18 Things I Will Not Regret Doing With My Kids
Pondering those things I will never regret doing with my kids
Telling them “I love you”. I love my children dearly and I can show that love in each of the ways I’ve listed above. But when they head off to school, when they go out with friends, when they call me at the office, when we FaceTime from afar, I will never regret telling them... Continue Reading
Joel Osteen Talks Preaching Sin, Materialism, and Gay Marriage
Mega-church pastor continues positive, upbeat messages without a view to sin and other negative aspects of Scripture.
Osteen clarified that he believes God blesses people so that they in turn can bless others. “That’s the whole key. It’s never about just what can I get so that I can be so rich and wealthy. It’s not that. It’s how can I be blessed to do good for other people,” he said. ... Continue Reading
Episcopal Priest Clarifies Her Support for Polygamy
Priestess believes polygamy builds a sense of community among those trying to get to heaven.
Her support for polygamy was not theological, but based on libertarian principles and a belief in civil religious toleration. Support for equal access to marriage for polygamists under American law should not be construed as a call to change the Episcopal Church’s marriage canons, the Rev. Danielle Tumminio tells Anglican Ink. On 18 December... Continue Reading
“And Them That Mourn”—Celebrating Christmas in the Face of Grief and Sorrow
Is Christmas also for those who grieve?
Those who have gone before us to be with the Lord are with us in Christmas joy. They rejoice with us, “but upon another shore, and in a greater light.” Our loved ones in Christ are in that unnumbered multitude “whose hope was in the Word made flesh.” The great truth of Christmas is shouted... Continue Reading
Thoughts on a Funeral at Christmas
Reflections on the funeral service for PCA minister Terry Traylor
On the Friday night, just after his death on Thursday, I was one of several hundred members of the local church who gathered to mourn and share some thoughts about his ministry. What struck me was who came forward to share. To a person, they shared how this man made them feel welcomed and loved.... Continue Reading
Pastors, Privacy, and the Incarnation
The fishbowl is less of a vocational drawback than it is an opportunity to practice the God-like sacrifice of giving up privacy to minister the Word to men and women who need it
In revealing Himself in Scripture, God willingly gave up the perfect privacy that the Trinity had always enjoyed; He did it in order to save sinful man.In the incarnation, the second Person of the Trinity gave up nearly all privacy as part of His humiliation, taking on flesh and dwelling among us, where people watched... Continue Reading
Machen’s Testimony of His Father
He was a quiet stream whose waters ran deep
He was a profoundly Christian man, who had read widely and meditated earnestly upon the really great things of our holy Faith. His Christian experience was not of the emotional or pietistical type, but was a quiet stream whose waters ran deep. He did not adopt that “Touch not, taste not, handle not” attitude toward... Continue Reading
Perception of Clergy Ethics, Honesty Continues to Decline
Perception of clergy still higher than car salesmen.
For the first time, less than 50 percent of respondents rated clergy “high” or “very high,” with 47 percent of 2013 respondents rating clergy in these categories. Americans ranked clergy and other professions based on perceptions of their ethics and honesty in a December 2013 Gallup poll. “Gallup has asked Americans to rate the... Continue Reading
Tyndale Releases Results of Mark Driscoll Plagiarism Investigation
After taking the necessary and important time needed to investigate all aspects of this issue, Tyndale House Publishers has concluded the following
Tyndale rejects the claims that Mark Driscoll tried to take Peter Jones’s ideas and claim them as his own. Moreover, at Pastor Driscoll’s invitation, Peter Jones has written on the Resurgence website, and spoken at a Resurgence event, as well as a Mars Hill workshop. Quite the opposite of trying to take Peter Jones’s ideas,... Continue Reading
Where’s All of the Tolerance? Duck Dynasty and Homosexuality
Phil Robertson, the head of the Duck Dynasty family, in an interview with GQ declared homosexuality to be a sin.
Unfortunately, I fear we will never hear a response like this ever again from the homosexual community. Why? Because they don’t just want the freedom to be homosexual. They want approval of homosexuality. And they will never feel that approval as long as people are allowed to disagree with them. I knew this day was coming.... Continue Reading
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