[9/19/06 EDIT: A friend from LifeWay contacted me today to let me know about the availability of a brief podcast with Dr. Waggoner regarding this research project as well as other research projects in the works. He even gives a “60 second overview” of Calvinism that is actually very…
A friend from church alerted me of this movie being released today. It’s entitled, Jesus Camp. It is a documentary that won awards and created quite a buzz at the Tribeca Film Festival last Spring in New York City. Though I have not seen the movie, I have watched…
He is very sharp and a real piece of work. He is fairly knowledgable of Islam and has made a quick study of Christianity. After 4-5 weeks of attending nearly every one of our meetings he began saying, “Jesus is Lord.” I had a long and painful conversation with…
Scott Whitlock over at Newsbusters.org has exposed the latest looniness from that insightful social commentator, Rosie O’Donnell. As a new host on the ABC sitcom, I mean, talk show, called“The View,” she explained her concerns about Christianity very clearly in the September 12 episode. When co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s stated…
All of the memorials to 9/11 remind us that, for those of us who live in America, a new era dawned on our nation’s history five years ago. Our children are growing up in a world where terror alerts are as normal as storm warnings. It is incumbent on…
Mount Ranier, southeast of Seattle, Washington, rises 14,411 feet above sea level, which is only 14,407 feet more than the street on which I live. Yesterday, Donna and I enjoyed a drive up to the national park at the foot of the mountain with friends Bill Webster and Mike…
Here are parts 3-5 of Isaac Watt’s questions for young ministers. As I mentioned previously, old ministers can benefit from this kind of internal investigation, as well. If these questions seem over-scrupulous I would argue that the reason is to be found more in the laxity of our day…
The warnings in the Scripture to take heed to ourselves and beware of being deceived–either by others or through self-deceit–need to be taken to heart by ministers of the Gospel. None of us is immune to disqualifying himself from pastoral ministry. It is wise and profitable for a pastor…
This story (and this one, and this one) from South Florida of a popular pastor’s demise is tragic. It is also a sober reminder and warning that no one is beyond temptation. It is tragic that he did not have some faithful men in his life who could have…