It’s vital to ask hard questions. Be forewarned: Questions the average parent thinks will be hard or awkward won’t be. You may feel awkward asking about evolution or sexuality, for example, but administrators will anticipate them…. Above all, parent, remember you are the one paying for the Christian college education. Don’t be afraid to ensure... Continue Reading

It had been many years since I had read Basic Christianity, but somehow that didn’t sound right. Are young people—or were they in the 1950s—really opposed to anything that “looks like an institution”? They didn’t seem opposed, for example, to universities back then. So I took down my old copy of the book, a 1971... Continue Reading

“Burnout can be defined in many ways, but that’s how it looked in my situation. The seeds of this meltdown had been planted years earlier, and I had unknowingly nurtured them, carefully tending the soil and watering the plant until finally it sprouted.”   I was preaching one Wednesday night when, in the middle of... Continue Reading

The most important thing, however, is to follow God’s call on your life – and for people like Bernhard Langer, the 58-year-old German who was in the hunt at Augusta until the final day, that does happen to be playing golf, and being a disciple of Jesus in his own sphere of activity. Bernard became... Continue Reading

The end of life is a part of life. It should be part of our legacy, not a desperate last-ditch effort to escape the inescapable. Talk to your family and your doctor now and on a regular basis as your condition changes. Take control of your legacy.   A few things have changed in medicine... Continue Reading

“So, two wicked hell-deserving sinners – Rev. Prof. Dr. Nigel Lee and his father’s slayer Mr. W. – then went down on their knees in that jail together. I put my arm around his shoulder, and prayed first. I thanked God for our meeting; (re)confessed all my own fresh sins to the Lord; and then... Continue Reading

The author is calling America to rouse from her dreamy state of neutrality that she might come to the aid of her kith and kin across the ocean.  The same author would appear just a few days later with another call to his country in a poem titled, “The Coward Boy.”   When World War... Continue Reading

Regarding his misconduct, The Journey elders wrote: We have experienced and confronted these issues regularly and intentionally over the past few years. Each time, these confrontations have been followed by initial confession with short-term changes but quickly receded into unfulfilled promises, reversion to old patterns, and broken trust with pastors/elders. Though we all stumble in... Continue Reading

He touched my heart with truth and then grace, just like he’s done to thousands of people while he’s pastored. And right now friends, Darrin needs our love, support and prayers as he is restored. So let’s give him that. Pray for The Journey as they work through this. Pray for the Patrick family as... Continue Reading

The televangelist is set to appear at the SECC in June in a meeting organised by the Destiny Evangelical church. Dollar is a proponent of the Prosperity Gospel that says being rich is God’s will and that a regular donation to the church can help a believer become more wealthy. But yesterday, the Rev David... Continue Reading