As reported Tuesday, the city of Houston has issued subpoenas for several pastors to hand over all their sermons regarding homosexuality, gender identity or Mayor Annise Parker.The far-left has now finally fully tipped their hand. Years ago when it came to laws...
Nicki Minaj is taking plenty of flak these days for her "Anaconda" song and all-out pornographic video—and well she should. Any song that chants about looking at people's backsides and otherwise opens up women to sexual exploitation is shameful at best. But I'm...
Just a few decades ago it was easier to tell the difference between a real Christian and a non-Christian, a saint and a sinner. There was not the kind of wiggle room we have today when we say of some professing Christian, "He's a Christian, but he's really messed up."...
Saeed Abedini, who is serving an eight-year sentence in a brutal Iranian prison for his Christian faith, came to Christ at age 20. A devout Muslim at the time, he had found a Bible and started reading it. One night, he was awakened three times by a voice that said,...
If the floodgates weren't already open, they are now.A federal judge in Utah has struck down part of the state's ban on polygamy.That's right, in a land founded by Mormons and populated mostly by Mormons, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, it may...
The greatest privilege believers have this side of heaven is our calling to represent God to this world.The following are some of the criteria the Bible lays out regarding this:1. We are called to speak the oracles of God.The apostle Paul said that he was called to...
Every church and/or organization has a corporate culture with norms, rules and expectations that pressure participants to conform. Some cultures are good and some bad.That being said, there are particular attributes that characterize false religions or become the norm...
Pastors generally believe same-sex marriage and abortion are wrong, but most of them won't talk to their congregations about it for fear of losing members.Those were the opening words of an article I wrote last week called "Most Pastors Avoid Controversial Issues to...
The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, have fluctuated between violence, calm and renewed violence following the shooting death of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, in a confrontation on Saturday, Aug. 9.After two...
Robin Williams' suicide not only rocked the entertainment world—it rocked people in many parts of the world who loved his comic genius. In the wake of his untimely death, mental-health experts are pointing to statistics that reveal Williams' silent suffering was...
A Texas mother and son are giving all the glory to God for the young man's miraculous recovery.In May, 17-year-old Cory Almanza was critically injured in a car accident that would have killed most people. His mother, Ruby Flores, remembers getting the call that every...
The Duggar clan just keeps on growing—though this time it's through marriage.Jessa Duggar, star of 19 Kids and Counting, is engaged to marry Ben Seewald. Seewald and Duggar have been courting for 11 months."We are so blessed to be engaged!" the couple said in a...
"Why would anyone want to see a movie about us!?!?" That's how Hillsong's leader Brian Houston starts out a recent blog post.In fact, he says that was his response when some Hollywood producers approached him late last year with a proposal for a Hillsong movie....
A 9-year old boy is making news headlines across the country for wrestling a 9-foot long, 400-pound alligator—and winning."It really amazed me what happened. At first I thought someone was just playing with me, and I didn't know what happened," James Barney Jr....