1. Chemical weapons in Syria prove to be "uncivilized, barbarian, rogue" Secretary Kerry's remarks on Syria, Washington Post Syria's Gas Attack on Civilization, Wall Street Journal (Andrew Roberts) 2. Compromising personal morality now the ...
If preaching is central to Christian worship, what kind of preaching are we talking about? The sheer weightlessness of much contemporary preaching is a severe indictment of our superficial Christianity. When the pulpit ministry lacks substance, the c ...
Evangelical Christians have been especially attentive to worship in recent years, sparking a renaissance of thought and conversation on what worship really is and how it should be done. Even if this renewed interest has unfortunately resulted in what ...
Has God called you to ministry? Though all Christians are called to serve the cause of Christ, God calls certain persons to serve the Church as pastors and other ministers. Writing to young Timothy, the Apostle Paul confirmed that if a man aspires to ...
The Christian faith is not a mere collection of doctrines — a bag of truths. Christianity is a comprehensive truth claim that encompasses every aspect of revealed doctrine, but is centered in the gospel of Jesus Christ. And, as the apostolic preachin ...
Story 1 - "Shame" is necessary, but is it moving in a liberal direction? Shame Is Not a Four-Letter Word, New York Times (Richard V. Reeves) Story 2 - Lent for the narcissist A Religious Ritual Attracts Even Nonbelievers, New York Times ( ...
The affirmation of biblical inerrancy is nothing more, and nothing less, than the affirmation of the Bible's total truthfulness and trustworthiness. The assertion of the Bible's inerrancy -- that the Bible is "free from all falsehood or mistake" -- i ...
2 Earthquakes in Spain Kill 10, Injure Dozens... Following Jesus While Rejecting the Bible? Yet Another Tragedy in Mainline Protestantism... Marines get trained on accepting gay recruits... Navy revokes guidance allowing military chaplains to perform ...
Nails Used to Crucify Jesus May Have Been Found, Filmmaker Says... Throwing the Bible Under the Bus... Reliable Tally of Gay Population Proves Elusive... California May Require Teaching of Gay History... U.N. Court Convicts Two Croatian Generals of W ...
In his 1996 novel, In the Beauty of the Lilies, John Updike told of the Reverend Clarence Arthur Wilmot, the fictional pastor of New York's Fourth Presbyterian Church, who stopped believing in God one day in 1910. On that day, the Rev. Wilmot "felt t ...