Christian Century reported: Today, 30 LGBT-affirming African religion scholars and faith leaders begin meeting in South Africa. The purpose of the consultation is to build an African faith foundation for the acceptance of LGBT people. It was organized by Kapya Kaoma of Political Research Associates and Michael Adee of the Horizons Foundation’s Global Faith and Justice Project. Kaoma is an Anglican priest from Zambia; Adee is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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==reid kapple======
Reid Kapple serves as the lead pastor of Trinity Fellowship church in Olathe, Kan., and is actively involved in advocating for immigration through the National Association of Evangelicals.
As an evangelical pastor, I know immigrants deserve this protection
I want to tell you about my friend Edgar. I’ve changed his name and country of origin to protect his privacy.
Nearly two years ago, Edgar, his wife and their two young children fled political persecution in South America and entered the United States lawfully under humanitarian parole. Upon arriving in Kansas, they began building a life. Edgar found full-time employment. His children enrolled in school. The family started learning English and built relationships with a local church community. They were, by every account, contributing members of society committed to flourishing in their new home. That changed when the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s decision allowing the termination of humanitarian parole for multiple nations, including Edgar’s. Overnight, his family lost their ability to work legally or remain in the U.S. They are now trapped in a legal and humanitarian limbo: unable to stay, unable to safely return.
(Reid Kapple; Las Vegas Sun 8/31/25) READMORE>>>>>
I want to tell you about my friend Edgar. I’ve changed his name and country of origin to protect his privacy.
Nearly two years ago, Edgar, his wife and their two young children fled political persecution in South America and entered the United States lawfully under humanitarian parole. Upon arriving in Kansas, they began building a life. Edgar found full-time employment. His children enrolled in school. The family started learning English and built relationships with a local church community. They were, by every account, contributing members of society committed to flourishing in their new home. That changed when the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s decision allowing the termination of humanitarian parole for multiple nations, including Edgar’s. Overnight, his family lost their ability to work legally or remain in the U.S. They are now trapped in a legal and humanitarian limbo: unable to stay, unable to safely return.
(Reid Kapple; Las Vegas Sun 8/31/25) READMORE>>>>>
==bahjat karach======
Christians in Syria face ‘uncertain, perilous future’ under HTS, persecution watchdog warns
Franciscan Father Bahjat Karakach, representing the Latin Church, acknowledged, “The Church knows no more than the people do.” It’s up to individuals and families to decide if they want to stay or leave Aleppo, he stressed. “No one can make it on behalf of another. We friars are staying and waiting to see how things unfold,” he was quoted as saying.
(Christian Post 12/8/24) READMORE>>>>>
Franciscan Father Bahjat Karakach, representing the Latin Church, acknowledged, “The Church knows no more than the people do.” It’s up to individuals and families to decide if they want to stay or leave Aleppo, he stressed. “No one can make it on behalf of another. We friars are staying and waiting to see how things unfold,” he was quoted as saying.
(Christian Post 12/8/24) READMORE>>>>>
==jim karch======
Mar 7, 2023: Christian Post: Eastview Christian Church hires law firm to conduct investigation after pastor resigns
“We as a church have retained Kelly Fabian Story with Wagenmaker & Oberly as the lead of a trauma-informed third-party investigative team,” Jim Karch, an elder at Eastview Christian Church announced at the end of a service at the church on Sunday morning.
“We as a church have retained Kelly Fabian Story with Wagenmaker & Oberly as the lead of a trauma-informed third-party investigative team,” Jim Karch, an elder at Eastview Christian Church announced at the end of a service at the church on Sunday morning.
==hannah kardon======
Pastors at a protest? That's the scene at anti-Trump rallies across the US.
What (Homeland Security Secretary) Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," the letter stated.
That same day, United Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church of Rogers Park, Illinois, was arrested, and she says, hit repeatedly with a baton while she prayed. “I hope if anyone sees (the video of her arrest) and is disturbed by it, what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark," she told Baptist News Global.
(USA Today 10/26/25) READMORE>>>>
What (Homeland Security Secretary) Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," the letter stated.
That same day, United Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church of Rogers Park, Illinois, was arrested, and she says, hit repeatedly with a baton while she prayed. “I hope if anyone sees (the video of her arrest) and is disturbed by it, what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark," she told Baptist News Global.
(USA Today 10/26/25) READMORE>>>>
==mor boutros kassis======
Christians in Syria face ‘uncertain, perilous future’ under HTS, persecution watchdog warns
Many Christian leaders have remained in the city, providing spiritual guidance and practical support to their communities. Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop Mor Boutros Kassis and other Christian leaders have been communicating through social media where they held prayers and liturgies. They are encouraging Christian residents to face the reality with awareness, courage and faith, he was quoted as saying.
(Christian Post 12/8/24) READMORE>>>>>
Many Christian leaders have remained in the city, providing spiritual guidance and practical support to their communities. Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop Mor Boutros Kassis and other Christian leaders have been communicating through social media where they held prayers and liturgies. They are encouraging Christian residents to face the reality with awareness, courage and faith, he was quoted as saying.
(Christian Post 12/8/24) READMORE>>>>>
==mary kathryn======
Feb 24, 2023: The Christian Index: Hundreds pray for revival across Georgia campuses on Collegiate Day of Prayer
Mary Kathryn, a BCM worship leader at UNG Dahlonega, stated, “We pray that He will give us, his believers, a boldness, and a courage that will surpass any fear so that we can spread the gospel and help further His kingdom. It’s a beautiful thing to me to be able to hear the many prayers of my friends who have a heart for the people of this school and a heart for the Lord and His mission for us.”
Mary Kathryn, a BCM worship leader at UNG Dahlonega, stated, “We pray that He will give us, his believers, a boldness, and a courage that will surpass any fear so that we can spread the gospel and help further His kingdom. It’s a beautiful thing to me to be able to hear the many prayers of my friends who have a heart for the people of this school and a heart for the Lord and His mission for us.”
==david kaywood======
David Kaywood
If the ant is the one who the sluggard should examine, that means the ant is living a life worthy of modeling. Are you? There is great power in a good example. You may not be the most attractive, the most talented, or the most successful, but you’ll do a great amount of good to more people than you realize if you consistently set a good, godly example.............Sleep is required for healthy living. No productivity advice worth anything will tell you to purposely and constantly avoid sleep in the name of being productive. If you need nine hours of sleep, get it. What is condemned here is not getting the sleep your body requires, but a lifestyle that seeks escape as a means to avoid earthly responsibility.............Planning is commended throughout Proverbs (Proverbs 11:14; 12:5; 14:8,15; 21:5). Your plans may not go how you want them to, and you may alter them as you go, but you should plan nevertheless. The ant provides his winter food in the summer. In other words, he plans and then acts by working ahead. It’s a sign of emotional maturity when you can work with diligence on a project today that is not due until six months from now. Christians who think that all planning is unspiritual and is the opposite of being “Spirit-led” are sadly mistaken. --David Kaywood; Gospel relevance; What We Learn About Productivity from the Ant in Proverbs
==stephen kaziimba======
June 16, 2023: Christian Post: Church of England Evangelical Council opposes Ugandan Church's support for criminalization of homosexuality
The Anglican Primate of Uganda, Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba, said he was "grateful" for the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which received presidential assent last month.
The Anglican Primate of Uganda, Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba, said he was "grateful" for the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which received presidential assent last month.