Is Your Child a Christian?
As parents, we all wrestle with how to answer this question, and I’ve found there are usually two extremes that need to be avoided. The first is made worse by a lack of discernment shown in many churches when they routinely extend altar calls to 4- or 5-year-olds, ask them to raise their hands if […]
Utah Just Passed America’s First ‘Free-Range Parenting’ Law
The new law, which will take effect on May 8, specifies that it is not a crime for parents to allow kids who display maturity and good judgment to do things like walk to school alone or play outside without supervision.An age limit was not defined, but the bill’s sponsors said it was left “purposely […]
All Nigerian Schoolgirls Have Been Released Except the Only Christian
Boko Haram keeps Christian girl who refused to renounce faith. Saddened by the continued absence of his daughter, Nata Sharibu, Leah’s father, told RayPower 100.5, a Nigerian radio station, “They gave her the option of converting in order to be released, but she said she will never become a Muslim.” He continued, saying that he is “very sad […]
Political correctness shuts down any reasonable critiques of Islam
On Feb. 23, 2017, national security adviser H.R. McMaster reiterated his stance that Islamic ideology is essentially irreligious, and that Jihadi terrorists are not true to the religion they claim to be part of. Source: Political correctness shuts down any reasonable critiques of Islam
Why “Engaging the Culture” has not worked for Evangelicals
Many evangelicals sensed something was going on. They responded as though the problem were a matter of style rather than content. They created churches calculated to prove evangelicals could be as hip as anyone else. The result was churches that had rocking worship bands, superb lighting, a million cool programs and no cultural impact.The only […]
Can Fundamentalists Be Peacemakers?
“As much as lieth within you live peaceably with all men.” Romans 12:18 It’s not the role we normally consider for Baptist Fundamentalists — peacemakers. Nevertheless, there can be no doubt that scripture calls us to that role and we must obediently embrace it. Frankly, we are not very good at it. We have all […]