by Dennis Bickers | Oct 11, 2013 | Opinion
My doctor of ministry project focused on how coaching could be one tool that could assist bivocational ministers to enjoy more productive and healthy ministries. I then turned this into a book that includes a number of case studies of bivocational ministers I have...
by Robert Parham | Oct 11, 2013 | Opinion
What does the Bible say about prisons? First, the prison issue was at the top of Jesus’ moral agenda. He prioritized concern for the incarcerated at the beginning of his public ministry in his inaugural sermon in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-19). Toward the end of his...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 10, 2013 | Opinion
On Wednesday night I enjoyed the North Carolina Theatre’s impressive production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” which I’d seen before but happily attended again (tickets are still available through the weekend, theater fans!). The...
by Jerry Young | Oct 10, 2013 | Opinion
What is your working definition of a Christian? And who gets to decide whether or not a person is a Christian? In certain quarters, those are topics of great importance. During the last presidential election cycle, there were frequent articles about whether or not...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 10, 2013 | Opinion
It is not unusual to hear certain politicians, commentators and preachers – and followers who parrot their words in Facebook posts and political arguments – express strong support for the nation of Israel. In recent years, however, these calls for...
by Colin Harris | Oct 10, 2013 | Opinion
William Hordern has been a wholesomely balanced voice in the theological conversation for over half a century. In his 1955 book, “A Layman’s Guide to Protestant Theology,” Hordern surveyed the development of Protestant theology and described the way...
