National Religious Broadcasters to Propose Solution to New Media Censorship
NRB cites Apple's iTunes App Store, Google and Facebook for 'contributing to the suppression of free speech
Two years ago, NRB launched the John Milton Project to address the threat of viewpoint censorship and to present potential solutions. On September 12, 2012, NRB will unveil its Free Speech Charter for the Internet, a unique, first-of-its-kind proposal to the free speech/free enterprise dilemma.
Amidst the Culture War, David Barton Merits a Court-Martial: a Dispatch from an Ex-Wallbuilder
I had been deluded by historical exaggerations about a “Christian nation” and a “Biblically-based” Founding. The truth was much messier
Unfortunately, the agenda comes at the expense of individual souls. Students—especially the scholastically adept—are hurt very badly by the misinterpretations, misportrayals, mistruths. I barely survived coming across the knowledge, and there are many who do not. David Barton isn’t helping by circulating lies. Those of Christian-cultural influence must realize that we their children are not just bullets in the culture war.
Stupak Admits Obama Violated His Executive Order on Obamacare, Abortion
Former Congressman Stupak admitted that he may have been hoodwinked by President Obama over Obamacare
Stupak was the holdout preventing the passage of the bill pro-life groups strenuously opposed because of its abortion-funding provisions. He negotiated what pro-life groups called a phony executive order from Obama that merely restated the bill’s provisions rather than prohibited abortion funding under it. Former Congressman Bart Stupak admitted during a panel discussion... Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Kingdoms
With Abraham, we are “looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God”
There is no better time to refresh our memories about the “two kingdoms” doctrine than at election time in the United States, when American Protestantism often seems divided more by its political allegiances than its faith and practice.
Is Bigger Really Better? The Statistics actually Say “No”!
Smaller churches are necessary, needed, and often more fruitful than we have been led to believe.
There are millions of people in smaller congregations across the country who live with a feeling that they are failures because their church isn’t as big as the megaplex congregation down the street. This is sad and should not be the case.
Holding the Church Hostage
"The leaders of the church feel this is what is best for the mission of this church and cannot allow the church to be held hostage by threatening words or acts.”
Jesus encouraged us to “shake the dust from your sandals” and move on if folks were not receptive to the Gospel. I believe the same guiding lesson should be taken to heart when the work of the church is threatened by hostage-takers. And not once did Jesus ever let those who were either followers or potential followers hold his work hostage. He let them walk away
What is a pastor?
"A pastor is a CEO; a pastor is a motivator; a pastor is an entrepreneur; a pastor is a counselor; a pastor is a best friend; a pastor is a teacher."
A pastor is a nutritionist. I am called to feed Christ’s sheep. That means I have to know what they need and lead them to the pastures where those needs are met. It means I don’t preach for my interests, but for their health. Overtly or in round-a-bout ways the question “what do you... Continue Reading
What Is Forgiveness?
The offer of forgiveness is unconditional (for God, and it should be for us), but forgiveness itself is conditioned upon repentance
Overcoming anger and resentment is important, but forgiveness is something more, something different, something that involves two parties instead of one. Many Christians, influences by Lewis Smedes and a lot of pop psychology, have a therapeutic understanding of forgiveness. They think of forgiveness as a unilateral, internal effort to get our emotions under control.... Continue Reading
What a Woman Wants in a Man
An artist has an eye for beauty, and yet, the unbelieving artist struggles with the truth associated with it
As I was rollerblading the other day, I was thinking about artistic geniuses (stop laughing). It seems that every unbelieving artistic genius is also a bit insane—or a lot insane! I always thought it was because they just had too much talent to handle, but I came to a different conclusion about halfway down Sudley Lane.
The Mysterious Hand of God in the Global Realignment of Christianity
Out of evil God is bringing good. Nothing, no pastor, priest, bishop or archbishop can stop it. It is happening across North America
This is an example of the direct intervention of an African Anglican archbishop on US soil in order to lay the groundwork and foundation for orthodox Anglicanism on these shores. There is not a thing the US Episcopal Church can do about it. They can grind their teeth, yell, and scream to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council about violating boundaries, but it will all fall on deaf ears. The Nigerians have landed