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The Tide and Tigers Join Together with Children’s of Alabama
Photo Fun For the ninth consecutive year, Children’s of Alabama has teamed up with the University of Alabama and Auburn University football teams and Wells Fargo in the “Picks for Kids” campaign that will run throughout the 2019-2020 football season. As part of the “Picks for Kids” campaign, Wells Fargo will donate $1,000 to Children’s …
Exploring the Jewish Roots of Christianity with Beeson Divinity School
Special Feature Did Jesus want to start a new religion? How did the New Testament writers use the Hebrew Bible? Does the church replace Israel? When and how did the church split with the Synagogue? Hear leading Christian scholars explore these questions and more at Samford University Beeson Divinity School’s second annual Anglican Theology Conference, …
Southern Women’s Show: Birmingham’s Biggest Shopping Event
Fall marks the return of one of Birmingham’s most anticipated annual events, the Southern Women’s Show! The show runs October 4-6, 2019 at the BJCC North Exhibition Hall with three days of celebrity guests, exciting new features, exclusive offers, cooking classes, seminars and boutique shopping designed specifically for Magic City gals. The lineup includes fan …
Words of Life: Beeson Lay Academy Fall 2019
Special Feature Are you looking to deepen your understanding of the Word of God? Attend one or several of Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School Lay Academy of Theology 2019 fall classes to grow in your faith. This semester’s theme, Words of Life, is inspired by John 6:68 that says, “Lord, to whom shall we go? …
Grandparenting with a Kingdom Focus
Special Feature A new frontier of ministry is advancing within the grandparent generation. It’s a new ‘old’ with profound Kingdom potential. Introducing: Intentional Christian Grandparenting. Before you dismiss the term as far from ‘new,’ observe the grandparenting culture of today! Consider that there are more grandparents living today than any other time in our nation’s …
Watch the Bible Come Alive for Students with Epic Curriculum
Education Extra Did you know that only four percent of Generation Z holds a Biblical worldview? Birmingham’s Iris O’Brien and Don Akendbrandt developed the new Bible curriculum Epic (Eternal Perspective Influencing Culture), in response to this startling statistic. Epic engages students while helping them gain a complete understanding of the whole Bible. “Our vision is …
Help, Hope & Healing for Addiction: Samaritan Counseling
Healthy Living Samaritan Counseling has a long tradition of offering faith-based professional counseling and coaching to anyone struggling with recovery from an addiction who needs supplementary assistance with their recovery program. Samaritan counselors are fully aware that addiction goes beyond alcohol and drug abuse. Many people deal daily with an addiction to shopping, smoking, sugar, …
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
Best Books In the spring of 1969, in Meridian, Mississippi, Temple Beth Israel synagogue was bombed by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a right-wing terrorist organization. Several weeks later, Meyer Davidson, a prominent Jewish leader of the city, infuriated white supremacists by denouncing the Klan and raising money for information leading to …
Moving Beyond Self
Encouraging Word Because of our inherited sin nature, we have an inclination to sin. Our biggest sin is that of being selfish (worshiping self) instead of worshiping God. Psalm 2:11 tells us, “Worship the Lord with reverence…” and Deuteronomy 6:13 says we are to worship only God. In Matthew 6:24 we learn, “No one can …
