Pastors

I spent a lot of the week listening to Christian radio stations from around the world on DeliCast.com; so the temptation was to make the entire list this week simply links to all the wonderful stations I found. However, reason prevailed …

• So as to not keep you in suspense, we'll kick off with the news that religious liberty lives in East Tennessee for snake handling denominations. Church motto: There's an asp for that.
• Shortest. Church. Service. Ever. I hope nobody drove any distance to this church.
• This December article at 9Marks also appeared at Gospel Coalition offering some interesting insights into the sharing of pastoral leadership authority in the local church.
• Open Doors USA has released its latest World Watch list of the most dangerous places to be a Christian, including some changes from last year's list.
• Explaining the confiscation of three Bibles from a commercial bookstore, a spokesman for the Agency for Religious Affairs in Kazakhstan said, "The Kazakh state must defend our citizens from harmful materials." Twelve icons were also seized. Asked if they were harmful, he replied, "We have experts to check icons."

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