by Vinoth Ramachandra | Nov 29, 2010 | Opinion
I am told that at the recent Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, a popular American preacher and author vigorously asserted that evangelism – understood as the verbal proclamation of the Gospel – was the Church’s foremost “priority.” Since...
by Robert Parham | Nov 29, 2010 | Opinion
Protecting the poor is a biblical imperative. It’s a non-negotiable moral imperative for Christians in the public square. No better passage provides a proof-text for this moral obligation than Deuteronomy 15:11, where God instructs the people: “For the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 29, 2010 | Opinion
I never thought of putting Christmas and collards in the same sentence until Sunday, and that was by accident, but I’m glad it turned out that way. I had a chance to preach for the first Sunday of Advent, which always gets me to thinking about the importance of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 26, 2010 | Opinion
The first Sunday of Advent is coming, the one most traditions designate as the Sunday of hope. That’s one of my favorite themes: hope is what keeps us going when all else seems lost or distant, and it is powerful medicine. Hope works on many levels. When I plant...
by Steve McSwain | Nov 26, 2010 | Opinion
Since the 2008 economic collapse, a shift has been taking place in the American consciousness – from a culture of unlimited credit card debt and hefty mortgages to precisely the opposite of this mindset. Today, a culture of debt elimination has grown, especially...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 26, 2010 | Opinion
Trains used to be romantic. “Unstoppable” has none of that romance, however, and its train is simply an implement of destruction. “Unstoppable” tells the story of an unmanned freight train speeding into an urban area with enough power and...
