Denny Burk shares a story about Dan Cathy showing Christian love in the face of criticism by befriending a leading gay activist. This is a great look into a man who seems really serious about honoring Christ with his whole life. Albert Mohler on the recent decision by the Boy Scouts of America to rescind …
Porn is mainstream in America. We no longer even blush to mention it. Porn stars are celebrities and books like Fifty Shades of Grey glorify it. A couple of years ago, Ed Stetzer wrote a short article outlining some of the dangers that included an infographic of stats related to pornography. You should read Ed’s …
A few quotes from John Broadus for your Monday: “In every age of Christianity, since John the Baptist drew crowds into the desert, there has been no great religious movement, no restoration of Scripture truth, and reanimation of genuine piety, without new power in preaching, both as cause and as effect.” “Brethren, we must preach …
Sometimes making sense of the world is difficult. We have questions and we do not always have answers. However, sometimes our greatest problem is that we focus more on our questions than on our answers. This is akin to materialism in our western world today. We find ourselves wealthy and surrounded by more things than …
I recently had a conversation with a pastor who has lost about fifty pounds. In addition to saying how much better he felt, he talked about how some people seemed to engage with his preaching now who had not done so before. Now, for some of you that may seem a bit shallow, and to …
Tragedy often causes us to question God. For some, the question of “Where were you, God?” drives them away from faith and into despair. Many people throughout the centuries have turned away from God in anger as a result of tragedy. Others find God in tragedy. We need look no further than the events of …
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife? Albert Mohler weighs in on the recent news release about a fragment of papyrus mentioning Jesus’ wife. Mohler argues here that scholarship has been traded for sensationalism. Preaching for the “Home Run.” Michael McKinley answers a popular question with what may be some unpopular answers. There may be legitimate reasons …
Augustine on biblical interpretation from On Christian Teaching. The most expert investigator of divine scriptures will be eh person who, first, has read them all and has a good knowledge–a reading knowledge, a least, if not yet a complete understanding–of those pronounced canonical…. The first rule in this laborious task, is, as I have said, …
Faded Bit of Papyrus Refers to Jesus’ Wife. Trust me, TLC is going to have a field day with this; I can already envision the two hour special. “The notion that Jesus had a wife was the central conceit of the best seller and movie “The Da Vinci Code.” But Dr. King said she wants …
The ongoing divide between the reformed and non-reformed camps seems to be unending. I spoke recently with the editor of a Christian newspaper who lamented that it seems to ebb and flow, but never go away. The debate saddens me mostly because it is often less akin to debate among peers and more like lobbing …