“I’m not naive. I’ve been around for 15-16 years now. Some of you are not the godly men and women you’re pretending to be right now. Your hearts are dark.” A young evangelical preacher known for his no-frills sermons didn’t go soft when it came to rebuking pastors who are preaching something other than the... Continue Reading

On his Website Yousef admitted that while working for Israeli intelligence he “posed as a terrorist”, but stressed his actions had saved American lives. Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland... Continue Reading

Tom Lin, Regional Director for InterVarsity in the bread basket states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska has been selected to become the next Vice President of Missions and Director of the triennial Urbana Student Missions conference. Tom is replacing Jim Tebbe who directed the last three Urbana’s. He will become the new Rector of... Continue Reading

Baseball—unlike football and basketball—is played by men who look like the rest of us. They are not 7 feet tall. They do not weigh 300 pounds. Even if you don’t follow baseball, you may have heard the story. On Wednesday, Detroit Tigers journeyman pitcher Armando Galarraga—whose 21-18 career record is hardly spectacular—was one out away... Continue Reading

Ted Haggard, the evangelical leader who fell from grace after a gay sex scandal in 2006, announced on Wednesday that he will start a new church in Colorado Springs. With his wife, Gayle, and three of his sons by his side, Haggard told reporters that the St. James Church that he incorporated three weeks ago... Continue Reading

Allan Tibbels died of multiple organ failure early Thursday. He was a founder and elder in a Presbyterian Church in America’s New Song Community Church Allan Tibbels, the force behind Sandtown Habitat for Humanity for nearly 21 years, died of multiple organ failure early Thursday at Mercy Medical Center. The former Howard County resident was... Continue Reading

Update Friday Afternoon: Full obituary Bruce Becker Howes, age 57, of Wilmington, DE, went home to be with his Savior after a long battle with cancer. Pastor Howes is survived by his loving wife of 29 years, Patricia Howes; sons, Ken and David Howes; sister, Vicki Howes; and mother Connie Howes. He was preceded in... Continue Reading

“Coral Ridge was not Jim Kennedy’s church before, and it’s not my church now.” Following the death of the first pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church came a bumpy start for the new pastor. But Tullian Tchividjian says things are now thriving since he became pastor more than a year ago. Tchividjian, the grandson of... Continue Reading

A new website has been set up so friends can check in on regular intervals for medical updates and or prayer chain updates. Below is the last from the prayer chain as well as the link to the web site. Dear Friends, Please continue in prayer for Kip as he is in ICU at Albany... Continue Reading

Chapell recently delivered the E.Y. Mullins Lectures on expository preaching at Southern Seminary and while he was here Towers Magazine had a chance to interview him. Bryan Chapell serves as the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., as well as professor of practical theology there. He is the author of several books,... Continue Reading