The Fourth Circuit also ruled that the UNCW officials could be held personally liable if I ultimately won the case. In other words, all defendants were stripped of their qualified immunity. It was a resounding victory for academic freedom. When the case was remanded, the Fourth Circuit asked the district court to determine whether there... Continue Reading

Because I believe how valuable you are, as a Christian I must say to you, out of deep respect for you and a concern for your future, that as a homo sexual you are engaging in a sexual practice that is contrary to the design that God the Creator intended for you. Please understand that... Continue Reading

Neither God nor my children have gone along with my desires. When my son was about four, we went to a funeral home to visit the family of an influential lady in the church who had died. After looking at her body in the casket, my son announced to her daughter that the lady had... Continue Reading

“Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we need your prayer for us.  No words can express the anguished grief we... Continue Reading

“We started where we started, and we’ve been able to just … make our way. John has worked hard and kept his integrity, the values of what he’s always believed, and just kept it going. Now I feel he has reached the very top. I think it means more when you do that. You appreciate... Continue Reading

“I would say the hardest thing about being a pastor’s kid for me was watching my dad struggle with the ongoing temptation to become discouraged in the ministry. When my dad was down, it affected all of us and it seemed that there was nothing we could do to help him in the spiritual battles... Continue Reading

Criticism, offered in love and received with humility, provides ministers with tremendous opportunities to grow. It gives us the opportunity to become more effective for the advance of Christ’s kingdom. And it reminds us that we really are as bad as the Bible says we are. So let us listen carefully, weigh our responses thoughtfully,... Continue Reading

There will be the one public funeral for Edith Schaeffer and in her honor, and anyone who desires to attend is invited to do so. The date and time of the funeral is April 19 at 2 p.m. Later in the year, there will be a public graveside service in the US, when Edith Schaeffer’s... Continue Reading

As his story will reveal, Kyle came out of seminary celebrated as a most gifted man and was told by everyone in his life he would conquer the world for Jesus.  But pastoring four churches in ten years left Kyle beaten, battered, and asking all sorts of questions.  With a very blunt, transparency Kyle shares about his journey.... Continue Reading

This is where I began my ministry almost 33 years ago. This is where we will end. My text then was: “It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or... Continue Reading