by David Mathis | September 14, 2012 Jesus’s uniqueness and beauty is on display if his followers respond with grace when he is reviled. When adherents of Islam counter the mocking of their central figure with outrage and violence, they provide “another vivid depiction of the difference between Muhammad and Christ, and what it means to follow each,” […]
Current Events
The Episcopal Church: a case study of the link between liberalism and decline
NY Times article by Ross Douthat IN 1998, John Shelby Spong, then the reliably controversial Episcopal bishop of Newark, published a book entitled “Why Christianity Must Change or Die.” Spong was a uniquely radical figure — during his career, he dismissed almost every element of traditional Christian faith as so much superstition — but most […]
Evangelist Billy Graham defends Chick-fil-A
As predicted by those in the Reformed circle, liberalism is a slippery slope. First, you remove inerrancy. Then, you stop speaking about gender differences. Now, the battle lines are being drawn around sexuality and what constitutes a “family.” By Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN)– Billy Graham, the dean of American evangelists, has once again broken […]
Leadership: To inspire others, it’s how you do it that counts
By Dov Seidman of CNN. Our world has rapidly gone from being connected to interconnected to interdependent. When the world is tied together this intimately, everyone’s values and behavior matter more than ever, because our actions affect more people than ever and in ways they never have. Such was the case when one banker exposed […]
SBC Elects First African American President
God is up to something good. Please read article.
Why men are in trouble
The Founding Fathers believed, and the evidence still shows, that industriousness, marriage and religion are a very important basis for male empowerment and achievement. We may need to say to a number of our twenty-something men, “Get off the video games five hours a day, get yourself together, get a challenging job and get married.” […]