“If Southern Baptists want to score points they better watch out — they can lay claim to both Carter and Bill Clinton. I don’t think that says much about the religious labels candidate may or may not carry.” In response to comments by Dallas Southern Baptist pastor and Rick Perry supporter Robert Jeffress regarding the... Continue Reading

We are in pursuit of other African-American pastors to participate in the discussion of biblical doctrine and its central importance in the life of a New Testament church. Today we announce that Dr. Crawford Loritts will join the conversation in Elephant Room 2. We expect to announce our final participant very soon. One of the... Continue Reading

The Rev. Dr. David Coffin is pastor of New Hope Presbyterian church, a 20-year-old congregation that meets in Fairfax City’s Fire Station No. 3. Coffin, a student of early American theologians Jonathan Edwards and Robert Dabney, is said to be one of the most learned men of his denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America. Coffin... Continue Reading

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56. Known as an inventor, an “outside the box” thinker and one of the most... Continue Reading

A new charismatic Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and Jesus’ return is becoming more of a presence in American politics. The leaders are considered apostles and prophets, gifted by God for this role. Several apostles affiliated with the movement helped organize or... Continue Reading

We moved to Indianapolis when I was 10 and joined the church that I’m still a member of. I’m a 50-year member of the same church (Tabernacle PCUSA; Daniels is an Elder) — now you would call it an inner-city church, as the town has grown. In his new book, Keeping the Republic (Sentinel HC),... Continue Reading

Pastor Tim Keller told me that he went to see the pastors in China. They said a third of the Tiananmen generation [had turned] to Jesus, a third had gone into business, and the other third is still searching. God is using the Tiananmen massacre to bring salvation to China. After escaping from China to... Continue Reading

Adie Smith, Belhaven Class of 2011, is a multi-talented graduate who can sculpt, paint, and photograph, and was recently recognized and awarded for her imaginative work in poetry. Smith, a Belhaven Visual Arts Major with a concentration in Creative Writing, won first place in the 2011 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Contest. The prize was $1,000.00.... Continue Reading

This isn’t on the scale of Piper inviting Warren. This is more akin to Augustine inviting Muhammad. This invitation gives a platform to a heretic. It’s imprudent and counter-productive–witness already the Trinity-related confusions and obfuscations happening since announcing Jakes’ involvement. In 2007, the Lord granted me the privilege of publishing The Decline of African-American Theology:... Continue Reading

The church voted in July to hire the Rev. Bill Boyd, pastor of All Saints’ Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Hay preached his last sermon Aug. 28, then took a month of vacation to let Boyd get settled in without having the former pastor around. The Rev. Bill Hay has been a pastor in Homewood... Continue Reading