Even on a Christian campus like mine at Asbury College, I see our culture shaping the minds of my peers. Disturbing? To some. For me, it is a challenge to…
Published March 12th, 2009 by wpengine
The unfortunate reality of the murder of Rev. Fred Winters at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., Sunday is that it could happen pretty much anywhere. Churches are by design…
Published March 12th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
One of the oldest rules in the advertising playbook is “sex sells.” Daystar Church in Good Hope, Ala., put that rule to the test by putting up billboards in the…
Read More Despite Controversy, Sex Still Sells in Rural Alabama
Published March 11th, 2009 by wpengine
On March 1, 2008, Caffey’s life was shattered when his wife and two sons were murdered in his Emory, Texas home. Caffey himself was shot repeatedly and narrowly survived by…
Read More Man who lost wife, 2 sons finds support, skepticism in chat room
Published March 11th, 2009 by wpengine
The recession lingers and continues to take its toll. We are all looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday, there were at least two bits of…
Published March 11th, 2009 by wpengine
There are four weeks to go in the “Above and Beyond Challenge” and boy is it getting hard. Sometime I feel like I am making no progress at all in…
Published March 11th, 2009 by wpengine
God reminded me of something today. Just like when we first accept him, he helps us realize that we don’t have to clean up our own messes. Real change is…
Published March 11th, 2009 by wpengine
The votes aren’t in yet, but there’s no doubt Danny Gokey is safe. Gokey is the Milwaukee church musician who breezed into the “American Idol” finals with some powerful blue-eyed…
Published March 10th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
One in 50 American children is homeless according to the Massachusetts-based National Center on Family Homelessness. The authors of the study emphasize at the outset that the numbers come primarily…
Published March 10th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
Everyone has heard some variation of the saying, “If it plays in Peoria, it will play anywhere.” It’s an old maxim that suggests whatever might be popular in the middle of…
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