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  • Costco Sorry for Putting Bible in Fiction Aisle

    A Costco store branch in Simi Valley, California is under fire after a local pastor discovered that Bibles had been cataloged in the fiction section of the books aisle.

    Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach of Discovery Church, was browsing for a gift for his wife when he came across Bibles labelled as “fiction.” He then took to Twitter, adding the caption, “Costco has Bibles for sale under the genre of fiction…hmmmm.” Members of Kaltenbach’s congregation, as well as a significant number of people worldwide, were outraged.

    Costco quickly issued a public apology:

    “Costco’s distributor mislabeled a small percentage of the Bibles, however we take responsibility and should have caught the mistake. We are correcting this with them for future distribution.”

    The membership-only warehouse club added, “In addition, we are immediately relabeling all mislabeled Bibles. We greatly apologize for this error.”

    Here is Kaltenbach’s initial tweet, followed by some extra thoughts on the matter, including his belief that Costco had plainly made a mistake:

    Other Discovery Church members were not so understanding. Member Shellie Dungan said, “I was completely offended. I believe the Bible is real and it shouldn’t be marked fiction.”

    Costco was founded in 1976 by James (Jim) Sinegal and Jeffrey H. Brotman ins San Diego, California, and is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington. Costco has a total of 632 locations spanning the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Spain and the United States.

    Below are some more Tweets concerning the incident:

    Image via Facebook.

  • Billy Graham’s Crusades For Christ Moves Online

    For years the Billy Graham Crusade for Christ has been a beacon for Christians to reach out. Billy Graham is considered the “pastor to the Presidents” as he has met with and counseled every president from Truman to Obama. Since his retirement due to failing health in 2005, his ministry has been looking for ways to reach out to more people with their powerful message.

    They have decided to do that through their new website peacewithgod.jesus.net. The web site has been credited with saving over 450K people since its launch. But it doesn’t stop there! “People don’t make decisions and then show up in church the next week,” Director of Internet Evangelism John Cass said. “These same people who are hurting in this world are still walking by churches on every corner.”

    When you go to the site you have the option of going into a 4 step program that is loosely based on John 3:16 that says “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” I think they do a pretty good job of portraying their message.

    Here are the 4 steps and the videos that accompany them:

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    Step 1 – God so loved the world

    Step 2 – That He gave His only Son

    Step 3 – That whoever believes in Him

    Step 4 – Should not perish