Sweet Cakes by Melissa was a bakery owned by Aaron and Melissa Klein in the Portland, Oregon area. It closed in 2013 due to a complaint by a lesbian couple, one of the many here-we-go-again “discrimination” lawsuits filed for refusing to bake a cake for their wedding. On July 3, 2015, ...
Read More »The Upside-Down Love
If we took a look in the mirror, would we even recognize whom we are? Turn on any television and the glamour and advertising world says we are too fat, old or ugly. Marketers attempt to tap into our desired weaknesses trying to sell items of temporary value. Plug into ...
Read More »Are you trying to fix the world?
This world sure needs fixing. At least that is the message I see on Facebook and news reports. Everybody seems to know how to do it–or how someone else ought to do it. Usually ‘fixing the world’ means getting others to change. God’s plan is that we change–and let Him ...
Read More »Our Hope: What Would Jesus Do?
“Whoever does not love does not love God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8 (NIV) This past week has been a difficult one. And I have found that my feelings have been hurt more often than not. I am often close to tears, and it is not because of ...
Read More »Pastor Saeed Spends 35th Birthday in Prison: Please Pray for Our Persecuted Christians
Pastor Saeed Abedini is a U.S. citizen who has spent three years imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. He was arrested September 26, 2012 because the Iranian government thought his Christian activities were a threat to national security. For his 35th birthday on the National Day of Prayer this year, Pastor ...
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