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Would a homosexual or bulimic or cutter or high-functioning pain-killer addict feel comfortable talking about their battles in our churches? I...

I am consistently asked about the circumstances surrounding weddings. What makes it permissible or not to conduct a wedding in ”this or that”...

A few weeks ago, the report on what is arguably the most respected annual survey of college freshmen was released. If the media picked up on a...

Pastors, just so you are reminded, most (actually all…but for my self-righteous friends I’ll say most) of us wouldn’t qualify for any position in...

Here are a few ways I have tried to face my own unnecessary speech fillers and helped others identify and overcome their own.

George Eliot once opined that “history, we know, is apt to repeat itself. So are we returning to the medieval? Yes, I believe in many respects, we...

You might as well prepare yourself now. Someday soon, the invitation will pop into your mailbox for a gay wedding. But should you go?

A judge ruled that a Washington state florist who refused to provide a flower arrangement for a gay wedding “because of [her] relationship with...

This past week, a high-profile White House meeting with the title “Countering Violent Extremism” went out of its way to avoid labeling acts of...

Under the leadership of Pastor Jon Weece, Southland Christian Church is reaching into their city and changing it in big ways.

The final tragedy is to know Jesus so well that you don’t know him at all.

Like all formulas, these require work to work! Just as answers to math questions don’t simply drop into our laps, so we have to daily work at these...

This might surprise you, but one of the most dangerous times for a pastor are the hours following his Sunday sermon. During that time, evaluation...

Every now and then an essay breaks out and becomes the fodder for much conversation. Such was the recent musings of Jonathan Chait in an essay for...

Women should be cherished and valued.