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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INOctober, 2011
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Jesus Daily and the Rise of Social Media Marketing
October 31st, 201108:51 PM ETBy Barry BowenJesus Daily has reached another statistical milestone: 10 million fans. Earlier today All Facebook reported Jesus Daily had 9,843,282 fans but now Jesus Daily is reporting 10,014,056 fans. Jesus Daily is the most active page on Facebook with more than 3,700,000 comments and likes on status updates, according to All Facebook. Five hours ... -
Seeing the Truth Clearly
October 29th, 201111:42 PM ETBy Barry BowenI finally got my first pair of glasses this week. It was an amazing experience to put on new glasses and enjoy clear vision. This morning I observed the beauty of nature as I was was driving. The colorful autumn leaves looked gorgeous. Last week I saw blurry images but today I saw fine details. Why did I wait so long to get glasses? Procrast... -
Examining the Search Engines for Biased Search Results
October 27th, 201107:11 PM ETBy Barry BowenFor years conservative media have alleged bias against them in search engine results. In 2009 WND reported that Google's search results buried WND's coverage of the Barack Obama birth certificate controversy. WND columnist Jerome Corsi wrote numerous articles on the subject before authoring the book Where's the Birth Certificate? Last month T... -
Northern Lights: God Knows How To Put On A Light Show
October 25th, 201102:18 PM ETBy Barry BowenAs a shepherd living in a time of little light pollution, David was able to see the stars at night and admire the heavenly bodies. David wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." - Psalm 19:1 NIV God has used stars and planets to signal his plan for redemption. Magi and shepherds observed the Star of ... -
Facebook Engagement Announcements and Event Promotion
October 24th, 201111:45 PM ETBy Barry BowenRecently two of my friends announced their engagements on Facebook. Good news spreads fast. Congratulations poured in quickly. Facebook is the ideal place to announce and promote events to large audiences. So why don't more churches and Christian ministries use the Facebook "Create an Event" feature? Perhaps it is waiting for you to discover it. ... -
The Last Letter
October 21st, 201110:52 PM ETBy Barry BowenDr. Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was dying from pancreatic cancer in 2007 when he gave an inspiring speech called The Last Lecture. The subject of a Last Lecture is based on the question: If this is your last lecture, what would you want to teach your audience? Four years ago I watched Pausch's speech and thought about... -
I was a stranger and you took me in: The rise of Christian refugees worldwide
October 20th, 201105:27 PM ETBy Barry BowenToday the Washington Times reveals that Coptic Christans are fleeing Egypt: "A report released last month by an Egyptian nongovernmental organization estimated that 93,000 Christians already had fled the country since March, a figure some are predicting could top 200,000 by the end of year." Last year thousands of Iraqi Christians became refu... -
IRS Rules for Nonprofit Organizations and Churches
October 19th, 201111:51 PM ETBy Barry BowenIn 1987 the United States Congress held a hearing on religious broadcasters because of the Jim Bakker scandal. In response to a question televangelist D. James Kennedy said, "I would think that if a person is going to give money to something, that they have ... a responsibility to learn where it is going." So how do donors learn where their donati... -
Missionary Bloggers Welcome
October 19th, 201109:12 PM ETBy Barry BowenIn the early 1980s Christian filmmaker John Schmidt and his wife attended an Urbana missions conference. It was life changing and inspired Schmidt to produce three movies on the subject of missions. The Greatest Story Never Told showed Christians how their neighbors could be a missions field. The Wait of the World explored the subject of... -
Procrastination Prevents God's Work From Being Done
October 18th, 201111:53 PM ETBy Barry BowenAs a college student I would sometimes wait until the morning of a final exam to start studying. That may have been when I first realized I had a procrastination problem. Over the years I looked for different methods to cure procrastination. I tried time management techniques, to-do lists, listened to motivational speakers and failed miserably... -
Compassionate Capitalism: Selling Coffee Beans to Support Missions
October 17th, 201111:58 PM ETBy Barry BowenMike Pittman is a capitalist with a heart. Pittman started My Brother's Cup Coffee Co. to fund humanitarian and mission projects. The company sells four coffee flavors. Acccording to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Pittman was working in China "between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. That's where most of the wo... -
Unity Despite Our Differences
October 14th, 201111:56 PM ETBy Barry BowenAs The Christian Post blog editor I have been observing how our bloggers and commenters interact. My least favorite thing to observe is arguments. When I was a teenager, I would occassionally get into arguments with my sister. My dad pointed out that these arguments continued because each of us wanted to have the last word, as if that would make u... -
Preachers gone wild: Criminals in the Pulpit
October 13th, 201110:34 PM ETBy Barry BowenLately there have been plenty of news stories about religious leaders involved in crimes. On October 5th members of First Sixth Baptist Church in Port Arthur, Texas, voted to remove their pastor after they learned he changed his name to escape his criminal past. According to the Southeast Texas Record, church members distributed a petition to remo... -
