By Jim Brown – OneNewsNow

A Christian financial expert says America’s current financial liquidity problem can’t be solved by a government bailout or the policy of a new elected official, but only if people take responsibility for their sin.

The Sunday, October 5 episode of the popular ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featured the Akers family of West Chester, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. The family was selected to receive a new home, in part because the family’s two daughters, Brooke and Faith, suffer from spinal muscular atrophy. Also, their dad, Greg, and brother, Christian, have Crohn’s disease.

By Allie Martin – OneNewsNow

Zondervan, one of the world’s largest religious publishers, is launching a cross-country tour by motor coach to mark the 30th anniversary of its New International Version of the Bible. The 135-day Bible Across America tour will give people an opportunity to write a Bible verse by hand. Copies of the handwritten Bible will then be published and sold.

A New York pastor believes the financial meltdown may be a tool God uses to spark revival in America’s financial center and the rest of the nation.

People for Care and Learning, a Cleveland-based non-governmental organization formed to combat poverty and address solutions for impoverished families, celebrated the opening of its new office facilities with a ribbon-cutting last week, according to Dr. Fred Garmon, executive director. The facility is being shared with a partner organization, Men and Women of Action.

Each year for the past three years, the International Department of Youth and Christian Education has coordinated an international training event in Europe. Teams of pastors and local church leaders and staff have gone annually to conduct training at the European Theological Seminary, followed by training conferences in Brussels, Amsterdam, and Paris.

The timely release of Annette Herndon’s “Songs of Hope CD” and “Hope for Today Ten Week Devotional” is a look into the heart of Christ to remind the reader and listener of God’s unfailing love in a failing society.

By now most have heard of the massive destruction and devastation Hurricane Ike wreaked in the Caribbean. While we are unable to make an official assessment, a small team will soon travel to the Caribbean to assess the damage. We request your prayer for the victims.

By Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow

Iran’s parliament has passed the death penalty for apostasy, which is viewed in that country as converting to any other faith than Islam.