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Earth Day 2009: Brands doing their share

prompt — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:29:03 +0000

“You’ve probably heard the refrain "Make Earth Day every day" a thousand times, but the 40 year-old holiday has at least one important use: innovative brand initiatives. After sorting through the muck of press releases touting companies’ commitment to sustainability, there are a number of gems left behind. Here are some of my favorites.” via FastCompany.com

Isaiah 55:6-9

youthcafe — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:26:20 +0000

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not [...]

The Post-Rapture Economic Collapse

youthcafe — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Food-for-thought post. The Post-Rapture Economic Collapse by Joseph “Rick” Reinckens II, B.A., J.D, Attorney at Law To date, discussions of the Christian Rapture have been written by theologians, not businessmen. As a lawyer and accountant interested in eschatology, when I saw the prophetic video Left Behind, I couldn’t help but recognize the inevitable economic consequences. Indeed, they will [...]

Colossians 2:8-9

youthcafe — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:35:01 +0000

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

2 Corinthians 5:17

youthcafe — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:29:16 +0000

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Footprints in the Sand

youthcafe — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:20:57 +0000

Here’s the classic Footprints in the Sand. ————————————— One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints. This bothered me because I noticed that during [...]

Footprints in the Sand 2

youthcafe — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:32:58 +0000

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord’s footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like [...]

Broken Things

youthcafe — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:45:33 +0000

I am like a broken vessel. - Psalm 31:12 Few unbroken lives in this world are useful to God. Few men and women can fulfill their hopes and plans without interruption and disappointment along the way. But man’s disappointments are often God’s appointments, and the things we believe are tradegies may be the very opportunities through which [...]

Should Pastors Rule the Church?

youthcafe — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:28:48 +0000

(Jer 3:15 KJV) And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Should the Pastor of the local church be the complete head of that local assembly? In the local churches of today, there seems to be a pecking order of authority and in every church you [...]

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. - Jeremiah 23:1-4

youthcafe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:43:40 +0000

1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the [...]