Faith Driven Consumer — The organization’s Faith-friendly film reviews, which use five specific criteria to measure the compatibility of entertainment products for Faith Driven Consumer audiences, finds that the new Sony/TriStar film HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, the story of a little boy’s journey to heaven and back, rates a solid faith-friendly 4 out of 5 stars.

Most believers view the resurrection of the Lord Jesus either through a historical or a prophetical lens. They tend to look backward or forward. Too often, sons and daughters of God fail to grasp the present-tense benefits that have come to us as a result of this grand, spiritual conquest that took place when the stone rolled away almost 2,000 years ago. Before we dive into those, let’s take a quick look at how we limit ourselves by adopting a purely past- or future-tense view of the resurrection.

Alive Ministries: Project Pray will offer a pre-conference focused on the Prayer Trainer’s Network at each upcoming Regional Prayer Conference.

If you’re trying to improve your diet, whether it’s to lose weight or simply get healthier, you can be overwhelmed with information and advice—sometimes to the point that you give up before you even get started. But choosing a healthier diet doesn’t have to be complicated.

Before I became a parent, I was pretty sure that training and disciplining a child would be easy. My child would do A, I would calmly respond with a well-thought-out and right-on-target B, and I would get result C—cheerful obedience or successful completion of the task. For the more stubborn issues, the process might repeat itself once or twice.

When members of the basketball trick group How Ridiculous broke the Guinness World Record for the highest basketball shot this past September, they did it wearing T-shirts supporting Compassion International, a Christian child advocacy ministry working with children in extreme poverty.

During the last 12 months, Operation Compassion has distributed a record 1.5 million square feet of tile through its partners. That is more than 200 semi-trucks loaded with tile! Our partners use the tile for walls, floors and exteriors. One million square feet of tile was distributed through ongoing international programs and 500,000 square feet was distributed through a one-time purchase for domestic use.

“Why am I doing this anyway?” I muttered under my breath while moving about my day. I was irritated. Not just a little, but a lot. Some days in ministry, serving other people is not really appealing. I have days like that less often now, but every now and then, I find myself asking this question again.

Let’s get right to the facts. A little under three years into my marriage, it was anything but roses.