Author: Steve Rabey
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Compassion International event has wed music, ministry for 42 years
Live Aid. Farm Aid. No Nukes. The Concert for Bangladesh. For decades, big-name musicians have lent their talents to benefit concerts to raise awareness and money for urgent issues. Compassion International’s 16-city Roadshow Tour lands at the Broadmoor World Arena on March 14 with Matthew West, Tenth Avenue North, Matt Maher, Michael W. Smith and…
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Can Methodists stay united? Vote on sexuality latest round in struggle
The United Methodist Church isn’t all that united when it comes to members’ views on sexual orientation. Delegates to the global denomination’s General Conference in St. Louis on Tuesday voted 438-384 in favor of a “traditional plan” that upholds the church’s prohibition of gay weddings and clergy, while increasing penalties on church leaders who break…
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Rick Christian leaves Alive, Colorado Springs agency that transformed Christian publishing
America’s major book publishers are based in New York and California, with some educational publishers in Boston and Christian publishers in Wheaton, Ill., Grand Rapids, Mich., and Nashville. But for the past two decades, publishing executives from around the country have made regular pilgrimages to Colorado Springs to confer with literary agents at Alive, a…
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UFOs a reality for Colorado believers
Most Americans believe there’s life on other planets, and one-third believe aliens have visited Earth. And millions of us are watching TV series that explore these beliefs: History Channel’s look at the Air Force investigation of UFOs, “Project Blue Book,” and the CW’s “Roswell, New Mexico,” which features alien-human romance. Writer Richard Estep crisscrossed the…
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Revisiting Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” That doesn’t mean there won’t be setbacks on the road to justice, and as local African-American religious leaders prepare to celebrate King’s birthday on Jan. 21, some say the current period is one of…
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Christmas Tree Project brings joy to people in Colorado Springs and around the world
David and Michelle Fein could see the problem as soon as they tried to assemble their artificial Christmas tree for one more holiday season. The “funky” old tree was past its prime. Time to buy a replacement. That’s when David asked a fateful question. “What are we going to do with the old tree?” He…
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Catholic Charities celebrates 50 years of hope and help
Jodi Hannick was shocked to see how quickly everything her family had disappeared. Once upon a time, she and her husband were both working, earning “more money than we knew what to do with,” and their family was happily living in their own home. By Thanksgiving 2016, health, personal and professional problems had left them…
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Colorado Springs organizations host film screening and discussion on refugees
Jesus was a refugee. So were Abraham, Joseph and Moses, who led millions of Israelites out of captivity in Egypt. Biblical passages about immigrants harken back to this Exodus experience. “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love…
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“The Trump Prophecy” movie claims God chose U.S. president
Early one morning in 2011, retired Florida firefighter Mark Taylor was wrestling with another bout of insomnia. After years working at Orlando’s busy Station 2, Taylor struggled with depression, suicidal thoughts and symptoms of PTSD. Taylor says he also was being visited by demons, angels, even God. And on that sleepless morning, God gave him…
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Colorado Springs ministries hold conferences, speak for God
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Old Testament prophets thundered against ungodliness. In the New Testament, the prophetic gifts of Apostles helped strengthen the early church. Two Colorado Springs ministries say their leaders exercise prophetic gifts and apostolic roles, and both…