President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...

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How to Use a Study Bible

One of the most memorable purchases I made as a teenager was The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible in its original King James Version edition, complete with blue leather cover. I still have it, of course, though it now finds itself surrounded by a host ...

December 15, 2008

As One With Authority

In 1971, just six years after being invited to teach New Testament and preaching at the Graduate Seminary of Phillips University, Fred Craddock put his thoughts on preaching into a book. That book, As One Without Authority, launched something of a re ...

December 12, 2008

Do Natural Boundaries Tell Us Anything?

A woman in India is reported now to be the "world's oldest mom," giving birth to a baby at age 70. Rajo Devi of Alewa, India gave birth to a baby girl last week. She, along with her 72 year-old husband, had been hoping for a baby for a half-century. ...

December 11, 2008

The Secularization of the Church

Secularization is the process by which a society becomes more and more distant from its Christian roots.  Though the formal sociological theory is more complicated than that, the essence of secularization is the fact that the culture no longer depend ...

December 10, 2008

Turning the Bible on its Head — Newsweek Goes for Gay Marriage

Newsweek magazine, one of the most influential news magazines in America, has decided to come out for same-sex marriage in a big way, and to do so by means of a biblical and theological argument.  In its cover story for this week, "The Religious Case ...

December 8, 2008

It’s About Theology, Not Territory

Christian leaders formerly associated with the Episcopal Church have announced the creation of a new denomination -- the Anglican Church in North America.  The announcement came Wednesday as conservative Anglican leaders met in Wheaton, Illinois to p ...

December 5, 2008

A Generation Immersed in Media

A new report indicates that the average child in America now spends 45 hours a week immersed in the media -- a multiple of the hours spent with parents or in the classroom. Commonsense Media, a group that advocates for better programming in the medi ...

December 4, 2008

Death by Gift Certificate

Gift certificates are now a big part of the American economy.  Along with electronic gift cards, gift certificates represent a growing segment of the consumer market -- and for good reason.  Who wouldn't welcome and appreciate a gift certificate to a ...

December 3, 2008

Is Michelle Obama “Letting Down the Team”?

President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office on January 20, thereby accepting the constitutional office to which he has been elected.  Simultaneously, Michelle Obama will also accept an official role, though not a constitutional office.  ...

December 2, 2008

Women in Ministry — Interesting Editorial Slant

Regularly, The Los Angeles Times makes for interesting reading.  In terms of political slant, the paper has moved to the left of The New York Times, and it now occupies a major position among the nation's most influential newspapers.  Even as paid ci ...

December 1, 2008