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Last weekend the striking Mrs. Burchett accompanied me on a speaking engagement in Knoxville, Tennessee. We spent a few days at a cabin in Pigeon...

The story of Judas in particular remains a mystery. Two thousand years have passed and we still debate his tragic story. Why did he betray the Son...

Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department of Boston University, has written a new book titled Religious Literacy: What Every American...

Here is a six-part sermon series called Faces Around the Cross. Please feel free to use this material in any way that might be helpful as you...

Here are two sermon series that are particularly appropriate as we prepare for Holy Week. Preachers, pastors and Bible teachers (and anyone else...

It looks like 2009 will be the year of Charles Darwin. In honor of his two hundredth birthday and the 150th anniversary of his revolutionary...

The Holy Grail of science is the Theory of Everything (TOE)—a creative and unifying principle from which all laws and phenomena follow, from the...

I am thrilled to report that my bride has a new name. First, a bit of background before we unveil Joni’s new designation. One year ago today was...

We have just posted a new sermon. Here's a one-sentence excerpt: "I am saying that it is possible for an evangelical church to become so consumed...

God is a great teacher. He is a prof that I cannot bluff. I report to Him that I have read the material. I tell others that I have done my...

A few brief thoughts on when humor is--and isn't--a good idea in the pulpit.

When the Apostle Paul arrived in Athens his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was wholly given over to idols. He could see the...

Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has both the religious right and cultural left in an uproar. In a recent commentary...

So what have I been doing lately? Mostly revising my past. We all understand that the key to a better future is to stop trying to have a better...

When you're being peppered with “incoming” from your own camp, it's a clue that sumpin's gotta give. Despite its long run on the New York Times...