And, while referring to a particular group as evangelical may be more accurate than simply calling them Christian, the increasingly varied shades of evangelicalism make even that term insufficient. For example, are we referring to the ultra-conservative televangelist and one-time Republican presidential hopeful, Pat Robertson? Or, do we see Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners and vocal Obama supporter as the quintessential evangelical?

The wisdom of impartiality is the practice of receiving in love a sincere believer as my brother in Christ regardless of inherent qualities such as race, social status or spiritual maturity, and of making any distinctions of my treatment of people to be based solely on the moral code of Scripture.”

This means that if God will trump worldly wisdom, he must forbear its existence. God tolerates man’s wisdom to show his foolishness is wiser; God tolerates man’s strength to show his weakness is stronger. Gay rights activists across the country plan to descend upon Chick-fil-A this evening in response to Wednesday’s “Appreciation Day.” Here will... Continue Reading

The truth is, whether we lead with gospel or law, we are going to be offensive. The gospel is more offensive than the law because it hits humans at the point of pride. “Do this and live” stokes pride. “You can’t do it no matter how hard you try” slaps pride down. Too much has... Continue Reading

Friends, we easily get so wrapped up in the wrong things. And I believe that if we were to dig deeply into our own hearts we would discover that we are not protecting the gospel in our politics, but ourselves. Let’s be honest. Our relationships and life experiences shape much of who we are and... Continue Reading

Whether a society or people are religious or not, the most fundamental basis of society and peoples—literally since the dawn of humanity—has been marriage between a man and a woman. That bond is the cornerstone. To suddenly sever that bond is not only a radical rupture, but remarkably arrogant; it assumes that our current generation... Continue Reading

  “The danger of the contemporary worship awakening is that we love loving God more than we love God.” That was very profound. And you might love thinking about God more than you love God. Or arguing for God more than you love God. Would there be any cautions that you would have for the... Continue Reading

How did the inside look so beautiful and the outside look so unsightly? Then I started laughing and decided right then that we would keep this “biblical object lesson cabinet”. God had shown me a Bible truth using the hideous cabinet: “People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” The... Continue Reading

I can look at one person and consider their strength. I can look at another and think of their meekness. Some people exude class, while others want to splash the canvas with bright colors. We are telling a story with the way we dress about a beautiful, creative, able God. The discussion of modesty has to go way deeper than cleavage and thighs!

Thus, a Christian businessman who works for a company that espouses Christian principles answered a question from a Christian news agency with a response that has been the Christian viewpoint for over two thousand years (I did the math).