“It’s time for the Christian father to take the central role which God has ordained,” McManus concludes. “Gathered around the dining room table, the father needs to lead family worship once again, which had been standard behavior for a vibrant American Christian family for hundreds of years, dating back to the Plymouth, Mass., colony of 1620. Dad... Continue Reading

So why would Baptists like Mohler and Moore today find Calvinism to be a brand of Protestantism worthy of emulation? Why do we hear about Protestants like John Piper, the famous pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, being called a Calvinist or Reformed Baptist? Why not a Lutheran Baptist? Why is the former unexceptional... Continue Reading

Throughout his prolific ministry, Spurgeon was consumed with a gospel zeal. He made it his practice to isolate one or a few verses as a springboard to proclaim the gospel. He asserted, “I take my text and make a beeline to the cross.” Every time Spurgeon stepped into the pulpit, he set his gaze intently... Continue Reading

In 2002 the Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) for the domestic dioceses of the Episcopal Church was 846,640. In 2012 the domestic ASA was 640,142; a decline of 206,498 or 24 per cent over ten years. The 2012 totals do not account for the session of the Diocese of South Carolina, which would subtract an estimated... Continue Reading

“By what means should I, as a Christian traveller, communicate my personal identity and spiritual allegiance?” I could…do some airport-lounge preaching….The age-old device of carrying a Bible larger than a cabin bag is trickier in these days of electronic reading…The prominent wearing of crosses is not my thing, neither would I normally go down the... Continue Reading

Canada and Latin America, most recently served as YFCI Americas Area Director, where he led a multi-national virtual team, who ministered to 32 countries with more than 15,000 staff and volunteers. He was raised by Canadian missionary parents working in prison rehabilitation programs in South America.   ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Christian Newswire – Youth for Christ International... Continue Reading

Immediately I began to wonder, how can someone read the claims in my book alongside of the claims in Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling and say they are both wonderful? They say two completely different things about how God speaks to us and conveys Christ to us.   I recently heard of yet another field experiment... Continue Reading

There are many groups that claim to be churches that long ago repudiated the evangel, that is, the gospel. Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.   When we consider the predicament that the evangelical church of the twenty-first century faces in America, the first thing we need... Continue Reading

Rejection is a prominent theme throughout the Bible and it is God who is rejected by his people again and again. No one in the entire universe knows rejection quite like God. Many times God compares his people to wayward prostitutes who give themselves to strange lovers (Ezekiel 16:30-34). Despite their unfaithfulness, God promises “your... Continue Reading

“There were always wars in human history—new ones, generation after generation—because wars spring from the human heart itself,” Novak writes, citing St. Augustine. “Peace never lasts.” He eventually turned against “progressivism” because it “overrates human innocence and goodness and underrates human weakness and preference for getting things for free rather than as a result of... Continue Reading