9 Things You Should Know About Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict is the 265th pope and the first to resign in over 600 years
During his time as a cardinal, Ratzinger’s liberal Catholic critics dubbed him “God’s Rottweiler” because of conservatives positions and actions such as his denunciation of homosexuality and same-sex marriage, his disciplining of Latin American liberation theologians, and his censure of Asian priests who viewed non-Christian religions as part of God’s plan for humanity. As... Continue Reading
An Evangelical Looks at Pope Benedict XVI
The legacy of the last two bishops of Rome: an emphasis on human dignity.
As Protestant Christians, we will disagree with this Pope, and with the next one, on all sorts of things. Here we stand, we can do no other; God help us. But let’s pray the next Pope, like this one, will remember what it means to be human, and will remind the rest of us when... Continue Reading
My Train Wreck Conversion
As a leftist lesbian professor, I despised Christians. Then I somehow became one.
Then, one ordinary day, I came to Jesus, openhanded and naked. In this war of worldviews, Ken was there. Floy was there. The church that had been praying for me for years was there. Jesus triumphed. And I was a broken mess. Conversion was a train wreck. I did not want to lose everything that... Continue Reading
Marco Rubio Talks Jesus at National Prayer Breakfast
Rubio preached on 4 lessons from Jesus in the context of public service
Rubio concluded by declaring that Jesus offers much more than lessons for life. “Jesus the man is also my Savior and the only way I’ll get to heaven,” he said. The audience filling a large hotel ballroom responded with a standing ovation. Justifiably the President always gets the most media attention at the annual... Continue Reading
Dr. John B. Hulst, Dordt College’s President Emeritus, Passes Away
Dr. John B. Hulst, 83, the second president of Dordt College, died on Friday, February 8, 2013, in Pella, Iowa.
During his tenure as president of Dordt College, Hulst helped put in place a strong faculty development program so that Dordt’s academic program would prepare students well for their future lives and professions. He broadened Dordt’s and its students’ connections to people and institutions around the world, bringing in students and professors from other cultures... Continue Reading
A Christian baker refuses to make cake for same-sex wedding – faces charges
Does the right to freedom of religion trump the Oregon Equality Act ?
The Oregon Department of Justice is investigating a complaint against a Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex wedding. Here’s what happened in a nutshell. A woman and her daughter came into Aaron Klein’s store requesting a wedding cake. When they told Klein that the cake was for a wedding... Continue Reading
Why Rosa Parks (Still) Matters
Her heroism still speaks, and points to some old, old truths that are needed in a new century
The bus boycott, sparked by her, was a revolt against an unjust law. Mrs. Parks, and the activists she motivated, never argued the law wasn’t supported by the majority. They argued the law was wrong. As Martin Luther King Jr. also communicated in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” civil law rests on a broader... Continue Reading
Shane Hipps’s Mystic Jesus
"Just because Christianity claims Jesus as its own does not mean that Christ automatically claims Christianity as his own."
Although Shane Hipps, a former teaching pastor at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids calls himself a Christian, he is not convinced that makes him “any closer to Jesus than a Muslim.” He explained this view to Relevant Magazine in January 2013 as he discussed his new book, Selling Water by the River a Book... Continue Reading
Bethany Christian Services Co-Founder Marguerite Bonnema, 100, Called Home to Glory
Organization’s last living co-founder achieved dream of caring for children in crisis
Bethany is serving tens of thousands of children and families each year through providing critical training and support to developing countries, such as China, Ethiopia, and Haiti, in creating sustainable child welfare services. Such efforts are vital in combating the global orphan crisis, including more than 153 million children around the world. GRAND RAPIDS,... Continue Reading
32 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Spurgeon
January 31, 2013 was 121 years since the great preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed away
January 31, 2013 it will have been 121 years since the great preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon passed away. In memory of him I bring to you 32 things you might not know about Charles Spurgeon. 1. One woman was converted through reading a single page of one of Spurgeon’s sermons wrapped around some butter she... Continue Reading
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