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Knowledge is the key to power. Humanity has long believed that the more you know, the more you benefit. As a believer, you know that this is a truth, but it is not true at every level. For example, you can be a brilliant surgeon, a success at every level because of the knowledge and skill, but you will miss heaven if you don’t know THE truth—Jesus Christ. Heaven is not gained because we understand the periodic table or quantum physics, or possess a wall covered with academic degrees. Success in the stock market doesn’t guarantee entrance into heaven. Jesus is the only way. Yes, knowledge in earthly matters can certainly bring success and honor and provides numerous earthly benefits, but knowing Jesus is the only way to enter heaven. That is not a popular statement, but it is the truth. Students of the Bible know that Jesus is the only way. Read More
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By Lonnie Hilton, National Director
 Too many churches do not add one new member through conversion in a year. Most of their growth is the result of people’s coming from other churches. Jesus said we are to be fishers of men, not swappers of fish from aquarium to aquarium.
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Lonnie Hilton, National Director & International Vice President
 I remember listening to Bob Dylan singing, “The times, they are a changing.” He was right. The issue is not whether change will come. The issue is whether we will manage change or let it manage us.
While pastoring in Illinois, I accompanied our ministry team to nursing homes on Saturdays. On one occasion I approached an elderly lady in her late 90s and discovered she had accepted Jesus as a young girl. I pulled up a chair and said, “Talk to me, Lady. What have you seen in your lifetime?”
Tags: church | generation | Illinois | issue | Jesus | manage | pastor | paul | politics | principles | religion | Saturday
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Pat Harrison,
President and Founder
 It’s a New Year! As I was preparing to write you, I began thinking about that.
In a recent directors’ meeting, our Media Director Gary DeVoe quoted the author Mark Twain: “History does not repeat itself as much as it rhymes.”
I thought about that as I contemplated this New Year. Most of us, myself included, tend to learn from our mistakes. Yet, we also tend to repeat those mistakes from time to time. But as Mark Twain indicated, it’s not so much that we repeat them as that we come close to them—rhyming if you will—by accident or by lack of attention to details.
Tags: God | leadership | vision
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During the last week of January, Oklahoma suffered a blizzard of historic proportions. In Tulsa we had twelve inches of snow in a twenty-four period with high winds that produced huge drifts. Two days later, we had another four inches of snow. Now that may not seem like a big deal for those of you who live in the north, but it meant disaster for the ill-equipped buckle of the Bible belt.
¿Alguna vez se ha sentido atrapado o frustrado porque parece como si el ministerio de los jóvenes no está avanzando o produciendo ningún fruto? Después de todo, usted pasó toda la semana trabajando duro en su trabajo secular, cuidando de su familia y administrando todos sus negocios. No sólo se ha comprometido a ser un miembro fiel en la iglesia, pero también se ha comprometido a supervisar el ministerio de los jóvenes. Pueda que tenga la bendición de tener uno o dos voluntarios, que si llegan a tiempo, le ayudarán con los jóvenes. Usted ha ido más allá para planificar reuniones especiales, actividades y viajes para animar a los jóvenes. Pero parece como si a los jóvenes les importara menos su "sacrificio". A veces llegan, y otras veces no. Usted comienza a preguntarse, "¿por qué la gente es irresponsable y no se comunica? ¿Por qué es que yo lo tengo que hacer todo? “Tal vez nunca ha enfrentado estas situaciones, pero para el resto de nosotros esto puede ser una lucha semanal.