A Compassionate Judge Sentences A Veteran To 24 Hours In Jail, Then Joins Him Behind Bars
Sgt. Joseph Serna, a former Special Forces soldier, had been through a lot; when the judge sentenced him to a night in jail, the judge served the time with him.
The judge drove Serna to the jail in a neighboring county. “When Joe first came to turn himself in, he was trembling,” Olivera told the Fayetteville Observer. “I decided that I’d spend the night serving with him.” “Where are we going, judge?” Serna asked, the Observer’s Bill Kirby Jr., reported Wednesday. “We’re going to turn... Continue Reading
My Answer to the Question ‘What Does Autism Feel Like?’
What does autism feel like in me? Well, autism often feels awful.
In my experience with autism, everything flows through with equal force. Life is like a continual sensory storm. A raging flash flood of sensorial data is always pulsing through the marrow of my bones. It’s a never-ending, devastating deluge of chaotic kinesthesia. There’s no sensory spillway; a dam’s not even dug to help control all... Continue Reading
Reformed Theology is Indigenous to African American Christianity
People of African descent have always had a prominent voice in Christianity
“Lemuel Haynes (A.D. 1753-1833) was the first African American ordained by any religious organization in America. He ministered in New England and exhibited Calvinistic thought in his sermons and writings. In one work “The Character and Work of a Spiritual Watchman Described (1792), he exhibits God’s sovereignty in election.” While it is true that... Continue Reading
“A Humble Enquiry” and “The Law of Liberty”
Far from being a radical, Zubly distinguished between legitimate and illegitimate acts of government
In this sermon, he noted, “It deserves very particular attention that the doctrine of the gospel is called a law of LIBERTY. Liberty and law are perfectly consistent; liberty does not consist in living without all restraint; for were all men to live without restraint, as they please, there would soon be no liberty at... Continue Reading
Doctor, Pastor Sues Georgia After Sermons Cost Him New Job
A public health expert and Seventh-Day Adventist preacher who lost a job offer from the State of Georgia over sermons posted to YouTube is suing for discrimination.
A week after offering Eric Walsh a job in 2014 as district health director for Northwest Georgia, state officials combed through his online sermons, which allegedly ranged from topics such as the sin of homosexuality to the corrupting influence of pop culture. They met together the following morning, and revoked his job offer the next... Continue Reading
Reformed “Spotlight”: What About The Victims?
The same celebrity-worship that contributed to the pastor’s fall is still skewing extra pastoral attention to him to the omission of the lesser-known victims
“I personally know the tremendous confusion and distress that results when a preacher that God has greatly blessed in your life falls into sin. Many questions arise: Was I deceived? Is it all a deception? Was the blessing a delusion? Are other preachers just the same? Who can I trust?” It’s good to see... Continue Reading
New Hope For Family Fighting To Keep ‘Indian’ Girl
Lexi was taken from the Page family by the state and sent to live with a non-blood relative, who is also a non-Native American, under the Indian Child Welfare Act
The ruling by the appeals court for an expedited appeal gives the Pages fresh hope, because that court has twice ruled in favor of the family. Both times, the appeals court sent the case back down to lower courts, which ruled against the family. But if the appeals court now rules that Lexi’s case has... Continue Reading
9 Things You Should Know About Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. Here are nine things you should know about the legendary civil rights leader.
From the proceeds of a biography written by a supporter, Tubman was able to buy a property with two buildings on 26 acres near her home in Auburn, New York. She later deeded the land to the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church, to be used as a home for the elderly (which she wanted... Continue Reading
The Seed of Divorce
Your marriage may have the seeds of divorce; however, a marriage is not ruined by the presence of such seeds but by accepting, ignoring, or embracing them.
The more each mind is renewed (changed) by the Scripture, the more similarly a couple will think (Rom. 12:2). One of the worst things a couple can do is work to change one another into each other’s likeness. They are to be changed, rather, into Christ’s likeness.” And they are changed by going together to... Continue Reading
My Wife And I Are White Evangelicals. Here’s Why We Chose To Give Birth To Black Triplets
This past Sunday, my gorgeous wife – a white evangelical, like me — gave birth to our beautiful African-American triplet daughters whom we adopted as embryos.
This is not the way we planned it 12 years ago when we were dating and talking about adoption, but oh, how thankful we are for God blessing us with these sweet little ones He has placed in our care. I can remember a friend going through the adoption process telling me he had always... Continue Reading
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