Wallace B. Henley

Wallace B. Henley

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Wallace Henley is a former pastor, White House, and congressional aide. He served eighteen years as a teaching pastor at Houston's Second Baptist Church. Wallace, the author of more than twenty books, now does conferences on the church and culture, church growth and leadership. He is the founder of Belhaven University's Master of Ministry Leadership Degree.

His latest book, Who Will Rule the Coming ‘Gods’?, offers groundbreaking spiritual insight into emerging AI technologies.

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  • The catalytic incarnation

    The catalytic incarnation

    Oddly enough, the exponentially expanding technology of our times provides a powerful apologetic for the reality of the pre-existent, catalytic Christ.

  • The possible ‘distortion’ of a great cathedral

    The possible ‘distortion’ of a great cathedral

    Paris was not burned in 1945, but one of its most famous landmarks burned in 2019. Proposals have been made that, according to the London Daily Mail, will turn the 7th-century Cathedral into a “woke theme Park.” New chapels, for example, will include one dedicated to the “environment.”

  • Beware the nationalism trap: Our era is more vulnerable than ever (pt 3)

    Beware the nationalism trap: Our era is more vulnerable than ever (pt 3)

    The era we inhabit is more vulnerable than any I have known in the years I have been studying and observing Church and State.

  • Beware the nationalism trap: Political partisanship (pt 2)

    Beware the nationalism trap: Political partisanship (pt 2)

    The Bride of Christ commits adultery when she beds down with anything other than Christ. Yet the seduction in our time is intense, as principles are forgotten in the passion of pressing issues.

  • Beware the nationalism trap (part 1)

    Beware the nationalism trap (part 1)

    The evangelical church must not fall into the nationalism trap. I say this as one who has worked in both politics and church.

  • Age of Virtualism: A new name won't save a sinking ship

    Age of Virtualism: A new name won't save a sinking ship

    In the Age of Virtualism we change the essence of things by giving them new names and titles. Recently, for example, an academic proposed changing “pedophile” to “MAPS”—“Minor Attracted Persons”.

  • Beware the ‘Slovik Syndrome’: Now is not the time to run away

    Beware the ‘Slovik Syndrome’: Now is not the time to run away

    We seem to live in a scary moment for Christian witness. Literal martyrdom is taking place in some nations at a horrifying level.

  • The importance of boundaries amidst accelerating chaos

    The importance of boundaries amidst accelerating chaos

    Chaos currently rages. Seventy-one percent of Americans polled recently and reported by NBC and other media believe the U.S. is on the wrong track. Cities that aimed at defunding police are desperately searching for police. New York City begs for 2,600 volunteer fire-fighters to fill the ranks of those resisting mandated vaccination. Thousands of flights are canceled for lack of flight attendants and pilots.

  • Who is the real ‘enemy of the people’?

    Who is the real ‘enemy of the people’?

    When the Quisha Kings and Scott Smiths in a nation are considered by the regime in power to be the enemy, it says more about the danger of the regime than those the rulers consider as threats.

  • Who will rule the coming 'gods'? (book excerpt)

    Who will rule the coming 'gods'? (book excerpt)

    The development of artificial intelligence promises either a brilliant future or a threat to the very survival of humans. Much will depend on the ethical values and moral codes programmed into the machines.