Murder of Pastor in Honduras Raises Security Questions – With robbery, death threats and homicide so common, killers’ motives are murky.
The murder of a prominent pastor in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, this week has focused attention on that country’s alarming murder rate and the regular threats that Christian workers there receive. Pastor Carlos Roberto Marroquín, 41, was shot to death by two assailants as he walked his two Schnauzer dogs in the Colonia Aurora neighborhood... Continue Reading
The Christian divorce rate myth (what you’ve heard is wrong)
The divorce rates of Christian believers are not identical to the general population — not even close. Being a committed, faithful believer makes a measurable difference in marriage. “Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!” It’s one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it’s perhaps one of the... Continue Reading
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R, Ohio) tells National Religious Broadcasters that Nation Debt is a ‘Moral Threat’
“It is immoral to bind our children to as leeching and destructive a force as debt. It is immoral to rob our children’s future and make them beholden to China. No society is worthy that treats its children so shabbily.” Speaker of the House John Boehner will address members of the National Religious Broadcasters Association... Continue Reading
Kansas Ethics Committee Targets Pro-Life Lawyer on Claim of Mishandling Evidence involving Planned Parenthood
Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline — the only prosecutor in the U.S. who has ever brought charges against Planned Parenthood — is in the midst of a two-week hearing before the state ethics panel in Topeka. Disciplinary Administrator Stanton Hazlett is looking to remove Kline’s law license, claiming he mishandled evidence against the nation’s... Continue Reading
Dearborn, Michigan Mayor and Police Chief Sued in Federal Court for denial of civil rights of converted-Muslim Christian activists
“Muslims dominate the political and law enforcement process in Dearborn. It seems that police were more interested in placating the Mayor and Muslims than obeying our Constitution. Sharia law makes it a crime to preach the Gospel to Muslims. This is a classic example of stealth Jihad being waged right here in America. And it... Continue Reading
Finally It Is Done: The Virginia General Assembly has passed an Abortion Clinic Regulation bill.
The nation’s strongest abortion clinic regulation bill, SB 924, was passed in the Virginia Senate, today, February 24, 2011 on a vote of 20 to 20 with Lt Governor Bill Bolling casting his tie-breaking vote in favor of the bill, making the final vote 21-20. SB 924 has previously passed the Virginia House of Delegates... Continue Reading
Time for truth, facts, and tough love – Republicans ready to touch the ‘third rail of politics’, will look at entitlement reform
Rep. Jordan tells me that in spite of the potential for political fallout, House Republicans will offer a plan for entitlement reform by the August recess… “The American people are ready for truth, facts, and some tough love measures,” says Jordan, adding, “the window to fix our country is closing rapidly and it will only... Continue Reading
The Marketplace of Ideas — Why Bookstores Matter
Being in a bookstore helps me to think. I find that my mind makes connections between authors and books and ideas as I walk along the shelves and look at the tables. When I get a case of writer’s block, I head for a bookstore. The experience of walking among the books is curative. “Book... Continue Reading
Reminders Are More Effective Than Rebukes
Are you tired of being told that if you’re really serious about God, you must be in an “accountability group?” You know the ones I’m talking about. The ones where you and a small group of “friends” arrange for a time each week to get together and pick each other apart–uncovering layer after layer after... Continue Reading
Guffaw the Goat and “The Prodigal Son” for Children
I wrote this story for Vacation Bible School when I was senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga. I loved telling it as much as writing it. I enjoy writing Gospel stories in which I use animals to draw the children into the story. I pray this story might be of some good to... Continue Reading
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