Our nation’s tough fiscal times have hit hard, and that includes in the Church. Fortunately, the leadership of First Orlando is well aware of this and is taking steps to help those struggling in our congregation to make ends meet.
This is why First Orlando has started the “Grace Project,” a ministry designed to help members facing financial challenges. Project Grace will launch Sunday, November 30, with a special “Grace Offering.”

Posted November 19, 2008

If you attend First Orlando worship services regularly, then you are familiar with Kyle Thomas. He is the blond-haired singer with the booming voice whose music seems to well up from the bottom of his soles and rises to the top of his head.

Posted November 17, 2008

Defending Christianity in today's world is not nearly as simple as it was 50 years ago, said Christian apologist Dinesh D'Souza. “We are told in scripture to contend for our faith,” the New York Times best-selling author told a crowd of about 1,500 at First Orlando on Wednesday, November 12 in a message he called, “What Is So Great About Christianity.” “What that means is that we should not be surprised if we encounter some resistance and opposition.”

Posted November 13, 2008

As anyone who channel surfs can tell you, evangelical Christianity sure gets a lot of airplay. Pick up the remote and round the bases on any day of the week, and you’ll run across a half-dozen television channels preaching the Word of God. What a blessing that is! We should thank God that we live in a society where the truth is so widely disseminated. Only a scant minority of the world’s populace is so privileged to live under the sound of the gospel. Untold millions shuffle into a lost eternity every year never having once heard the good news.

Posted November 9, 2008

This weekend, First Orlando Senior Pastor David Uth will be starting a new series called “The Church Has Left the Building.” The thrust of the study, based on Acts 1:8, is how the Church, in order to reach the lost for Christ, must leave its four walls and take the Gospel into all the world. Here’s a way for you to do your part.

Posted November 4, 2008

In the sixth week of its theatrical run, “Fireproof” continues its successful run in the box office. This past week, the film, which opened at No. 4, held the No. 13 spot even though 23 films have opened since its debut. “Fireproof” also has 80 percent of its original screens after six weeks, which is remarkable by Hollywood standards. While many films drop the number of screens significantly each week, “Fireproof” has held at nearly 900 screens since opening.

Posted November 3,2008

In virtually every outdoor game played with a ball, the shape of the ball is round. That makes the direction the ball will take, in the course of the game, somewhat predictable. And that’s the very thing that makes the game of football a little more interesting than most. The shape of the ball is elliptical, not round, and is therefore far more unpredictable as to the direction it will bounce. You never really know where it will go. Think of how many football games have been decided on an unexpected bounce.

Posted November 2, 2008

The Holocaust is not only one of darkest events of the 20th Century, it is also one of the most difficult subjects for parents to talk about with their children. The new film, “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” will help parents to at least broach the subject with their kids. One of the strengths of this powerful new movie, based on the 2006 book by Irish novelist John Boyne, is that it looks at the Holocaust through the eyes of an 8-year-old German boy named Bruno.

Posted October 29, 2008

First Orlando is in for a fascinating evening when Christian author Dinesh D’Souza visits Wednesday, November 12 at 6 p.m. in the Worship Center. D’Souza has been called one of the “top young public-policy makers in the country” by Investor’s Business Daily. The New York Times Magazine named him one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers. The World Affairs Council lists D’Souza as one of the nation’s 500 leading authorities on international issues.

Posted October 28, 2008

The Christian film “Fireproof” continued its incredibly successful run, having crossed the $20 million dollar mark less than four weeks in release. “Fireproof” opened No. 4 in the country on September 26 with a per screen average of $8,111, making it the highest opening weekend box office of the year for films released on 1,000 screens or fewer. The film has remained in the top 10 for three consecutive weeks while competing against films released on more than double the number of screens.

Posted October 24, 2008