Cody DeWitt sold his family home and was packing up his household for a move to Illinois where he was about to start a new job with Samaritan Ministries International, a nonprofit alternative to medical insurance.

If Jesus Christ taught a class on marketing, what might he say? That is the question explored in Darren Shearer’s new book, “Marketing Like Jesus: 25 Strategies to Change the World,” which is now available for purchase at www.Amazon.com and www.DarrenShearer.com.

What does hope look like?

Describing it is not always the easiest thing. And Jeremy Puckett, a 33-year-old Pittsburgh police officer, can’t always spot it, but he sure knows when it’s missing.

All it takes is one look at a person’s face. Hopelessness, in Puckett’s experience, is nearly impossible to mask.

“You can see it in their eyes,” he said.

Puckett was one of hundreds of counselors at this weekend’s Three Rivers Festival of Hope in Pittsburgh, the city he grew up in. He entered the festival eagerly wondering how God might work in his hometown.

Rev. Julian Robinson was honored on August 15 for 33 years of continuous service at the Church of God International Offices and 50 years for the Church of God. The current director of Business and Records for the denomination, Robinson announced his retirement earlier this year.

The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, have fluctuated between violence, calm and renewed violence following the shooting death of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, in a confrontation on Saturday, Aug. 9.

In his latest book “Your Story Counts: Sharing the Most Important Story of Your Life,” Dr. John B. Sorensen, president of Evangelism Explosion International (www.evangelismexplosion.org), demonstrates how the power of story is a simple, yet effective approach to telling others about Jesus.

The U.K. nationwide hotel chain Travelodge has removed Bibles from all of its rooms, in a move criticized by the Church of England.

World Missions General Director Dr. Tim Hill has stated Church of God World Missions is responding through the Marcelly’s Dream initiative to send monetary assistance for relief in Liberia, Africa. Medicine and sanitation materials are desperately needed in order to prevent the further spread of the Ebola outbreak. The need for food is also becoming critical as markets are shutting down and food is becoming scarce, creating dire circumstances for our pastors and their members.

This is a game-changer. Talk about “an old wives’ tale.” You’ve heard it said that 1) 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce, 2) most marriages that do happen to make it are, nonetheless, unhappy, and 3) Christians are just as likely to divorce as nonbelievers.