We wanted something that could help visualize the fact that God is doing this through all of us together,” Senior Pastor Jim Alexander told congregants before guiding the plow in dress shoes and a suit. “This is about God’s glory … walking together in one direction, pulling together in one direction.”     Dust flew... Continue Reading

In Zambia, and in Africa at large, evangelical leaders who have worked their way up the ecclesiastical ladder are holding hands with religious fraudsters and thus they cannot speak about this engulfing evil. They would rather throw stones at political leaders out there than address the Trojan horse within evangelicalism. They would rather tell the... Continue Reading

This year a good number of serious Christians, some of them evangelicals like myself, will vote to reelect the incumbent President.  On the other hand, many evangelical Christians are supporting the Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who happens to be a Mormon, and the recent endorsement of Romney by Billy Graham suggests that this support runs... Continue Reading

“We affirm that the use of contraceptives is a responsible and morally acceptable means to greater control over the number and timing of births, and to improve the overall developing and flourishing of women and children,” said the Rev. Jennifer Crumpton, one of the advisers to the evangelical group.     A coalition of evangelicals... Continue Reading

Any Catholic politicians who advocate for abortion, for illicit stem cell research or for any form of euthanasia ipso facto place themselves outside full communion with the Church and so jeopardize their salvation. Any Catholics who vote for candidates who stand for abortion, illicit stem cell research or euthanasia suffer the same fateful consequences.  ... Continue Reading

Flaniken most recently served as the senior vice president for Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. He also served as chief financial officer for Wycliffe USA and chairman of the board of the Wycliffe Foundation, which works to provide bibles and literacy lessons to those wishing to learn about Christianity around the world.     Forrest W.... Continue Reading

“After careful consultation with the Board and with Dinesh, we have accepted his resignation to allow him to attend to his personal and family needs,” Mills said in a press release. “We thank him for his service and significant contribution to the College over the last two years.”     Dnesh D’Souza has resigned as... Continue Reading

I clearly told McFarland that Denise and I stayed in separate rooms. McFarland knew he didn’t have what he wanted, because he subsequently called me back and asked me again.  I realized McFarland may be fronting for Smith, so I told him I didn’t have any further comment.       Editor’s note: In September, author/director... Continue Reading

I wonder: do good churches go bad because they appoint closet liberals to the ministry? Or do they go bad because they appoint good people to the ministry who do not understand the nature and importance of confessional subscription and who will therefore, wittingly or unwittingly, help to water down the very mechanisms established by the church to preserve the gospel for the next generation?

The great Francis Schaeffer gave us a nice example on this important point. A fearless, tireless, and brilliant defender of biblical inerrancy, he said the faithful hold a "full" or "strong, uncompromising view of Scripture." He never said "literal view" because to say so is literally not true.