A bank teller in Kentucky claims she was fired from her job for telling customers, “Have a blessed day.”

One day Satan asked himself a question: “How can I destroy America? No army can defeat them. Their economy is foolproof. They’re geographically isolated and cannot be invaded. I know what I’ll do. I’ll get them through their children. I’ll erase the commandments, the godly traditions, the family, morality, ethics, truth and decency.”

A new video message from Billy Graham is in production and is set to release on Nov. 7, 2014, in honor of his 96th birthday. The program, called “Heaven,” is being released to churches as an evangelistic tool, in conjunction with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s My Hope 2014 with Billy Graham campaign.

Director of Ministry to Israel (MTI) Michael Utterback offers an up close perspective on the turmoil that has unfolded in Israel in the last few days. Utterback leads MTI, a ministry within the Care Division of the Church of God, and lives most of the year in Jerusalem.

The White House condemned rocket attacks against Israel that reached as far as Tel Aviv and expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself on Tuesday.

Putnam & Smith Publishing has announced a new book, The Cure for the Common Sermon, by Dr. Larry Richardson, Ph.D. in soft cover. The Cure for the Common Sermon should be required reading for church leaders, pastors, ministers, or anyone thinking about becoming a speaker at religious or indeed any event. The Cure for the Common Sermon offers simple proven strategies for turning sermons into eagerly anticipated opportunities to better connect with their congregations.

Over 350 kids and volunteers will demonstrate this week that you don’t need to be super hero in order to help with problems as widespread as hunger across our cities. Participants from Liquid Church’s Camp Rock program will work together on Friday, July 11 to break the Guinness World Record for most hunger relief packages assembled simultaneously. Liquid Church teams will assemble the hunger relief packages within a 3-minute time period to break the record.

A Church of God near Knoxville, Tennessee, is getting the chance to tell politicians what it thinks about hotly debated issues.

There is no shortage of pundits who are providing to us the gloomy and dismal state of American congregations, and, indeed, of many churches around the world. For sure, I am among the guilty.