[CP Today] Tim Keller on cancer, death and the hope of the resurrection

Friday, April 02, 2021 TODAY'S HEADLINES is sponsored by Pastor Tim Keller on cancer, death and the hope of the resurrection Church & Ministries Voddie Baucham suffers recovery setback, will have coronary bypass surgery Saturday Weeks after undergoing a surgical procedure to treat his heart failure at the Mayo Clinic in Florida with hopes of making a "full recovery,' prominent Southern Baptist preacher Voddie Baucham Jr. has suffered a setback and is now set to undergo coronary bypass surgery Saturday, The Christian Post has learned. A Message from Faithful Counseling * We receive commission for referrals to Faithful Counseling Struggling and need help? Consider going to our sponsor Faithful Counseling for affordable, online, Christian therapy - https://faithfulcounseling.com/christianpost. It's an affordable online service that assesses your needs, and matches you to a licensed therapist who is also a practicing Christian, and provides a platform for professional counseling done securely online. Get started with 10% off your first month.

Church & Ministries Diverse congregations in white neighborhoods have higher attendance Bucking findings from previous research showing multiracial congregations to be "less stable," a new study has found that racially diverse Methodist churches, particularly those in white neighborhoods, attract higher attendance compared to homogenous congregations in those same neighborhoods. U.S. Texas Rangers save 6-month-old baby smugglers threw into Rio Grande after breaking mom's leg Texas Rangers saved a 6-month-old baby girl from drowning in the Rio Grande River after illegal smugglers threw her out of a raft along the Texas-Mexico border.  Church & Ministries Pulse teams up with Francis Chan, Ebony Small for global Good Friday service For the second year in a row, evangelist Nick Hall and his young-adult ministry Pulse will host a global Good Friday broadcast, teaming up with influential leaders including Francis Chan and Ebony Small to reach millions with the hope of the Gospel. Church & Ministries Baylor study shows benefits of Bible-based trauma healing programs in prisons Inmates who participated in a Bible-based trauma healing ministry program showed enhanced emotional well-being and a significant decrease in the negative consequences of trauma, a recent study by the American Bible Society and Baylor University revealed.

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