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September 2, 2024 - Advice for college students

By Randy Alcron Eternal Perspectives Ministry (based in Oregon) Note from Randy: Three of Nanci’s and my five grandsons are now in college. Just recently, one has been on a missions trip to Thailand with his local church by his college in Southern California. I’ve delighted to receive his texts. […]


August 28, 2024 - Church arsonist gets 3 years

By Oregon Faith News Note, Recently, 49-year-old Billy Sweeten was sentenced to 38 months in prison on August 19 on the charges of arson to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Salem.The arson fire burned and destroyed part of the main sanctuary and also damaged the roof.St. Joseph is Salem’s oldest […]


August 26, 2024 - Church does guns to gardens

By Oregon Faith News Note, Antioch Church in Bend seeks to swap gunpowder for power gardens by urging gun owners to surrender weapons so they can turn them into garden tools. Although headlines shout about mass shootings, more victims of gunshots die of accidents and suicides, according to organizers of […]


August 21, 2024 - One Day Death Will Work Backwards to Life

By Randy Alcron Eternal Perspectives Ministry (based in Oregon) In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Edmund betrays Aslan and his friends, including Edmund’s brother and sisters: “You have a traitor there, Aslan,” said the Witch… “Well,” said Aslan. “His offense was not against you.” “Have you forgotten the […]


August 19, 2024 - Oregon Christian Colleges adapt

By Oregon Faith News Note, Multnomah University in Portland recently merged with Jessup University out of California. Warner Pacific University, a Christian college in Southeast Portland, recently sold a 16-unit apartment building it rents to students for housing. The university plans to use the funds to invest in their online […]


August 14, 2024 - Paula Ministries in Zambia

By Luis Palau Ministries International ministry located out of Oregon Our team is currently in Mufulira, Zambia, where we’ve witnessed the incredible power of the Gospel at work! Jesus is healing broken hearts and offering second chances like only He can. Lives are being transformed by His love and grace, […]


August 11, 2024 - One Hundred Years Later, Remembering Olympian Eric Liddell

By Randy Alcron Eternal Perspectives Ministry (based in Oregon) This is the 100th anniversary of Eric Liddell winning the gold medal in the men’s 400m. He won it on July 11, 1924, but in this year‘s Olympics that event final is scheduled for August 7. And it is in Paris exactly […]


August 5, 2024 - George Fox designs students put skills to work in Philadelphia

A group of George Fox students use their vocational skills in graphic design, illustration and art to serve in Philadelphia By Sean Patterson and Hunter Bomar Standing like a jewel amidst the rubble of the Kensington area of Pennsylvania’s largest city, the Philadelphia Dream Center has become a beacon of […]


July 31, 2024 - DeRemer wins Fight for Good Award

By Congresswoman Lori Chavez DeRemer Press Release, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) was presented with the Salvation Army’s 2023 Fight for Good Award, a recognition given to members of Congress who champion legislation to alleviate poverty. Last year, Chavez-DeRemer’s HOME Act passed the House with broad bipartisan support. The proposal would […]


July 29, 2024 - Evidence for God

By Randy Alcron Eternal Perspectives Ministry (based in Oregon) A great deal of evidence argues for God’s existence. In my book If God Is Good, I summarize just a few of these arguments. The cosmological argument cites the world’s existence as evidence of an uncaused, eternal being who created and […]