Men Without Conviction, Churches Without People | George Weigel | First Things
Men Without Conviction, Churches Without People | George Weigel | First Things Europe’s wholesale abandonment of its Christian faith is often explained as the inevitable by-product of modern social, economic, and political life. But there is far more to the story of Euro-secularization than that, as three ecclesiastics—a Presbyterian minister and two Italian priests—demonstrated this […]
Three Powerful Examples of Black History from Scripture
Matt Recker During Black History month, it is good to highlight powerful examples of black history from the Bible. As I have lived in a black community for many years and also started and pastored churches with significant numbers of black Christians, I have learned to have a deep appreciation for black people, their godly […]
God-focused Worship
God-focused Worship It’s been more than a decade ago now that we decided to revamp the worship service at our church. We did not change the style of what we do. We changed the focus. We saw two particular problems with the way we were doing worship. First, our people, many of them newbies to […]
Let’s Ban Porn
Conservatives and Christians for decades have been declaring the potential corruption to society that readily available porn brings. Now we are living it, and unlikely groups of people are now calling to ban it. This was published in the NY Times as well. KS An immodest proposal for the era of #MeToo. More . . .
The UK will require age verification for online porn beginning in April
Age verification of all pornographic content will be mandatory from April 2018. But there are still a lot of grey areas Source: More . . .
Christian Judge Forced Out for Not Doing Gay Marriages Awarded Settlement
Gayle Myrick, an evangelical Christian and former magistrate who was forced out after she refused to perform civil marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples due to her religious beliefs, has been awarded $300,000 by the state of North Carolina in a settlement agreement. More . . .