President Obama Proposes "Exceptions" for Health Care Mandate
It may come as good news for the faith-based nonprofits and companies who have expressed protest at the health care mandate requiring insurance coverage of contraceptives which may have an...
View ArticleNow Every Church Leader Can Have a Vision Room…
Vision Room Overview from Auxano on Vimeo. Related posts:10 Ways to Be a More Strategic Church Leader 100% Church Staff Retention from 3 to 90 28 Vision-based Competencies for Church Staff and Leader...
View ArticleTools For The Task Of Disciple Making, Does It Matter?
A Disciple Making Parable & A Couple of Questions: A world renown older gourmet chef was looking for someone to carry on his legacy. He decided to open his kitchen, receive candidates, and...
View ArticleEven the Demons Believe
James 2:19 says that even the demons believe, and they shudder. Right. But what does it mean? Does it really mean that faith is not enough? What is James 2 talking about and how can we properly...
View ArticleWatch Live Debate Now: Alex Rosenberg vs. William Lane Craig on Is Faith in...
text before contentRight now as this post is published Alex Rosenberg vs. William Lane Craig are debating the topic: Is Faith in God Reasonable? Watch online at: http://live.biola.edu/ The times are...
View ArticleTwice Loved!
I heard a story yesterday at MOMS that I just can't get out of my head. Its about a little boy that entered a store one afternoon and saw a little boat for sale. He immediately recognized the little......
View ArticleNew York Times solves the problem of Sharia
This report on Thursday’s Cairo conference from the New York Times breaks the streak of great stories it has filed from Egypt over the past few months. Long on speculation and short on facts, “Rivals...
View ArticleHow to Rekindle Lost Romance (While Married)
I’m a bottom line kinda person. A Google search for “romance in marriage” shows more than one hundred million results. There’s no shortage of information on how to rekindle romance. We don’t have to...
View ArticleBethany Christian Services Co-Founder Leaves Lasting Legacy
Organization’s Last Living Co-Founder Achieved Dream of Caring for Children in Crisis GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 1, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ – Marguerite Bonnema, the last living co-founder of Bethany...
View ArticleIs there anything God cannot do?
If God is omnipotent, is there anything He cannot do? The answer, surprisingly, is YES and is a great source of comfort to all His children.
View ArticleFalse Hope and Gay Conversion Therapy
In any discussion of homosexuality from an orthodox perspective, the question of reparative therapy is in the background. It seems to me that our response to this question cannot be a straightforward...
View ArticleWhite House expands religious exemptions to contraception mandate
The Obama administration on Friday (Feb. 1) sought to placate religious groups by broadening religious exemptions and giving faith-based organizations more room to maneuver around its controversial...
View ArticlePop Culture Moments by Mo: Was Beyonce live or Memorex?
Did she or didn’t she? Speculation surrounding Beyonce’s possibly lip-synced performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 2013 Inauguration Ceremony mounted Wednesday to what has jokingly been...
View ArticleSaturday Ramblings 2.2.13
Ramblings is hearing rumblings of some big to-do down in the Big Easy this weekend. Once again, we have not paid the NFL (the No Fun League) the rights fee in order to say the name of this Really Big...
View ArticleRon
I must say from the outset that I have agonized a bit about whether to write this blog. There are many people who were much closer to Ron than I and who, therefore, are far better suited to speak to...
View ArticleVatican shoots down claim that Iran backed John Paul assassination attempt
The Vatican on Friday (Feb. 1) dismissed a claim by the man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II that the assassination attempt had been ordered by Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. ...
View ArticleMore Than Month-Long
February is Black History month. In 1976 the United States government officially acknowledged this month as an annual celebration of noted Black historians, scholars, educators, and publishers. School...
View ArticleThis Is Love
I love this precious reminder from scripture about love. Love comes from God. God is love. God loved us so, so much, He sent us His only Son. This is [...]
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