A tenured California professor engulfed in controversy surrounding his advocacy of traditional marriage is still awaiting a final sentence from his university after being found guilty of retaliation against a student last ...
Read More »Fallout 4 Video Game Offers Path of Selflessness
Fallout 4 is the biggest video game release of the year by a significant margin. In its first 24 hours, Bethesda’s open world role-playing game for Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC, ...
Read More »Christians Among Those Killed in San Bernardino
Dead in San Bernardino terrorist attack include a Messianic Jew, a Christian who fled persecution in Iran, and a father of five Two weeks before he died, Nicholas Thalasinos, a 52-year-old Messianic ...
Read More »VA Ban on Christmas Trees, Carols Lifted
Officials at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Va., sent an email to employees in November outlining a ban on Christmas trees, carols and cards in public areas, only to quickly reverse their ...
Read More »Finding God
Finding God is not difficult. You are a special creation of God! You need to know God loves you and wants a personal relationship with YOU. “For you created my inmost being; ...
Read More »Reaching Syrian Refugees with Hope
MIDDLE EAST — Christian missions workers like Peter Matheson are working to bring hope to refugees. But the ongoing crisis has taken a toll on the many he serves — and on ...
Read More »Just released: Good List vs. Anti-Christmas Naughty List
Have you grown sick and tired of national retail chains bowing to the very small anti-Christmas minority? This year’s Christmas Naughty List let’s you know which companies want your money but ...
Read More »New and Classic TV Christmas Shows Start This Weekend
Some of the best things to enjoy about the Thanksgiving through Christmas season are the classic TV Christmas shows we watched as kids. There’s nothing better than sitting down with your little ...
Read More »Prayer Ad Banned from Theaters
The Church of England (COE) is asking why its ad extolling the importance of prayer, was banned from being shown during the trailers at theaters across the country. The prayer ad banned from theaters had received ...
Read More »Ministries Need Help in Serving Kansas City’s At-Risk Families
Each year Metro Voice provides a listing of organizations that serve Kansas City’s at-risk families and individuals. Whether it is the single mom and her children, our elderly, the homeless or incarcerated, our ...
Read More »Ministries Serve Homeless in Kansas City
In the holiday issue of The Light, the newsletter of City Union Mission, Director Dan Doty talks about homelessness and reminds us that Thanksgiving and Christmas make this the season of caring ...
Read More »Servanthood: A Greatness That Descends
We were in the middle of a Sunday evening service when a drunk stumbled into the church. My dad was leading worship. The man staggered all the way down the aisle until ...
Read More »Royals’ Ben Zobrist shares his faith on the field
Ben Zobrist has proven his value on the baseball field to the Kansas City Royals. In Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, Zobrist homered off Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey in ...
Read More »Dave Ramsey Talks Christmas Budget
Help in Making Your Christmas Budget. ...
Read More »Football, Faith and Family Meet at Arrowhead
Arrowhead is first NFL stadium with on-site worship services. On Sunday afternoons in the fall, Arrowhead Stadium is home to the largest prayer meeting in Kansas City. More than 75,000 Chiefs fans ...
Read More »China Ends One-Child Policy
After decades, the Communist Party’s central committee relaxes rule, allowing two children per family. After 35 years and untold millions of babies aborted, China has agreed to end its one-child policy and ...
Read More »Part 5. Israel: Into the Wilderness and Goodbyes
Our departure from Jerusalem was bittersweet. We had much more to experience as we headed for the wilderness of Ein Gedi passing the caves where the Dead Sea scrolls were found ...
Read More »What’s Going on in Kansas City?
Looking for something to do this fall in Kansas City or the surrounding area? Check out the Metro Voice Calendar, filled with hundreds of activities. Here’s just a few upcoming events. For more ...
Read More »Christianity Disappearing in Middle East, Africa
Christianity is fast disappearing from entire regions, most notably a huge chunk of the Middle East, and could vanish from Iraq within 5 years, according to a new report by Catholic charity ...
Read More »The Unmaking of Nichole Nordeman
One of Christian music’s best-known voices emerges from a 10-year hiatus to sing about hope amid pain. Fifteen years ago, Nichole Nordeman, then still in her 20s, was one of the biggest ...
Read More »High school coach banned from praying says he will continue anyway
BREMENTON, Wash. — A high school coach banned from praying announced he will continue to pray personally after football games despite a school district ordering him to stop or face possible termination. ...
Read More »Cool to be Kosher
What does it mean to be kosher? And truthfully, does it really even matter? If we love Jesus, we don’t have to follow those Old Testament laws, right? Isn’t that legalistic? The ...
Read More »Part 4: Our Family Trip to Israel: All Roads Lead to Jerusalem
Our Family trip to Israel. Jerusalem–the Holy City. It was a cool night, as late May evenings often are in Jerusalem. Pleasantly warm days with cotton-candy clouds always seemed to lead to clear, ...
Read More »Kansas City to Host Holocaust Remembrance
Kansas City has become the 58th American City to join a worldwide Holocaust Remembrance and commenoration planned for May 2016. An additional 50 cities around the world are also organizing similar commemorations. Regional ...
Read More »Part 3: Our Family Trip to Israel
In the Footsteps of Jesus. Nazareth Leaving the Mediterranean coast the next morning, we headed inland toward Jesus’ boyhood hometown. Two millennia ago, Nazareth was a poor farming community of 400 Jews. ...
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