Jesus Tells a Story BREAKING NEWS! In his sermon today, the famous Galilean evangelist, Jesus of Nazareth, commented on a recent news story concerning a man who, while traveling between Jerusalem and Jericho, was set upon by thieves, robbed, and left for dead. In his recounting of the episode, the Nazarene prophet first focused his… Read More »
The Tragedy of Christians Divided by Politics These days, every election campaign seems to provide further evidence of just how divided Americans are in their politics. Sadly, Christians have not been immune from that divisiveness. Yet, the Bible teaches quite clearly that it should be just the opposite—elections provide a great opportunity for Christians to… Read More »
Just 13 credits short of finishing her master’s degree course in counseling,1 Julea Ward faced a choice that could wipe out everything she had spent the last three years accomplishing. She was confronted with the decision of either standing for what she believed in, at the risk of potentially catastrophic repercussions, or doing what was… Read More »
It was a bright spring day in 1985. Paula Cooper and three of her friends were on their lunch break at Lew Wallace High School in Gary, Indiana. Feeling bored, the teenage girls thought they needed something to do. So they decided to go out and burglarize somebody’s house. The group first got high on… Read More »
The last several years have seen repeated instances of individuals murdering as many people as they could before taking their own lives. These horrific occurrences are universally denounced as evil. People of all faiths, as well as those who profess no faith, join in that condemnation. Yet while atheists may feel personal revulsion at such… Read More »
Does belief in God make scientific sense? In his book Faith vs. Fact, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne totally rejects the idea that belief in God (or religion) can coexist with science. He asserts flatly that: “Science and religion are incompatible, and you must choose between them.“ — Evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne Coyne, of… Read More »
Politically speaking, there’s not much I agree with Mike Huckabee about. But with regard to the issue that got him kicked off the board of the Country Music Association Foundation, I can only applaud and say, this time Mike Huckabee got it right. Less than 24 hours after being appointed to the CMA Foundation board,… Read More »
I am a Bible-believing Christian. As such, I believe that Islam is fundamentally and profoundly wrong in its theological teachings. But, because I am a Bible-believing Christian, I also believe that Americans must treat the Muslims among us with the same respect, dignity, and acceptance we want for ourselves. President Obama goes to a mosque… Read More »
Watching Rep. Trey Gowdy chair the Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearing left me wondering. What I saw and heard on television during that hearing, and what Mr. Gowdy has said on other occasions just didn’t seem to match up. I’m wondering where the disconnect is. Trey Gowdy is a Christian, a Southern Baptist. In June, speaking… Read More »
With its instantaneous response that race was not a factor in the McKinney, Texas debacle, the McKinney Fraternal Order of Police did a disservice to the credibility of defenders of the police. We’ve probably all seen the video out of McKinney, Texas – a white police officer verbally and physically abusing black teenagers at a… Read More »