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Grab your Bibles and let’s turn to Genesis 16 as we continue ask, “What does it mean to be called by name, by God?” By Name: Part 3 (Pastor Robert Gelinas) from Colorado Community Church on Vimeo.

Here are two of my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: “I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to identify with the poor.  I choose to give my life to the hungry.  I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity.”  August 28, 1966…

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, calls his own BY NAME.  What does it mean to be a people called by name, by God?  Some times it means that we have struggled with God. By Name: Part 2 (Pastor Robert Gelinas) from Colorado Community Church on Vimeo.

Jesus said that “he calls his own sheep by name.” (Jn. 10.3)  Scripture is replete with people called by name, by God:  Moses.  Samuel.  Jacob.  Peter.  Hagar. Some had their name changed and other’s received nicknames. What about you?  Have you ever heard God call you by name?   Share your story with us. (To hear…

How many people in prison are actually innocent?   Depends on which reasearcher you ask.   Some say that there error rate is around 13 percent  in murder convictions.  The most hopeful estimate is that 99.5 percent of convictions are accurate.  Even if that is true that still means almost 8,000 innocent people are imprisoned each year.…

There is no proof that we have executed an innocent man or woman.  Though if you ask sister Helen Prejean she thinks that it has already occurred.  In her book, “The Death of Innocents:  An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions,” she outlines two cases, one of “an indigent black man with an IQ of 65,…

It’s almost normal for us to hear the story of a wrongfully convicted person going free after years in prison. The latest? Cornelius Dupree Jr. who was declared innocent after serving 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.  Dupree, now 51 said, “Whatever your truth is, you have to stick with…

Living in the Mile High City the Tim Tebow bandwagon has arrived and the line is forming.  There are hopes that he’s the next John Elway who will lead us to the promised land.  Before he even took a snap in the NFL Christians were already celebrating him.  After all, Tebow recognizes that God has…

Nominated alongside the likes of Drake and Justin Bieber is jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding for a Grammy in the Best New Artist category.  The odds are stacked against her but I’m holding out hope that this true talent and artist will rise to the top.  Watch/listen to the video below of Esperanza at the White…

Ed Gilbreath at UrbanFaith.com writes: “Kwanzaa anyone?  Is it just me, or does it seem Kwanzaa’s popularity has taken a hit?  Over the last decade or so the celebration of this distinctively African-American holiday seemed to really picked up momentum, thanks largely to our society’s increased emphasis on diversity and cultural sensitivity.  But lately there…
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