Reformed “Spotlight”: What About The Victims?
The same celebrity-worship that contributed to the pastor’s fall is still skewing extra pastoral attention to him to the omission of the lesser-known victims
“I personally know the tremendous confusion and distress that results when a preacher that God has greatly blessed in your life falls into sin. Many questions arise: Was I deceived? Is it all a deception? Was the blessing a delusion? Are other preachers just the same? Who can I trust?” It’s good to see... Continue Reading
New Hope For Family Fighting To Keep ‘Indian’ Girl
Lexi was taken from the Page family by the state and sent to live with a non-blood relative, who is also a non-Native American, under the Indian Child Welfare Act
The ruling by the appeals court for an expedited appeal gives the Pages fresh hope, because that court has twice ruled in favor of the family. Both times, the appeals court sent the case back down to lower courts, which ruled against the family. But if the appeals court now rules that Lexi’s case has... Continue Reading
9 Things You Should Know About Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. Here are nine things you should know about the legendary civil rights leader.
From the proceeds of a biography written by a supporter, Tubman was able to buy a property with two buildings on 26 acres near her home in Auburn, New York. She later deeded the land to the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church, to be used as a home for the elderly (which she wanted... Continue Reading
The Seed of Divorce
Your marriage may have the seeds of divorce; however, a marriage is not ruined by the presence of such seeds but by accepting, ignoring, or embracing them.
The more each mind is renewed (changed) by the Scripture, the more similarly a couple will think (Rom. 12:2). One of the worst things a couple can do is work to change one another into each other’s likeness. They are to be changed, rather, into Christ’s likeness.” And they are changed by going together to... Continue Reading
My Wife And I Are White Evangelicals. Here’s Why We Chose To Give Birth To Black Triplets
This past Sunday, my gorgeous wife – a white evangelical, like me — gave birth to our beautiful African-American triplet daughters whom we adopted as embryos.
This is not the way we planned it 12 years ago when we were dating and talking about adoption, but oh, how thankful we are for God blessing us with these sweet little ones He has placed in our care. I can remember a friend going through the adoption process telling me he had always... Continue Reading
Meet Allyson Robinson, The First Openly Transgender Baptist Minister
Allyson Robinson had been married for over a decade when she says she "finally spoke my truth"
She started seeing a therapist, and began an in-depth study of LGBT theology. “It’s ironic that the seminary at the largest Baptist university in the world has an incredibly diverse library on faith, sex and gender,” she laughs. “It gave me many different perspectives, I realised that there were other perspectives, and that began the... Continue Reading
PCA Minister John W. Buswell, 88, Called Home to Glory
John William Buswell, 88, son of James Oliver Buswell, Jr., was called home to glory on April 18, 2016, in Quarryville, Penn.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1951 by the Philadelphia Presbytery of the former Bible Presbyterian Church, and installed as pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church of West Philadelphia, Penn., serving there from 1951-1954. He accepted a call to serve as the pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Trenton, N.J., and served there... Continue Reading
Federal Court Restores Utah Polygamy Ban
Some analysts believe polygamy bans will eventually fall in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide
Although Utah may not prosecute anyone simply living in a polygamous relationship, it will prosecute for associated forms of domestic abuse, child abuse, or fraud, Parker Douglas, a prosecutor in the Utah attorney general’s office, told Salt Lake City’s KUTV. “Sounds very nice to say, oh yes, they are all consenting adults, but when you... Continue Reading
PCA Minister Arnie Maves Called Home to Glory
Harold Arnold "Arnie" Maves, Jr., 1929-2016, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, April 16, 2016.
He was a loving and faithful husband and father who left the forestry business at age 31 to follow God’s calling into the gospel ministry. His response to the Lord’s call was like Isaiah the prophet who said, “Here am I, send me” (Isaiah 6:8). Harold Arnold “Arnie” Maves, Jr., 87, resident of Pensacola,... Continue Reading
What To Do When a Pastor Falls
This week another high-profile pastor was removed from ministry for immorality
“One of the immediate reactions to a public fall of a respected pastor is a sense of betrayal. Those who have benefited from the pastor’s ministry feel as though they have been personally deceived. That’s even more true when it’s your own pastor—the one who baptized you or did your premarital counseling or was there with... Continue Reading
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