Christian Leaders, Time to Check Your Own Yearbooks
What would a yearbook audit of today’s prominent Christian leaders reveal? Governor Northam’s incident with racist tropes provides Christians with the opportunity to self-audit for incidents of racism.
Center Works to Counter Abuses Caused by Bad Theology
In a blog post I published just over a year ago, I wrote these words: ‘Bad theology can make people kill each other’. Nothing I have seen or read since then has made me change my mind.
What a 16th-Century Mystic Can Teach Us About Making Good Decisions
(The Conversation) Among the many decision-making methods for life’s big decisions, one that stands out is from an early 16th-century soldier-turned-mystic, St. Ignatius of Loyola, who uses the language of faith.
New York’s Late-Term Abortion Law Cries Out for Churches to Engage
New York’s Reproductive Health Act permits abortion on demand up until the moment of birth.
We Need More Biblical Literacy in America
President Trump has embraced proposals in six states to offer classes in biblical literacy.Let me state, at the outset, that this is a bad idea -- in practical terms, and for political reasons.
Are Churches Willing to Love Their Young People More Than Their Politics?
Telling teenagers that faith is irrelevant to real life will not keep them from leaving the church. It may hasten their exits.
The Blessing
We all have that person in our lives; the one we can never please or do enough for, the one who always finds fault and invariably withholds a word of blessing.
The Hope of ‘Moderate’ Baptists
Baptists have used the past century to divide ourselves. Had we done this with grace and love and the intentional purpose of expanding the kingdom, we might not be experiencing the pain we have today.
Christmas & Families
There is something about the Christmas season that is sure to light up most any face (except for the most die-hard Scrooge), especially as we get closer to the big day. And it seems that the Christ of Christmas shows himself to us in several meaningful ways that we would least expect this time of year.
Hands & Feet
While the 21st Century church has more increased competition for members’ time than ever before, men and women who volunteer still make up the majority of those serving the Kingdom of Christ. In other words, even though our multimedia world gives us more options for how we spend our time, volunteers are still the critical backbone of most churches.