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If you've been coming around to New City, you know that we have been sending our first wave of financial support through the ministry of World Vision International. In a few months, we'll take another special offering to support the work of Mission to North America in Haiti (MNA is our denomination's north American mission arm). See the message below from Arklie Hooten, the head of MNA's disaster response. This will give you an idea of where our next wave of support will be going...

I commend to you this excellent piece by Sally Jenkins on the controversial ad Tim Tebow and his mother will star in during the Super Bowl. The ad is a pro-life piece and tells the story of Tebow's mother choosing NOT to have an abortion, though advised to because of complications with the pregnancy...

Click here to see a video put out by Churches Helping Churches (an organization I hear good things about). As you continue to pray for Haiti, sometimes it's helpful to see some images to help you grasp the magnitude of the destruction, and perhaps add fervency and urgency to your prayers...

Jan 22 marks 37 years since the Roe v. Wade decision came down, effectively legalizing abortion in the United States. I thought I'd point you to two posts by Kevin DeYoung that I found helpful....

As you know, this week Haiti was struck with a devastating earthquake, the effects of which we are only beginning to learn. Haiti already was an extremely poor country with many problems, and perhaps the least equipped nation in the world to deal with a disaster of this magnitude. Naturally, people are asking questions as to why this happened and what should we being doing in the wake of the earthquake...

Jesus is pretty popular in America. But unfortunately, His popularity has little to do with the picture of Jesus given in the Bible. Rather, Jesus has been co-opted as a kind of mascot for all sorts of causes and platforms (many of which are conflicting)...

On Sunday we started a new series called "The King and His Kingdom." For most of 2009 we'll be looking at the Gospel According to Mark. Passages from Mark will be the basis for most of our Sunday sermons, as well as...

This timely post comes from Shaun Groves‘ blog: I’ve always ignored those people: The ones who get very upset at Target this time of year and decide to e-mail me and the rest of their address book about it...

How do you take criticism? Here's an excerpt from a recent blog post by Tim Keller...

Over at the Resurgence, David Neely is writing a series of posts called "5 Hard Truths for Church Planters." It's designed specifically...