Franklin Graham, President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and relief organization Samaritan's Purse, writes: Just a few weeks ago, the world’s attention was focused on Copenhagen, the capital of the little Scandinavian country of Denmark. I’ve been to Copenhagen on several occasions over the years. Like most of Europe, Denmark is extremely secular, has a …
Category Archive: Life
Worship is Life. Worship is everything you think, everything you say, and everything you do, revealing that which you value and treasure most in life.
Jan 07 2010
Tiger Woods, The High Cost of Adultery, and the Christian Faith: Brit Hume to Tiger Woods
Brit Hume receives a firestorm of criticism after stating that Tiger Woods needs help that only the Christian faith can bring.
Jan 07 2010
How to Encourage Young People to Wait for Sex
Christianity Today poses this question to three respected authors: What's the best way to encourage people to save sex for the covenant of marriage? Excerpts: Mark Regnerus, author of Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers, says to focus on one's calling: Human sexual development has not kept up with our …
Jan 04 2010
Life Altering Mistakes: Feelings v. Reason
Tommy Newberry, author of The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life: We are all, of course, vulnerable to life-altering mistakes, particularly if we have no plan in place to avoid them. Most of us can look back on our life and readily acknowledge that the decisions we regret the most were those where …
Dec 26 2009
John Newton on Responding to Criticism
John Newton, author of the song Amazing Grace, advises a minister with regard to delivering and responding to criticism.
Dec 16 2009
Louie Giglio, John Piper, and Passion 2010 in Atlanta
Passion 2010 is just weeks away at the World Congress Center in Atlanta. Listen in to a telephone discussion between Passion founder Louie Giglio and Passion speaker John Piper as they discuss Twitter, Passion, theology, God, sin, suffering, sex, pastoring, ministry, church leadership, innovation, books, and more. It was just three years ago that Dr. Piper spoke …
Dec 05 2009
Bad Night, Good Night
Sad night for Tim Tebow. The Gators lost their shot at another National Championship and Tebow's shot at another Heisman may have gone down as well. I once heard a story about a kicker who missed a field goal that would have won the game. Dejected, he sat on the field in disbelief. The cameras …
Dec 04 2009
Thoughts from Matt Chandler prior to today’s brain surgery
From Matt Chandler, prior to entering into brain surgery to remove a tumor earlier today. Please join us in praying for Matt. The last seven days have been some of the most interesting of my life. I have felt anxiety, fear, sadness and a deep and unmovable joy simultaneously and in deeper ways than I …
Nov 30 2009
Please Be Unfashionable
From Tullian Tchividjian: I wrote the book Unfashionable to make the point that Christians make a difference in this world by being different from this world; they don’t make a difference by being the same. My deep concern (which prompted me to write the book) is that many Christians, specifically in America, seem just as fascinated …
Nov 26 2009
Please Pray: Matt Chandler and Johnny Hunt
From Mark Driscoll earlier today: My friend Pastor Matt Chandler apparently had a seizure, passed out, fell and hit his head, bit his tongue, got a black eye, & was rushed to the ER. ….he will see a neurosurgeon next week regarding a small mass they found on his frontal lobe. He texted saying he's …