Monday, June 17th
Author(s): Randy White
I am often asked what kinds of questions churches should ask of candidates for the Pastor of the local congregation. While I believe we have many flaws in the concept of the role of Pastor and church activity and governance today, I don’t want to address those flaws, but rather give some questions that are fitting for today’s situation as it stands.
These questions are theological in nature. My experience has been that Pastors are asked pitifully few theological questions. Pragmatism rules. Since I think the Biblical role of the Pastor is a teaching role at its core, I also think that a...
Monday, June 17th
Author(s): Erin Benziger
It is no secret that young people are leaving the visible church in droves. This reality ultimately refutes the notion that the church must be hip, relevant and "missional," ever-changing to accommodate the culture. After all, if that was the key, the number of young, professing evangelicals would not be dwindling.
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Still, the discussion surrounding this conundrum rarely wanders in the direction it should. What is the key to keeping young people—or people of any age—in the church? Preach the Gospel. Preach the Word, the whole counsel of God. True, it may...
Friday, June 14th
Author(s): Michael Synder
According to U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez, members of Congress learned "significantly more than what is out in the media today" during a closed briefing about the NSA on Tuesday, and that what has been revealed so far about NSA snooping is "just the tip of the iceberg". During her interview with C-SPAN on Wednesday, she also stated that NSA spying is "just broader than most people even realize" but due to security restrictions she could not reveal more than that. So precisely what are the American people not being told? And do our leaders ever plan to tell us the truth? Many of our...
Friday, June 14th
Author(s): Michael Synder
Well, isn't that convenient? At the moment when the Obama administration is feeling more heat then ever before, it starts another war. Suddenly everyone in the mainstream media is talking all about Syria and not about the IRS scandal, Benghazi, NSA snooping or any of the other political scandals that have popped up in recent weeks. As if on cue, Obama made headlines all over the globe on Thursday by claiming that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the rebels "multiple times", and that the U.S. was now ready to do more to assist the rebels. That assistance is...
Wednesday, June 12th
Author(s): Phyllis Schlafly
It has become evident that Barack Obama's definition of "fundamentally transforming the United States" includes Big Brother harassing selected conservatives while monitoring everybody's email and telephone traffic. These seem to be among the surprising duties of the Internal Revenue Service and the National Security Agency (NSA), respectively.
It's clear that the IRS has been unfairly targeting and mistreating more than 500 conservative organizations, especially if they use such words as "tea party," "liberty" or "patriotic" on their tax returns or tax-exempt applications. IRS then bogs them...
Wednesday, June 12th
Author(s): Ken Ham
Biblical inerrancy has become one of the most-challenged issues surrounding God’s Word of our generation. “Biblical inerrancy” is really just a phrase that means the Bible is without error—an idea that is part of our foundation for being able to fully trust God’s Word.
Zack Hunt is a writer, speaker, and graduate student at Yale Divinity School, and he has a forthcoming book on holiness. Now, Hunt recently wrote an article titled “The Bible Isn’t Perfect And It Says So Itself” on biblical inerrancy for his blog, explaining that he doesn’t believe in it. Just to give you an idea of the tone of...
Wednesday, June 12th
Author(s): Michael Synder
The rest of the world has found out that the U.S. government has been listening to their phone calls and watching what they do on the Internet and they do not like it one bit. Outrage has been pouring in from all over the planet, and one member of the European Parliament is even comparing the NSA to the Stasi. But instead of stepping back and reevaluating our Big Brother spying methods now that they have been revealed, Barack Obama and other leading members of Congress are defiantly declaring that there is nothing wrong with these methods and that no changes will be made. The U.S....
Wednesday, June 12th
Author(s): Michael Synder
The rest of the world has found out that the U.S. government has been listening to their phone calls and watching what they do on the Internet and they do not like it one bit. Outrage has been pouring in from all over the planet, and one member of the European Parliament is even comparing the NSA to the Stasi. But instead of stepping back and reevaluating our Big Brother spying methods now that they have been revealed, Barack Obama and other leading members of Congress are defiantly declaring that there is nothing wrong with these methods and that no changes will be made. The U.S....
