“To even think that we have come to the point where we do not worship on the Lord’s Day because it is Christmas is, to me, absolutely absurd. Where’s the logic in that? What are people thinking?” For those who follow Christian traditions, Christmas begins when the darkness of Christmas Eve yields to bright midnight... Continue Reading

A little bit of history was made last Sunday night when Ian Paisley delivered his last sermon from the pulpit. The former Northern Ireland First Minister and Democratic Unionist Party leader has already retired from politics and now his ministry, which has spanned more than 60 years, is also winding down. The 85-year-old gave his... Continue Reading

Twenty-two years ago, he helped found Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr. He was active with the Presbyterian Church of America and served on its law committee, Boyer said. J. Grant McCabe III, 88, of Media, a longtime Philadelphia lawyer, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, of pulmonary fibrosis at Bryn Mawr Hospital. For more than 40... Continue Reading

Most of us like comfort. We like to be around people with whom we are comfortable and have much in common. This is particularly true when it comes to those places that mean the most to us — home and church. Thus, not only are our churches not integrated, but even more rarely are our... Continue Reading

How would you feel about taking a razor blade to a Bible? Thomas Jefferson, apparently, didn’t have any qualms about it. In his retirement, the nation’s third president carried out a project he had contemplated for years: he literally cut and pasted passages from the four Gospels into one integrated narrative of Jesus’ life—minus the... Continue Reading

In a number of interviews during the course of his cancer treatments, he discussed the prospect of a “death bed” conversion, and it was clear that he was concerned about the prospect. But, he assured interviewers, if anything like that ever happened, we should all be certain that the cancer or the chemo or something... Continue Reading

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS! I wrote this remembrance Christmas 2010, but share it now in gratitude for your prayers, cards, letters, e-mails, telephone calls and “care” packages. Your loving thoughtfulness and many kindnesses have made this past year a blessed experience in our Lord. Editor’s Note: Paul Settle is an Honorably... Continue Reading

“The city of St. Louis has absolutely been deceived and I have never seen hatred spread so fast and I understand why,” she added. “Let me say that Albert and I never, not one time, ever made plans to leave this city.” Albert Pujols‘ wife Deidre, in an interview with a radio station with ties... Continue Reading

This time, my face was down on the concrete. I imagine we were all praying that the Lord would protect us, and Gini was doing so out loud. Frank was still standing on the sidewalk talking to the 911 operator who told him that she could hear the shots being fired, and Gini and I... Continue Reading

That is one of the reasons Hayes took each of his children to Uganda after they graduated from high school. “I wanted them to see the world in a far different light than they were accustomed to here in America,” Hayes said. When Bob Hayes goes to Uganda to share his Christian faith, he brings... Continue Reading