It's Time for a Fiesta! 
June 4-10th
6:15-8:45

This years Vacation Bible School is expected to be a sizzeling of a time.  Each day  we will have a fiesta where kids will learn more about God in a fun and exciting atmosphere. Make sure that you signup prior to the event .

 2006 Camp Calendar

Fore details, click Read more or visit the Coastal Empire Christian Camp website at www.cecc-online.com/.

 Materialism is defined by Webster as "a preoccupation with or stress on material things rather than intellectual or spiritual things." As this definition implies, and as Jesus’ teaching in the Gospels makes clear (Matt. 6:19-20), Christianity and materialism have historically been at odds with each other. This is not only because of Jesus’ teaching and urging that His followers should focus on spiritual things and lay up for themselves treasures in heaven, but also because materialist philosophers generally deny the kind of spiritual realities that are fundamental to the Christian faith.

Vol. 37, No. 1 _ January 2006

Soon after Bruce Wilkinson’s book, The Prayer of Jabez (Multnomah, 2000) was released, a spate of books were written by evangelical authors in response. At least one of them, by Douglas Jones, deliberately simulated the cover of Wilkinson’s book. In addition to Jones’, other books have included Gary Gilley’s "I Just Wanted More Land" - Jabez (Xulon, 2001), Steven Hopkins’ The Cult of Jabez (Bethel Press, 2002), Neal Snider’s A Letter to Jabez (Augsburg Books, 2004), Matthew Power’s The Prayer of Jabez and Christian Spirituality (1st Books, 2003), Hank Hanegraaff’s The Prayer of Jesus (W Publishing Group, 2001), and James Mulholland’s Praying Like Jesus (Harper, 2001).

The subtitle of Mulholland’s book is telling: "The Lord’s Prayer in a Culture of Prosperity." The author’s introduction is a well-written recreation of what did not happen two thousand years ago with the disciples and Jesus when they asked Him to teach them how to pray. However, Mulholland observes, it is exactly what is happening today in thousands of churches around the world, due in large part to Bruce Wilkin-son’s book, The Prayer of Jabez.