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4B Daily News – Saturday, November 10, 2012 Religion Faith&Worship Voices of Faith What's the best argument for believing in God? The Kansas City Star (MCT) GOD'S LOVE IS THE BEST PROOF Pastor Emeritus Raymond Davis Jr., Greater Corinthian Church of the Christ, Kansas City, Mo.: The best argument for believing in God is the central argu- ment of the Scriptures — God's love, especially God's love as spoken about in the New Testament. The Bible's essential premise is stated in the context of God's love for mankind, and God's love is always an act on behalf of the world of mankind. Consider "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son" … "Here- in is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins." (John 3:16 and 1 John 4:10) God gives the believer the advantage through this faith value, and all those who will believe are estab- lished. The believer is persuaded to have faith in God because of what Scripture has to say about those who believe in God. For example, God said to a person in authority that to believe is to be established. To not believe voids one's being established. (Isaiah 7:9) To be established means that no matter the things that are designed to shake or even destroy one's faith will not prosper. Consider "No weapon formed against you shall prosper." (Isaiah 54:17a) Moreover, "All things work together for good to them that love God." (Romans 8:28) Not believing in God is stated in the Psalm 14:1 and Psalm 53:1. AKobayashi Maru for a generation Kobayashi Maru in Star Trek II – the Wrath of Khan. A young officer encounters the no-win scenario in a sim test and fails – as everyone has always done – except for James Tiberius Kirk. When Kirk is asked repeatedly how he beat Kobayashi Maru he finally 'fesses up to re-pro- gramming the computers. Some would say he cheated; he says he created an opportunity by re-creat- ing the rules. We Boomers love our Captain Kirk because he does what we did – creating opportunity by re- creating rules. When they told us living in space Every Boomer remembers the NO SUPREME BEING IN BUDDHISM Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center & Monastery: From the Buddhist perspective your ques- tion of whether God exists is a moot point. One of the key distinctions of Buddhism from other religions is the lack of any kind of supreme deity who created the uni- verse. Most importantly, the Buddha himself did not consider himself any kind of god, savior or even prophet. He was a merely a mortal human who went on a spiritual search and through his efforts attained enlightenment. beyond the life of our batteries was just science fiction we perfected fuel cells and taught ourselves how to make terrestrial atmosphere aboard a space station. When they told us computers required entire rooms and massive cooling systems we invented micro-chips and the rest of the hardware needed for miniaturization. When they told us only the fictional star trekkers had wireless communicators we invent- ed cell phones and placed our miniaturized computers inside them. And when they told us there were limits to communication and the storage of information we invented the internet. We needed the scientists and engineers of an older generation as much as we needed our own, but it was the heart of the Boomer Generation that said, "Go for it!" and we did. er VonBraun to design multi stage rockets and a Buzz Aldrin to invent the math that understood orbital mechanics well enough to enable space rendezvous, but it took that same younger gener- ation to implement their designs and concepts. It took a generation willing to re-create the rules for the doable to become comfortable with living in space – and to invent the hardware and the software to move beyond the vision of just getting to the moon and back before somebody else did. The lack of the acceptance of a creator may call into question how the world began. From the Buddhist per- spective there is no real starting point for life. In Bud- dhist cosmology, life is seen as a continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth again. This is happening on a macro level (multiple galactic universes), as well as on the micro level (each of us dies and are reborn again) and this occurs in an unending cycle. All religions have some concept of ultimate reality. For monotheistic religions, it is the concept of God. For Buddhists, ultimate reality is Dharmakaya or the Bud- dha's enlightened mind that is free from the limits of conceptualization and empty of inherent existence. We believe that this mind of enlightenment is available to all of us, because all of us possess "Buddha-nature," the potential for enlightenment. Through meditation practice we clear the clinging, grasping and obscurations of our mind that prevents us from actualizing enlightenment. Send your questions for our panel of religion columnists to Helen Gray at The Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108. Send email to hgray@kcstar.com. It took Ronald Reagan to call for and conceive of the Reagan Revolu- tion and Morning in America, but it took a generation to make it