A group of students are trading in their pillowcases for grocery bags to turn a Halloween tradition of fun and treats into a movement of compassion. Over one hundred and fifty volunteers will be trick-or-treating for canned food to donate to The Lawrenceville Co-Op, a local food pantry. Halloween is one of the most celebrated "holidays" in America, and these young Christians are using that cultural momentum to transform the evening into a God honoring event to serve the needy.

College students went last week to homes, dropping off paper bags with a can and a note, explaining the Halloween food drive. Tonight, volunteers will return to the houses where they advertised and receive the donated cans.

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This article, from Christianity Today, discusses Richard Dawkins's logical arguments against belief in God and Christianity. The recent tidal wave of books criticizing God and Christians perhaps tells us at least two things:

1. God/Christians are becoming more of a threat...
Christians must be more popular, or more public, or something, because non-Christians are attacking more, and more publicly.

2. We're not giving them good reasons to believe...
The head-focused, logical arguments are not working. Belief in a loving God is improbable. He requires faith, and is not being found through logical explanations.

Therefore, we need to, in this nation, live the submitted, sacrificial, gracious, abundant life, which Jesus prescribes, in order to convince them of the reality of God. Apologetical arguments are not working. We need life-agetics.

From Craig Groeschel:

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From Church Central:
"I firmly believe that as the missional and incarnational approaches become the prevailing models for the Church, we will need the power and clarity of good identity branding. If we ignore it, we leave a key component of growth off the table."... read more

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