News For Christians is celebrating its twelfth year of existence.   We began on a free server in December 1997 with a goal of sharing sermons and outlines and helping readers easily find news headlines of interest to Christians.  We continue with that same goal today.  There is no monetary profit to this site, nor is that our goal.  We have had the opportunity to add advertisements to our site to supplement our income, but have never felt the liberty to do so.

This site is the work of one individual, Robert L. Cobb.  I am a 52 year-old husband and father of four grown children.  I am a born-again Christian and member of an Independent Baptist church in the little town of Blacksburg, SC.  I live nearby, in the somewhat larger town of Gaffney.  I am a 23 year employee of Parker-Hannifin in Kings Mountain NC, a pump manu- facturing plant.  I attended college at Spartanburg Technical College in Spartanburg, SC and went to Bible college at a now-defunct satellite campus of Taber-

As a lay preacher, I have studied the Bible all my adult life.  I have, in the past, taught the adult Sunday School class at my church, designing my own course of studies.  I have always been interested in preaching and public-speaking, especially the old classics from the great preachers of the past. 

The past year has been a time of change for me, my family and the web site.  Three of my children have had children of their own, making my wife and I grandparents.  I have cut a lot of the time I spend on the web site over the past year for that and other reasons.  I now update the news page three times a week instead of five and six.  Also, I have been slow to add new classic sermons and my own sermons and outlines.

I hope that my readers will pray for this work as 2010 is a very pivotal year for America,  both spiritually and culturally.  We hope to keep you informed and up to date with all the headlines and news stories that affect Christians and the culture.  We try to include only the political news that directly involve Christians, but if you have visited this site more than once, you know that I am a political conservative and sometimes my bias may slip through.

As an old-fashioned Biblical Christian, I believe that 2010 may be the year of the rapture, and our labors on this earth will close.  I leave you with a question:  Are you ready to meet God as you are at this moment?  This is the most important question you could be asked.  Think about it before continuing to read this.

I thank you for visiting and invite you to regularly join me on this journey through cyberspace.

Sincerely,

Robert L. Cobb
Administrator, NewsForChristians Dot Com