2015

Why Two? The Question Gay Activists Cannot Answer

  By: MICHAEL BROWN If love is love, why can’t it be between more than two people? (Reuters) [July 6, 2015] If marriage is not the union of a man and a woman, then why should it be limited to two people (or, for that matter, require two people)? Why can’t it be one or three […]

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GIVE YOUR BODY TO GOD AND LIVE IN MORAL FREEDOM

Seven Perimeters of Defense By Frank Tunstall “Brothers and sisters, in view of all we have just shared about God’s compassion, I encourage you to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, dedicated to God and pleasing to him. This kind of worship is appropriate for you. Don’t become like the people of this world. Instead, […]

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The Next Battle Over Gay Rights

By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN Sat June 27, 2015) The battle over same-sex marriage may have drawn to a dramatic close Friday at the Supreme Court. But as several justices noted in forceful dissents, the war between religious and LGBT rights is far from over. In a landmark opinion, a divided Supreme Court […]

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9 Keys to Reach More Men with Your Preaching

By Josh Reich If the father is the first in the household to become a Christian, there is a 93 percent probability everyone else in the home will follow. Most churches today, as has been true for the last few decades, are made up of more women and children than men. Yet in most churches, […]

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AWKWARD MOMENTS: SPEAKING LIFE INTO THE FATHERLESS

By Tim Popadic Each year in our high school the fathers of the graduating class come together for a Father and Son BBQ (which is really code for “life-sized Jenga, cornhole and really good food.”) However, there is also the random possibility that fathers will be encouraged to share their feelings (a rarity), which could […]

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MODERN-DAY MARTYRS

BY Richard Greene With cancer eating away at her, the Iraqi woman faced a devilish dilemma: convert to Islam and receive treatment or remain true to Christ and die. Ten days later she was dead. The 45-year-old woman and her husband had made the treacherous journey late last summer to the hospital in Mosul in […]

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Why Boko Haram and ISIS Target Women

By Katelyn Beaty       In all the battles waged by men, one of the most effective ways to destroy the enemy is to destroy its women. Rape and sexual abuse are wartime “strategies” as old as war itself. Yesterday The New York Times ran a devastating report that hundreds of girls as young as 11 have been raped and […]

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3 Important Church Trends in the Next 10 Years

Christianity in the United States may look very different in 10 years. By Ed Stetzer As someone who both cares about the mission of the church and leads a research organization, I watch the trends in the church and the culture. Occasionally, someone asks me to share some thoughts on the big picture, in the […]

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PEW POLL: EVANGELICALS NOT DECLINING

By Frank G. Tunstall Christianity as a whole in America is definitely on the decline, but evangelical Christianity is not. Two common doctrinal values that identify evangelicals are belief in the Bible as the inspired word of God and the born-again experience. Based on this definition, Pentecostals are appropriately numbered among evangelicals. This summary is […]

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Jesus’ Passionate Cry – Then and Now

On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom […]

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