by John D. Pierce | Jul 24, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Three Southern Baptist “biblical counseling experts” have given advice to families with gay or lesbian children. And their advice is frighteningly unloving and unhealthy. According to a Baptist Press article, seminary professors Heath Lambert, John...
by Bill Wilson | Jul 24, 2014 | Opinion
Some of the very best days I have known in ministry have revolved around high-functioning staff friendships and relationships. Seeing plans come together, an organization take off or a worship experience exceed expectations is meaningful beyond words. Some of the...
by Sam Chaise | Jul 23, 2014 | Opinion
It is all too easy for us to take on, osmosis-like, the group norms of our culture. Patterns of thinking, informal norms of acceptable and unacceptable levels of emotion and conflict, unwritten shared assumptions about ethics—all of these exist within cultures (and...
by Dennis Bickers | Jul 23, 2014 | Opinion
Several seminary students contacted me in recent months to discuss bivocational ministry. It’s always exciting to receive these calls because it’s an indicator of a growing recognition of the value bivocational ministry brings to the church. As one caller...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 22, 2014 | Opinion
Have you ever wanted to visit Athens, Greece, and lay eyes on the magnificent Parthenon, standing proudly on the acropolis above the ancient city? You can — though the ancient city is mainly paved with asphalt, and the Parthenon itself is encumbered by...
by Larry Eubanks | Jul 22, 2014 | Opinion
It’s a curious thing that the first Christians were called atheists. Obviously, that wasn’t because they didn’t believe in the existence of any god; it was because they didn’t believe in the existence of any of the Roman gods. The earliest...
