A Sober Exhortation to Preachers and Future Preachers…

This is taken from a message I gave a few years ago to a few future Pastors and Church leaders. I have condensed it for this blog…
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be [...]

“Homeschoolers are only good for cleaning toilets”

RC Sproul Jr. once said as a homeschooling dad that he was either raising up martyrs or warriors for the next generation.
This article by Gary Demar at American Vision shows that if homeschooling survives in this country and continues to grow at the rate it has been, homeschoolers of the future will more than likely [...]

Christ and Culture

Culture receives its meaning from the meaning of history… Historic Christianity… believes that Christ stands at the center of history…. According to Scripture, Christ is king not only in his natural prerogative as eternal Logos, co-equal with the Father and the Spirit, but he has been anointed Mediatorial king in virtue of his obedience and [...]

PBS Special: Jesus in China

If you weren’t aware of it PBS will be running a Frontline special called “Jesus in China” on Tuesday evening at 9pm Eastern Time (Chicago Channel 11 Tuesday 24th at 9pm and rebroadcast again on Thursday the 26th at 2 am) on the spread and explosive growth of Christianity in China, especially the [...]

Cultural Engagement?

I need some help, someone needs to give me a definition for what contemporary evangelicals call “cultural engagement”.
When evangelicals talk of cultural engagement, sometimes I wonder where the “engagement” part is…
Sometimes evangelicals make a dichotomy between some kind of “soft or loving engagement”, “intellectual engagement”, and “confrontational engagement.” They often do the same with evangelism, [...]

Switch-Hitter Meets Ambidextrous Switch-Pitcher

Now this is neato, a switch pitcher…

Here is the full story
This guy could start 2 days in a row with no arm problems!

Germany: Parents sent to jail for homeschooling

If you didn’t know it, Germany has reinforced a Nazi-era law banning homeschooling.
The German courts have decided the parents do not have an “exclusive” right to lead their children’s education. The courts have said that Germany “has a justified interest in counteracting the formation of religiously or ideological “parallel societies”. They also view homeschooling as [...]

Parents! You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls!

What we want to do with our children, is not merely to control them and keep them in order–but to implant true principles deep in their hearts which shall rule their whole lives; to shape their character from within into Christlike beauty, and to make of them noble men and women, strong for battle of [...]

Thank You, Illinois Family Institute

I didn’t get around to it last week but I wanted to thank Dave Smith of the Illinois Family Institute for coming to our Church weekend before last and explaining how IFI is on the front lines in Springfield and in Illinois standing up for Marriage & Family, Life & Liberty. IFI works to inform [...]

Canadian Government to Pastor: Renounce faith!

Now banned from expressing moral opposition to homosexuality (WND)
Fined $7000 and Ordered to Publicly Apologize and Remain Silent on Homosexuality (lifesitenews)

Before long in Canada (and coming to the US as well), it will be a “Hate Crime” to preach the gospel itself.

Human Cattle Cars

If the cost of gasoline keep going up, we will be doing this here in America

God uses the “Political” to Convert People…

I have been having a conversation with my friend Steve regarding my last few posts and a post that he has on his blog titled “The Kingdom of Christ is at Hand” – for a little context on this converstion his post is found here
I would like to get feedback from others on the issues [...]