Want to hear something really gross? At work our deli is going to be offering complete turkey dinners through the holiday season for only $35. A good deal I thought, if you don't want to do a bunch of cooking. But here's the gross part. The turkeys have a shelf life (unfrozen mind you) of 45 days. That's right 45 days! What their putting in those things I don't know. But I do know that I won't be eating them. Just thought you might want to know :)

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AUSTRALIA
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(Religion Today)
A court case now underway in Australia is regarded by some observers as a legal challenge to Christians' freedom to question the validity of other religions. Two Christian pastors, Danny Nalliah and Daniel Scot, are facing complaints in the state of Victoria brought by Muslims who accuse them of vilifying Islam. The complaints stem from remarks made at a Christian seminar aimed at explaining the teachings of Islam. Three Muslims who attended the seminar took the pastors to a tribunal, set up under the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. They charge that Scot and Nalliah incited "hatred against, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule" of the Islamic faith. In response to the charges, the pastors pointed out that many of the complaints were about statements that are part of the foundations of Islam, some taken straight from the Quran. They also claimed they made a clear distinction between Muslim people and the teachings of Islam. Pray the court will clear Nalliah and Scot of these charges. Pray that publicity surrounding the case will spread the Christian gospel and many will come to know that faith in Jesus as the only way to gain eternal life.

If this is happening in Australia, a "free" country, how soon will we see it in our courts? Scarry thought.

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It's been a long time since I was able to post and I don't have a good exuse. It's been busy. I've been getting another wave of web design projects and with our church going through the 40 Days of Purpose I'm teaching 3 classes a week and leading a Home Fellowship Group. I'd like to make more posts but I guess the say is true "the shoe maker's kids go barefoot." Everyone elses websites come first.

I was reading an article and I found a good quote.

“People don’t go where the action is, they go where the love is.” – Jess
Moody

Think of this statement and then look at Jesus' ministry. People flooded to see Jesus and hear Him speak, and on the surface it looks like the croweds came to see the miricles and feel good after hearing Him speak. And I'm sure there was a lot of those type of people. But those that came, listened and then followed, stayed for a bigger reason. It was Jesus' love that drew them. In churches today we have a lot of people chasing the new biggest goose bump ride. And those churches that aren't experiencing that feel less somehow and that they can't reach the world without that. But what this world needs and wants, what will drew the true followers is Love. We recently had a new person join our church. When they explained why they stayed at our church after being to other churches was that they felt a warmth there that they didn't at others. God's love is what its all about. And no matter what size church we are in, we all have the same mission and the same tool to get the mission done; Love. Our mission is to give God's love out as freely as God gave it to us. We are to love, not WOW the lost of this world.

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