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  • Catherine Booth Would Advise Us To Move Forward

    Catherine Booth Would Advise Us To Move Forward

    While reflecting on a powerful quote from the lips of Catherine Booth, I was struck by the fact that the latest strategies of the American Church, strategies to avoid conflict with the world, are not only wrong-headed. They are actually diametrically opposed to the strategies we should be following.

  • My Problem With the Republican Party

    My Problem With the Republican Party

    What do you do when you have no confidence that the party that holds to many of your core values will actually stand up for those values if put back in power? In the aftermath of CPAC, that's the predicament I find myself in when it comes to the Republican Party, and I'm sure I don't speak for myself alone.

  • Five Minutes Inside Eternity

    Five Minutes Inside Eternity

    Leonard Ravenhill once wrote, "Five minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more, wept more, grieved more, loved and prayed more, and given more."

  • Disney Insists on Homosexual Scout Leaders

    Disney Insists on Homosexual Scout Leaders

    As reported on CNN.com, "The Walt Disney Company has given notice to the Boy Scouts of America that it will pull all funding to the group starting in 2015 because of a BSA membership policy that bans gay leaders."

  • Legislative Hypocrisy In Arizona

    Legislative Hypocrisy In Arizona

    What caused three Republican lawmakers in Arizona to sign SB 1062 only to reverse course a few days later and urge Governor Jan Brewer to veto the bill?

  • Some Honest Questions for Pastor Andy Stanley

    Some Honest Questions for Pastor Andy Stanley

    According to megachurch pastor Andy Stanley, if your religious convictions conflict with your ability to serve those you differ with, that's your business, but you should "leave Jesus out of it."

  • What Are They Smoking in Colorado?

    What Are They Smoking in Colorado?

    Well, pot sales in Colorado have been doing so well that the governor has announced his plans to put some of the unexpected tax revenues towards substance abuse prevention and youth marijuana use prevention. What in the world is he smoking?

  • Who Changed Things?

    Who Changed Things?

    Who changed things from the vibrant, Spirit-empowered, "by life or by death" faith of the New Testament to today's spineless, home and garden, Sunday morning religion?

  • 50 Ways to Describe Your Gender

    50 Ways to Describe Your Gender

    Do you remember the famous Paul Simon song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"? Well, Facebook is now giving you 50 ways to describe your gender.

  • 5 Questions About the Possibility of an Openly Gay NFL Player

    5 Questions About the Possibility of an Openly Gay NFL Player

    In case you missed it this past weekend, the big news in sports had nothing to do with the Winter Olympics or with athletic triumphs and defeats. Instead, it was the news that a top college football player, Michael Sam, who is expected to be drafted in the NFL, declared that he is gay. It was deemed to be such big news that it was even the lead story on some non-sports news websites