Why should you send your pastor to a conference? Here are five reasons: 1. Relationship Building Conferences are a great way for your pastor to either make new friendships or strengthen preexisting ones. Your pastor needs to have friends outside of your church context. Conferences are one way to help your pastor cultivate necessary friendships.... Continue Reading

Concerned parents all over the world are opting out of public education and educating their children at home. While this is often the best choice for a quality, biblical education, homeschoolers often miss out on the energy and confidence that comes from classroom discussion, with Christian instructors who are experts in their field. Belhaven University... Continue Reading

As ethical agents, we rarely have to think long and hard about the ethical decisions we make. Ideally, ethical decisions and actions flow from characters formed by lifelong habits of virtue, these being formed based on God’s revealed Word, carefully interpreted and applied. “Unlike other professionals, pastors relate to their members in a multitude of... Continue Reading

“You can’t scare anyone into your viewpoint or salvation, so it’s an invitation for people to go ahead and look at Scripture.” According to 20 billboards to appear Monday across metro Detroit, Jesus is returning on May 21, 2011. And if you aren’t saved, it isn’t going to be easy, says the Christian Web site... Continue Reading

“The law can become moral teachers only because we incorporate what we have decided are moral values in that society…”Truth has got to be knowable for there to be ethics.” The growing crime and incarceration rates are the consequences of a lack of moral training in society today, said Watergate-convict-turned-Christian-evangelical-leader Chuck Colson. When Colson was... Continue Reading

I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA. Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd ask for? (Editor’s Note: The author is a student and MDiv candidate at Reformed Theological... Continue Reading

The candidating process tempts them to believe all will be well. While their enthusiasm is encouraging, they also need some “premarital counseling.” Premarital counseling can be an entertaining exercise for an older couple offering guidance to a younger couple. Across from them sit two individuals eager to wed. Apart from occasional disagreements about planning the... Continue Reading

In addition to preparing Presbyterians for debates on votes on constitutional proposals from the 219th PCUSA General Assembly, the campaign also encourages prayer, connectionalism and financially supporting the effort In support of its Reclaim Biblical Teaching campaign, Presbyterian Renewal Network has launched a new Web site as voting on several key issues in the Presbyterian... Continue Reading

The Rev. Douglas E. Lee, a retired Presbyterian (PCA) Air Force chaplain…said chaplains generally point out their views on homosexuality before counseling a service member on that issue. He worried that military policies may prohibit even that level of conversation if “don’t ask, don’t tell” is repealed In the Pentagon’s 300-plus-page report on the proposed... Continue Reading

The founders of the world’s second largest Christian network admitted Tuesday (Nov. 30) that their marriage was once torn by an “improper relationship,” and went public to head off a multimillion-dollar blackmail threat. Marcus Lamb, president and CEO of Daystar Television Network, appeared with his wife and co-host Joni on Daystar’s flagship “Celebration” program. “Several... Continue Reading