I struggled mightily with the doctrines of grace and it was not until I heard R.C. Sproul explain TULIP did I begin to embrace fully the veracity of these truths. On Valentine’s Day of this year something momentous took place in the life of my family — we joined Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Jackson,... Continue Reading

“I would welcome the history of my Baptist forefathers in going to jail over these issues,” he said. “I will not be silenced by intimidation.” A South Dakota minister says he wants to do for religious freedom what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. did for civil rights. The Rev. H. Wayne Williams, pastor of... Continue Reading

“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