Grace Pleasures: Enjoying Grace Every Day, All Day Long
When you’re optimistic about God he gives you pleasures you won’t otherwise enjoy
You want to honor Jesus don’t you? You know that whatever you do is to be done for his glory. Here’s the main way you can do that. No – that’s not a misprint, not an exaggeration. Being optimistic about the Lord isn’t just a way of honoring him. It’s the way. Ultimately, all other... Continue Reading
Southern Seminary Student, Family Killed In Six-Car Accident
A western Kentucky youth minister and student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was killed along with his family in a six-car pileup near Nashville Oct. 3
Michael Cruce and his wife Monica, both 43, and their teenage sons, Caleb and Joshua, died in the crash after authorities say their car collided into two cars parked on I-40 East for unknown reasons. Four other drivers were injured in the crash, including 24-year-old Chase Fakes, who was charged with a DUI. Authorities say... Continue Reading
10 Things a Leader Should Never Say
People working for someone are often very sensitive to the tone and speech of their leader
The way leaders talks is vitally important for the health of their company, church, or whatever and whomever they are leading. Ultimately, as the Bible repeatedly points out, words can either build someone up or tear them down. Choose wisely! What a leader says is often just as important as how a leader asks.... Continue Reading
The Importance of Not Being Too Earnest
Perhaps we become too earnest and take ourselves much too seriously
There are so many issues, and so many lines being drawn, and so many places to come down that one needs some kind of list just to keep up. What’s this week’s critical issue? Where do you stand on it? Who’s in? Who’s out? How many checks do you need on the checklist to stay... Continue Reading
A Review: ‘Blessed Is He Who Reads: A Primer on the Book of Revelation’
Revelation is a book written to encourage God’s people who are living in a fallen world and in the midst of and in the threat of persecution
Throughout these pages we are reminded that God is sovereign and He always comes to the aid of His people. The triune God will have complete victory over all His enemies of every era. The main focus of John’s writing is the soon-coming judgment on Jerusalem and Satan’s being ultimately cast into the eternal punishment... Continue Reading
Trinity Western Grad ‘Attacked’ For Being Christian In Job Rejection
Bethany Paquette had applied to work in Canada's North for Amaruk Wilderness Corp.
“The main thing that she’s been asking for is to order this company to stop discriminating.” Trotter is asking the tribunal to send “a really strong message” that “it is not acceptable to discriminate based on what somebody believes or where they went to school. That it is not ‘open season’ on Christians in Canada.” A... Continue Reading
Montgomery Pastor Admits to Having AIDS, Sleeping With Church Members
Juan Demetrius McFarland admitted to his congregation that he has AIDS and has slept with church members
Deacon Williams says he’s been a member of the church for 70 years, and this is the biggest scandal the church has ever experienced. “He confessed to the entire membership and then to the City of Montgomery, because as soon as he got done confessing, it went all over Montgomery anyway,” Williams said. “So it’s... Continue Reading
6 Great Reasons To Study Doctrine
Theology is not a cold pursuit of facts, but a red-hot pursuit of the living God
Fourth, doctrine leads to unity. I once attended a church where I heard a pastor use that old phrase, “Doctrine divides.” He told the church that the path to unity was to hold a very low and basic level of doctrine, because he was convinced that knowledge would breed arrogance and division. But he was... Continue Reading
Why Opposing Same-Sex Marriage Seems Anti-Gospel
In our culture the good news of Jesus is that God primarily exists to make me happy.
It’s not just homosexuality that needs to be confronted. It’s an entire mindset. The gospel directly confronts these “virtues” and defines them as the vices they really are. What we need in our day is a robust gospel. One that has God at the center instead of man. One that is willing to suffer for... Continue Reading
Hospitality To-Go
More and more often, I’ve started taking hospitality out of my own home and to the homes of those who—by reason of illness or age—can’t easily leave.
At its heart, hospitality is sharing life. But the way I’ve sometimes practiced it, it’s been more of a barrier to a shared life than a bridge. Elaborate food, a spotless house, a frazzled me. Sometimes I can Pinterest-ize even my hospitality—presenting a lovely outward picture while I stand stressed and sweating behind the scenes.... Continue Reading