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Dropping Like Flies

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
Some phrase origins are hard to pinpoint such as “dropping like flies.”  A story in the May 1902 edition of the Atlanta Constitution might have said it first, “I saw men and women rushing back and forth within the flames. They would run along, then came the choking smoke and they would drop like dead flies.” 
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Christian Emergency League Update on the Orchard EV Free Church

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In this recent dialogue local Chicagoland area Pastors Calvin Lindstrom, James Pittman and Brandon Myers give an update on The Orchard Evangelical Free Church (EFC).
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Is the Church in America Dying, as Some Say?

Posted on October 3, 2022 by David E Smith
Recent assessments declare or imply that the church in America is dying. One headline described it this way: “Axios begins countdown to death of Christianity.”
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New Survey Shows We Are Approaching a Post-Christian America

Posted on July 18, 2017 by David E Smith

A recent study by Barna reveals the truth about what the spiritual climate in America is currently like. The study was conducted over 7 years, ending in 2016, and focuses on the most post-Christian cities in the US. According to Barna, “To qualify as ‘post-Christian,’ individuals must meet nine or more of our 16 criteria… which identify a lack of Christian identity, belief and practice. These factors include whether individuals identify as atheist, have never made a commitment to Jesus, have not attended church in the last year or have not read the Bible in the last week.”

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Prayer Precedes Revival: A Call to Prayer

Posted on August 4, 2016 by David E Smith
Our country has never been so parched for prayer, yet we never have found praying harder. Prayer is too hard for us, so our country withers.
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David Platt’s Call to Counter Culture

Posted on March 19, 2015 by altha-admin
The last few weeks have seen a lot of commentary on pastors leading the same-sex “affirmation movement.” Church leaders like the infamous unorthodox author and speaker Rob Bell, evangelicals Stan Mitchell of Gracepointe Church in Franklin, Tennessee, and Danny Cortez of New Heart Community Church of La Mirada, California are just a few of the movement’s leading affirmation pastors.
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