White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that there were “more people at his press conferences than listen to his sermons” on Sunday. One renegade pastor and his tiny flock set fire to a Koran on a street corner, and made sure to capture it on film. And they were ignored. That stunt took place... Continue Reading

“…the fans of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) are arguably the most ridiculously passionate fans in America.” Welcome to the American South, where God and football scrimmage daily for the people’s hearts and minds. Perhaps you think this an overstatement. Think of it this way: suppose an alien were to visit Tuscaloosa, Knoxville, or Baton Rouge…Suppose... Continue Reading

We were also made very grateful that Jean Belz did not live longing to be forever 21, but trusted in her Savior as the days and decades went by In a recent Chattanooga Times Free Press, an article on the front page of the business section noted that a local Belk department store floor will... Continue Reading

California’s top public lawyer and its chief executive have an obligation to defend the laws of the state whether they like them or not, and that includes Proposition 8. We don’t like Proposition 8, and neither does California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown or Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But there’s a difference between opinion journalists and the... Continue Reading

“…later it makes him look like a pompous, self-pitying twit is surely a warning to us all not to parade our fantasies of self-importance too prominently on the web.” On the small table in the corner of my office at Westminster there is an icon of the man who became known simply as `The Theologian,’... Continue Reading

In churches, when men stop investing in younger men, younger men stop caring. And that’s definitely what’s happening in our churches. Below is a transcript of a video from Darrin Patrick, author of the recently released book Church Planter. In it he charges pastors and other male leaders in our churches to invest in the... Continue Reading

“As recent advances in cosmology suggest, the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow universes to appear spontaneously from nothing.” By any measure, Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and influential figures in modern science. For thirty years, he served as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and his career... Continue Reading

Summer in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, is an interesting experience to say the least…200,000 people essentially took their extended European-style vacation all at the same time. First, there’s the weather. It’s hot…uncomfortably hot. The average daily temperature for August was 42C…that’s 107F. Which wouldn’t be so bad, except it was also humid. And... Continue Reading

His directness is born out of a no nonsense approach to life. Don’t whine, stop punishing yourself, confess your sin and get up off your knees and get on with the job Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi stands 6 foot five inches, towering over everyone he meets. His infectious smile is a mile wide. For a... Continue Reading

Yes, it is exciting — especially when the game is close. Yes, it is glamorous — who has not dreamed of being that famous athlete, gaining all the glory? Yes, it is communal — when else do you hug strangers with blue faces? Do you remember this? (Young people, like my kids — get ready... Continue Reading