The Unfinished Task Clock and Global Illiteracy
October 12th, 201111:59 PM ETBy Barry BowenThe International Mission Board has developed several resources to mobilize Christians to complete the Great Commission. The Unfinished Task Clock (UTC) compares world population growth to the total number of Christians worldwide. The UTC shows the world population increasing by 213,000 people daily. Each day over 20,000 people hear and beli... -
Christian Horror Movies
October 11th, 201111:56 PM ETBy Barry BowenAs Halloween approaches, numerous churches will plan harvest festivals, Reformation Day celebrations and movie nights featuring Christian movies that deal with the theme of God's judgment. Ron Ormond may have started this very small genre of movies. Ormond was a B-movie producer in the 1950s and 60s. After becoming a Christian, Ormond produce... -
Steve Jobs and the role of Research and Development in Christian Missions
October 11th, 201112:00 AM ETBy Barry BowenRecently Dr. Michael Milton, the next chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary, praised Steve Jobs and Apple Computer as "critical collaborators in seeking to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ." Although Steve Jobs was not a Christian, he played a major role in the development of new technologies used in sharing the Gospel... -
No Tolerance for Cyberbullying at The Christian Post
October 08th, 201104:13 PM ETBy Barry BowenYesterday I learned that some commenters at The Christian Post were victims of cyberbullying. A commenter with the nickname "believer" posted the following: BB, the reason I stopped posting on CP was not only because of the verbal attacks and slander of mostly the militant pro-homosexual posters but because my concern that they would contact a... -
Pictorial: Places in the Life of Jesus
October 07th, 201111:59 PM ETBy Barry BowenAccording to tradition, Jesus was born in a cave in Bethlehem. The Church of the Nativity was built on top of this cave. Each year thousands of pilgrims visit for Christmas. Jesus grew up in the town of Nazareth. This town is in a hill region of northern Israel. Jesus began his public ministry after being baptized in the Jordan River. Jes... -
What are the Biblical boundaries for being a critic?
October 07th, 201101:17 PM ETBy Barry BowenPhoto by XKCD When I was a college student, I wanted to be a movie producer and bought each issue of American Cinematographer. I remember in one issue a reporter being upset with movie critics. He wrote, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, become critics." Although I disagreed with the reporter, the comment left an impression on me. I would... -
Reaching the Christian Media With Press Releases
October 07th, 201112:04 AM ETBy Barry BowenIf I could give only one piece of advice for people writing press releases, it would be: Make sure you have a good headline. The journalists you are attempting to contact probably have a long list of news story ideas. You need to grab their attention. The first impression is critical, very critical. Ask yourself this question: If the only informa... -
Informed Intercession: Praying Through the News
October 06th, 201109:41 PM ETBy Barry BowenThe Bible reports that when Nehemiah received news of Jerusalem's destruction, he fasted and prayed. God allowed Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem and oversee the rebuilding of the city walls. What Nehemiah did I like to call "informed intercession." Blogger Joe Kennedy describes this technique as "praying through the news." Kennedy writes, "The new... -
Creative Commons: Alternative Copyright for Bloggers Sharing Photos, Music and Articles
October 06th, 201112:00 AM ETBy Barry BowenThe Christian Post terms and conditions require bloggers not to post text, pictures, audio or video that violate copyright. So if a blogger at The Christian Post wants to include a photo with his articles, he must either own the copyright for the photo, purchase the right to use a photo from a photographer or stock photo library, receive permissio... -
Does Your Church Calendar Miss the Big Picture?
October 05th, 201109:23 AM ETBy Barry BowenIt's that time of year: Churches and ministries are finalizing their calendars for the following year. There are numerous opportunities for local congregations to cross denominational boundaries and work together as one body in Christ ... if only church leaders will look for them. The Southern Baptist Convention is participating in World Hunger Su... -
Preserving a Family History
October 03rd, 201111:56 AM ETBy Barry BowenThis year I made a New Year's Resolution to record my parents' stories.Yesterday I asked my parents who are in their 70s to tell me how they became Christians. They also described their childhood memories. I learned how my mom fell in love with music and how my dad would run three miles to his school to practice shooting baskets because he wante... -
Defending Iranian Christian Youcef Nadarkhani From Execution
October 03rd, 201110:34 AM ETBy Barry BowenYoucef Nadarkhani is a Christian convert from Islam living in Iran. Nadarkhani could be executed this week for apostasy. Recently the Iranian government filed additional charges against Nadarkhani including extortion, rape, and endangering national security. Human Rights Watch, Open Doors, and numerous human rights groups oppose these charges and h...
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Here you will find information for equipping and connecting Christians to better serve God.
What to expect: tips for building church websites, listings of special events, missions opportunities, prayer concerns from around the world, links to newsworthy articles, a focus on the use of creative storytelling and filmmaking to share the Gospel, and commentary on religious financial fraud.
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