hap- pen. It took a generation that refused to believe we were finished as a nation in the wake of defeat in Vietnam and the social and eco- nomic wreckage of Lyndon John- son's Great Society. It took a Wern- With Thanksgiving right around the corner, North State families, busi- nesses, schools, and churches are putting their gratitude in action and celebrating their blessings by giving back. Through Operation Christmas Child, locals are joining tens of thou- sands of people across the U.S. to fill empty shoe boxes with toys, school would never change the racial climate in the South – and pretended it didn't need changing in the North – we marched and sang and voted and paid no atten- tion to what could not be done. Mostly we hung out with people who were different than the people from our neighborhood and pro- claimed that men are men and women are women whatever they look like and whatever they eat and however they speak – and God intended it that way. When they told us the age of miracles was ancient history we began healing people in the power of God's Spirit on California beaches and when they told us God expected us to wear the right tie and the right dress to church we discovered a God who loved us right where we are and just as we were. I speak of the Jesus People and their Great Awakening. And when we began to take the Gospel of God out to the nations we listened to Him – not to the purveyors of that old time reli- gion – and respected and empow- When they told us we supplies, candy, and necessity items for suffer- ing children around the world. Nov. gifts will be dropped off at several collection sites in the North State. The main drop off location for Tehama County is Community Baptist Church, 598 Roundup Ave., in Red Bluff. 12-19 packed James Wilson GodTalk ered the local leaders we met on the mission field. After sharing the Gospel we left them to fig- ure out how best to serve it up to their people. We glo- ried in the fact that we are not the Savior; just His close personal friends. The book says there is no hope for substance abusing addicts beyond a lifetime of meetings, once a person comes out as homosexual there is no going back, and young people will just become more and more promiscu- ous and inclined to abort the babies that result. Our parents and the experts they listened to wrote that book. We Boomers re- wrote the book and the faith-based recovery movement that emerged from our generation boasts up to 70 percent of participants in recovery. I personally know some two dozen healed homosexuals and the experts in the field of their healing report similar stats to those we see in the addictions arena. Our teen children – largely due to revitalized and re- visioned abstinence education – have cut the numbers of the sexual- ly active in their generation in half and their abortion rate by 40 per- cent. All that is needed is a heart to seek the Lord of Life and a will to re-program the experiment in His image. This heart, this Lord and this will is enough for any generation in any nation. Right on, Captain Kirk! James A. Wilson is the author of Living As Ambassadors of Relationships and The Holy Spirit and the End Times – available at local bookstores or by e-mailing him at praynorthstate@charter.net. Areason to be thankful this holiday season For specific drop off times and locations in outlying areas such as McArthur, Alturas, Mt. Shasta, Yreka, and Fort Jones, go to Samari- tansPurse.org/OCC or call 800-353-5949. Last year generous North State donors gave 5,068 shoe boxes. This year, the goal is over 6,000. This will add to worldwide efforts to Tehama County Church Directory CHAPEL OF THE FLOWERS 816 Walnut St. - Red Bluff FD 652 HOYT-COLE ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP — 21080 Luther Rd. — Pastor J.E. Heitman 528-2499 — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM Red Bluff.... ANTELOPE HOME FELLOWSHIP(SBC) — Berrendos School — 401 Chestnut St 200-4112 — Pastor John Bohrer — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY — 1321 Nelson Dr., Red Bluff. — 527-8541 Pastor Rudy Cepeda — WORSHIP — Sunday 1:00PM & Friday 7PM BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 625 Luther Rd. — 527-0445 WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM & 6PM CALVARY CHAPEL — 12375 Paskenta Rd. — 527-8219 Pastor Gilbert DeLao Jr. — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 am CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — Antelope-545 Berrendos 529-2506 — Bishop James Beeman — SERVICES Begin Sunday 11:00AM CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — Red Bluff-545 Berrendos 527-7012 — Bishop Earl Wintle — SERVICES Begin Sunday 9:00AM COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 598 Round -Up Ave. 527-4203 Pastor Dr. Paul Wright — WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM & 6PM CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF GOD — Hwy. 36, Jorgenson 527-9210 — Pastor Roy Duggins — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM & 5PM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 501 Pine St. — 527-4361 Pastor Bruce Cloutier — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Hickory & Madison — 527-4688 Pastor Dan Woolery — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM FIRST CHURCH OF GOD — Jackson & Luther — 527-5717 Pastor Rod Thompson — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — Johnson & Hickory — 527-3361 Pastor Jesse Morris — WORSHIP — 10:30 AM FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH — 585 Kimball Rd. — 527-5083 Clyde Brandt — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 525 David Ave. — 527-5754 Pastor Nancy Pharis-Cure — WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH, IND. FUND. — 12830 Glasgow Dr. — 527-2964 Pastor Jeff Eldred — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF RED BLUFF — 22630 Antelope Blvd. —530-727-7344 Pastor Carl Miller — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30am AM at Antelope School LAKE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY CHURCH — Lake Club — 347 6970 Jim Bredow, Pastor — WORSHIP — Sunday 8:30AM-10:15AM LUTHERAN CHURCH, ST. PAUL — Jefferson & Elm — 527-3414 Pastor Dallas D. Dubke — WORSHIP — Sunday 8:30AM & 11AM NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH — 1625 Johnson St. — 527-8134 Pastor Vern Milliken — SERVICE — 10:00AM NEW HOPE FOURSQUARE CHURCH — 925 Walnut St. — 528-0642 PastorS Steve and Linda Priest — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM — Youth, Thurs. 6:00 PM NORTH VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH (Ind.) — 345 David Ave — 527-0543 WORSHIP — Sunday 10:50AM NUEVA VIDA — 11841 Hyw 99W — Red Bluff — Spanish-speaking Pastor Freddie Villasenor — WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM OPEN VISTAS AWARENESS CENTER — 900 Walnut St. — 529-9285 Rv. Tresha Wing — SERVICE — Sunday 10:00AM OUT OF THE BOX MINISTRIES-COWBOY CHURCH — 585-3070 Tehama District Fairground, Bull Sale Barn –– Wednesday 7:00PM –– Sunday 10:00AM Red Bluff.... PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Jefferson & Hickory St. — 527-0372 The Rev. Beth Hoyt — Worship Service 11:00 AM, Sunday School 9:30 AM, Child Care Available PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD — 370 Kimball Rd. — 527-6346 Pastor Mike Cox — WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM RED BLUFF COMMUNITY CHURCH — 1920 Park St. Pastor Stan Kolbert — SERVICES — Sunday 9:30AM — 282-2248 RED BLUFF GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 836 Washington St. — 529-9909 Pastor John A. Partsch — WORSHIP — Sunday 1:30PM - Wednesday 7PM RIVERHOUSE CHURCH Pastors John & Connie Christenson Meets Saturdays at 6 pm at Red Bluff High School Cafeteria SABBATH COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN — 705 So. Jackson St. — 529-1890 Pastor Ron Largent — WORSHIP — Saturday 10:45AM SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH — 515 Main St. — Father Joyle T. Martinez MASS — Saturday 5:15, Spanish 7PM — Sunday 8:30AM, 10:30AM, Spanish 12PM THE SALVATION ARMY — 944 Walnut St. — 527-8530 Major Kit Wetter, Pastor — SERVICES — Sunday 10AM & 11AM SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRUCH — 720 S. Jackson — 527-3733 Pastor Jon Spoolman — WORSHIP — Saturday 10:45AM SHEPHERD HOUSE OF PRAYER — 601 Monroe St. 529-5350 — Pastor Brent Kohler — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM ST. PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — Jefferson & Elm — 527-5205 Rev. Maryly Adair — Sunday 9:30AM, Holy Eucharist Rite II SUNRISE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP — C.B.A. — The corner of Cedar & Jackson — 527-6818 Pastor Byron Shaw, Pat Hurton — WORSHIP — 10:50AM — Bible Study 9:30AM TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL — 8529 Placer Rd., Redding 243-5726 — For service dates & times — 529-9246 TRINITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 20920 Hampton Rhodes Drive — 528-8668 Pastor Loren Browning — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM - Wednesday 7:00PM TRUTH TABERNACLE — 285 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff — 527-5533 WORSHIP — Sunday 1:00PM - Sunday School 9:30AM UNION SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1256 Walnut St. Bidwell School Cafeteria — 840-6177 Pastor Robert M. Wheatley — WORSHIP — Sunday 3PM only UNITED CHURCH OF GOD — 645 Antelope Blvd. Suite 13 — 824-3657 Pastor Herb Vierra— WORSHIP — Saturday 11:30 AM VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP — 738 Walnut St. — 527-2449 Pastor Steve Igarta — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM WALNUT GROVE CHRISTIAN CENTER — RHEMA Bible Church 435 Round Up Ave. — 527-9065 — Pastor Michael Ragsdale — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM ZION CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES — 836 Washington St. 529-1836 — Pastor Joshua John McKim — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM COMMUNITY CHURCH — Bowman Rd. & Landes — 347-6130 Pastor Mark Lugg — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM Bowman... This directory sponsored by: Los Molinos.... COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sherwood & Josephine — 384-2656 Coordinating Pastor Nancy Pharis-Curie—CLayM Pastor Ray Watkins — WORSHIP 11AM MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH — HWY 99E and Taft St., 384-1564 Pastor Carl DeBiase — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM SPIRIT OF LIFE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD — 25235 Orange St. — 384-0100 Pastor Richard Tucker — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM Corning... BELIEVERS CHURCH OF GOD — 783 Solano St. — 824-6502 Pastor Dan Steigmn — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM BETHEL CHURCH — 1520 East St. — 824-0175 Ron Cottingham, Pastor — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1418 South St. — 824-3603 WORSHIP — Sunday — 10:30AM CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1440 Yolo St. — 824-4333 David King, Minister — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — Marguerite & Blackburn — Bishop A. Daniel Drum — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM CORNING FOURSQUARE — 404 5th Street — 824-5776 — Sr. Pastor John Gehrung WORSHIP — Sunday: adults 9:15, 10:30 AM — Tues.10AM prayer meeting FAMILY BIBLE CHURCH — Marin & Pear Sts. — 824-0989 Pastor Joycel — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM & 6PM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 506 Colusa St. — 824-3490 Pastor Chris Fissori — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM — Sunday School 9AM FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 1421 Marin St. — 824-5739 WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 824-5535 — Marguerite & McLane Pastor Howard Sanborn— WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM HARVEST CHRISTIAN CENTER CHURCH OF GOD — 1006 6th St. Corning 824-2091 — Pastor Michael Sharp — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 824-5879 — 814 Solano St. Father Juan Manuel Ponce — MASS — Sunday 10AM, 12:00PM - Spanish MT. OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH — 341 Solano St. — 824-5530 Pastor Dallas D. Dubke — WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM NEIGHBORHOOD FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — 901 South St. — 824-2323 Pastor Ken Killinger — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:50AM & 6PM NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY CHURCH — 824-3426 Pastor J.R. Gonzales — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM - Sunday School 9AM OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP — 565 1st St. — 824-3661 — SERVICE — Sunday 10:30 AM SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — West & Butte — 824-2153 Pastor Jose Torres — WORSHIP — Saturday 11AM ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — First & Marin Sts. — 824-4979 Rev. Diana Lueckert — CHURCH — Sunday 11AM Capay... COMMUNITY FRIENDS CHURCH — 4TH & MOLLER AVE. — 865-2806 Pastor TONI BROWN — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:30AM AUTO ELECTRIC INC. 1055 Main St. - Red Bluff RED BLUFF 527-5170 Cottonwood... FOURSQUARE CHURCH — 2400 Rhonda Rd. Rev. Paul Shrum — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM Dairyville... CONE COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH — 11220 Hwy. 99E — 527-2329 Coordinating Pastor Nancy Pharis-Cure — CLayM Pastor Chris Bauer —WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM El Camino... COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 99W — 385-2314 Pastor Nancy Pharis-Cure — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:30AM SHADY REST FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — 7211 Hwy. 99W 385-2155 — Pastor Andrew Dalson — WORSHIP — Saturday 7PM Gerber... BAHA'I FAITH OF TEHAMA COUNTY — 385-1091 Prayer meetings Fridays 7:30PM Brickyard Creek Apartments FAITH HOPE LOVE MINISTRIES — 21941 Chard Ave. 385-1431 — Pastor Ina Driggers — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM GERBER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP — 301 Samson @ Ventura 385-1718 — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM Manton... MANTON COMMUNITY CHURCH — Forward Rd. — 474-5156 Pastor Michael Stiener —WORSHIP — Sunday School 9:30 Sun. 10:45 Paskenta... Platina... PASKENTA FLOURNOY BIBLE CHURCH — 13140 Round Valley Rd. Pastor Doug Maitia — Sunday 10:30AM — 833-0557 ST. HERMAN OF ALASKA MONASTERY — Begum Gorge Rd. Abbot Herman — LITURGY — Sunday 8:30AM Rancho Tehama... Tehama... COMMUNITY CHURCH (Non-Den.) — 585-2526 WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES — 585-2975 Pastor Don Luke — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM/6:00PM ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Third St. — 384-2603 Pastor Walter Bright — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH — 824-5879 Corner of 4th & D — MASS — Sunday 8:00AM - English Vina... VINA COMMUNITY CHURCH — 5th & D Street — 839-2340 Pastor Larry Peterson — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM reach a milestone of over 100 million shoe boxes given since 1993. To find out how you can participate in Operation Christmas Child go to SamaritansPurse.org/OCC. Collection week for your shoe box gifts is Nov. 12 thru 19. For more information about Operation Christ- mas Child visit DeMoss- News.com/OCC.