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Monday, September 26, 2011

400-408 – Matthew Barnett, is Senior Pastor of the Dream Center (dreamcenter.org), "the church that never closes," and author of the New York Times bestseller The Cause Within You: Finding the One Great Thing You Were Created To Do In This World (Tyndale, 2011).  Matthew, and his father Tommy, started the Dream Center back in 1994 at the former Queen of Angels Hospital facility.  They began with a church of 39 people, but today, the Dream Center feeds 40,000 people a week through 270 ministries, housing 700 people at the facility, and they've launched over 130 Dream Centers around the world.  Since 2001, Matthew and his wife Caroline, have also been the Senior Pastors at the historic Angelus Temple (birthplace of the Foursquare Denomination) (angelustemple.org), and they enjoy two children, daughter Mia Aimee and son Caden West.

413-423 – Matthew Barnett

428-438 – Matthew Barnett

443-452 – Matthew Barnett

458-508 – Drs. Peter Robbins (biker) & Kevin Downing, co-founders of Turning Point Counseling (turningpoint.org, 800-99-TODAY, 800-998-6329), have trained over 500 professional Christian therapists over the past 28 years, their offices are on 40 church campuses throughout Southern California, each one providing Christ-centered marriage, family and individual counseling.  Today, they explain their Turning Point Stewardship Cash Management Plan (turningpointstewardship.com), which puts your bill-paying, budgeting and savings on autopilot (Call (800) 296-5899 for more info.)

512-523 – Kevin Downing & Peter Robbins.

528-539 – Kevin Downing & Peter Robbins.  

544-554 – Kevin Downing & Peter Robbins.  

558-608 – Jeff Morris, third-generation owner of William L. Morris Chevrolet in Simi Valley (morrischevy.com, (805) 426-5873), and KKLA partners for the past 15 years.  Jeff shares how, due to the GM bankruptcy, he almost lost the dealership, but through legal action and support of the local and the Christian community, he prevailed.

612-623 – Jeff & Nancy Morris

628-639 – John Eastman (claremont.org/ccj), former Dean of Chapman University Law School, former candidate for California Attorney General, Founding Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Claremont Institute, and as of last week, announced as the new Chairman of the Board of the National Organization for Marriage (nationformarriage.org).  His J.D. is from the University of Chicago, he clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, and he has a Ph.D. in Government & Political Philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. 

• National Organization for Marriage (9/22/2011) National Organization For Marriage Announces New Chairman of the Board Prof. John Eastman.

•• To sign the petition to get the repeal of SB 48 on the June 2012 ballot, go to stopsb48.com.  The deadline is this Saturday, 10/1.

644-654 – Mark Hall, lead singer for the GRAMMY, AMA and 2010 Dove Award-winning Artist of the Year Casting Crowns (castingcrowns.com), appearing tomorrow night at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk (9/27 at 7:15pm), part of their 40-city Come to the Well Tour, which is also the title of their next CD releasing 10/18.  Tickets available through Ticketmaster or the box office.  Mark's new book is entitled The Well (Zondervan, 2011).

• Reuters (9/25/2011) More youngsters having unsafe sex: global study.

• TODAY (9/26/2011) Moms and dads fess up to having favorites.