Opinion

• Advent Preparations This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent. It’s the season historically set aside by the Church to help believers prepare to receive the fullness of Jesus’ coming. By “Jesus’ coming,” Advent refers both to Jesus’ Incarnation... Nov 23, 2021

  

  Advent Preparations
• Christians Must Learn to Be Grateful to God in All Circumstances What makes Thanksgiving difficult for you this year? Are you dealing with grief over the loss of a loved one? Challenges in your health, family, or finances? Guilt over the past or fear of the future? In collating gratitude... Nov 23, 2021

  

  Christians Must Learn to Be Grateful to God in All Circumstances
• Defeating the Giant of Fear: Lessons From David Fear is the greatest barrier to us fulfilling God's plan for our lives. But God hasn't given us a spirit of fear, because "perfect love casts out all fear" (1 John 4:18). Nov 22, 2021

  

  Defeating the Giant of Fear: Lessons From David
• The Blurred Lines of the Sexual Revolution As the Wall Street Journal notes, quoting historian Tom Holland, “What’s happening with #MeToo is essentially an attempt to reimpose…Christian sexual morality.” Having witnessed the destruction of unrestrained sexual impulses,... Nov 22, 2021

  The Blurred Lines of the Sexual Revolution
• Regularly Expressing Gratitude Can Increase Your Happiness As our society continues its post-Christian slide into secularism, holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas have become secularized as well. One can go the entire Christmas season without seeing a mention of Christ’s birth in... Nov 22, 2021

  Regularly Expressing Gratitude Can Increase Your Happiness
• All Christians Should Oppose a State Religion Christians have historically stood against an official state religion, especially those of the Baptist tradition, which is my denominational home. Leaving aside the obvious Constitutional issues with this, Christians should... Nov 19, 2021

  All Christians Should Oppose a State Religion
• The End of Barronelle's Battle After almost ten years, the case of a small-town florist named Barronelle Stutzman has come to an end. Stutzman was targeted by the state of Washington after she declined to arrange flowers for a same-sex wedding. Nov 19, 2021

  The End of Barronelle's Battle
• Christians Should Pray to God Simply Because He Is Our Father, Not Because We Need Something Transactional religion, from the Greco-Roman world to today, treats God’s word and power as instruments to be used for our purposes. We need to measure the news and everything else we experience in this fallen world through the... Nov 19, 2021

  Christians Should Pray to God Simply Because He Is Our Father, Not Because We Need Something
• Michael Johnson, Son of Sports Commentator Ernie Johnson, Passes Away at 33 Please join me in praying that this same faith will encourage and uplift Ernie Johnson, his wife, as they grieve the loss of one of their sons. Nov 18, 2021

  Michael Johnson, Son of Sports Commentator Ernie Johnson, Passes Away at 33
• How Experiencing God's Love Encourages Us to Share It The more we experience God’s transforming love, the more we will be empowered and motivated to share it with every person we can. And the more we will love them as we are loved. Imagine the difference it would make in the world... Nov 18, 2021

  How Experiencing God's Love Encourages Us to Share It