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Church Gift | |
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JANE LEW, W.Va. (EP) -- Vineyard Outreach Ministries recently held its first service in its new home -- a former strip club donated by the owner. Pastor Chad Belt said the owner originally wanted almost $500,000 for the property, but eventually decided to give the building to the church for free and to sell the acre of land on which it stands for 10 percent of the cost. The former owner also stipulated that the former "Girls Truck Oasis" should have a memorial plaque to his late grandfather, who was a minister, and should always be used as a church. "It's a miracle. We were floored," said Belt.
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Murderer Repents | |
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DALLAS, Tex. (EP) -- A prison inmate who recently gave his life to Christ confessed to killing a minister 30 years ago. Robert Young wrote to the Dallas Morning News from prison to admit shooting Roosevelt Boston, 67, at a gas station in 1969. Young said he was writing "in the name of Jesus to testify against myself to the glory of God," he said. Boston's widow, Thelma, said, "This is a happy ending. I pray to God for a blessing on this man for confessing."
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JESUS Film to Every Home | |
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PALM BEACH, Fla. (EP) -- Every home in Palm Beach County, Fla., received the JESUS film in the mail before Easter. More than 100 churches came together in the effort to distribute the video, which depicts the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The $1.2 million campaign is designed to bring people to Christ. Harris Campbell of the Forest Hill Alliance Church said, "I know some people have a hard time with this. That's why we want them to look at the evidence."
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Elian Better Off in Cuba?
Media Shows Pro-Communist Slant |
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In a public relations twist, news reporters tout the privileges of the communist party’s "well-off stratum" in Cuba. Relax, Elian Gonzalez will live above Cuba’s poor, they say. Usually, the national media are scolds of inequality, quick to denounce the "haves" for living above the "have-nots." But in a public-relations twist, some national reporters are now suggesting Elian Gonzalez shouldn’t fear life in Cuba, since he’ll get all the privileges of the Communist Party elite. Examples: Newsweek. "In some ways, young Elian might expect a nurturing life in Cuba, sheltered from the crime and social breakdown that would be part of his upbringing in Miami. Cuba now even has ATMs that dispense dollars." Time. "Juan Miguel lives, by relative standards, the good life…he earns more than 10 times Cuba's $15 average monthly salary." NBC News. Nightly News reporter Jim Avila said Elian "has his own room, a luxury in housing-short Cuba. Elian’s future here is likely to be the Cuban good life, lived by Communist Party elite with perks…about $15 a month worth of basics." Avila asked why Elian’s mother, a maid, would leave: "Why did she do it? What was she escaping?" What made Elian’s mother escape? Perhaps it’s what makes America different from Cuba, which isn’t just a glut of consumer goods. It’s the right to your own life, your own opinions, your own freedom. It’s not something most Americans would give away for a $15 bag of rice, beans and shaving cream. Source: Media Reality Check, April 13, 2000. Media Research Center (www.mediaresearch.org)
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