A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman was furious and honked her…
It was supposed to be an encouraging uplifting Christian story, but it filled me with sadness. It was a recent social media post from a prominent Christian organization about Aaron Rodgers. The post was promoting Rodgers as an example of a Christian who walked out his faith among the bright lights of football stardom. The…
http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/september/died-nabeel-qureshi-author-seeking-allah-finding-jesus-rzim.html Popular evangelist Nabeel Qureshi, who once sought Allah, has now found Jesus face to face. He died Saturday of stomach cancer. The 34-year-old convert from Islam was an itinerant speaker with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) until his diagnosis last summer. He spent months in aggressive treatment, including the removal of his stomach, all…
Today is the day to choose. This is the challenge given by Joshua to the Israelites as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. Notice it is today, not tomorrow, not next week or next months – TODAY. This message is all the more personally applicable for me on this sober anniversary for Americans. This…
There are a ton of churches in my suburban town. The main route has a church on just about every corner. There is one from all the big denominations. They are grand old buildings. Great stone structures, as well as white clapboard, sided beauties that have hosted thousands of believers over the years. If you…
http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/september/texas-churches-flooded-by-hurricane-harvey-sue-fema-houston.html But the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has to differentiate which victims qualify for government aid. And churches don’t make the cut. So three Texas churches impacted by Hurricane Harvey sued FEMA this week for deeming them ineligible for disaster relief grants. The agency’s policy excludes sanctuaries that serve as shelters after natural disasters.…
I Would Rather Die – Francis Chan From the post: I live each day with severe caution. I rarely counsel women, and never alone. I won’t go anywhere with a woman alone. In 23 years, I have never even been in a car alone with another woman (aside from relatives). It has felt silly at…
