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Living this love is not so easy  

Newly knighted Bono’s confession: “My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that...

Vision is Not From the Leader

Vision is Not From the Leader

I like Thom Rainer’s insights into vision in the church. Rainer writes that one thing breakout churches have “in common [is] a vision...

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

Dr. Bekker (my doctoral advisor at Regent SGL) wrote on The Difficult Road of Forgiveness. Well worth the read.

Blessed are the Meek…Leaders

Blessed are the Meek…Leaders

In his piece on meekness in leadership, Mark Rutland defines meekness as “power under control”. Decades ago, E. Stanley Jones, the great...

Rev. Billy Graham

What It Means to Preach

“One of the great pleasures in life is conversation.” — Sydney Smith, 19th Century English essayist God desires to converse with His creation...

Poverty and Morality

Poverty and Morality

A link between your dollars for helping the poor in Africa and the worsening of the problem? Take a look at this… London – British Prime...

Love, Marriage, & Sexuality

Love, Marriage, & Sexuality

Perhaps its self-evident that there is a direct link between a culture’s view of sexuality and the kind of marriages that culture produces. Yet...

KKK Preacher Found Guilty

“Edgar Ray Killen has likely seen the last of his freedom after a judge sentenced the 80-year-old former Klansman to 60 years in prison for...

Tenting  

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” The Apostle John My two boys could hardly wait until night fell and we got the tent set...

Swearing on the Koran

There is controversy brewing in the state courts of North Carolina over the practice of swearing court witnesses in using “the Holy Scriptures.” A...