Newsweek Magazine recently ran a feature story proclaiming America to be a “less-Christian nation” as evidenced by a shrinking percentage of Americans professing a Christian faith. This statement and others like it appear in a recent Newsweek article provocatively titled, “The End of Christian America.”
Some say pornography is a harmless adult pleasure to be enjoyed at will. Apparently American children and teenagers couldn't agree more.
A recent study conducted by Cyber Sentinel and reported by Fox News found that teenagers spend an average of 31 hours per week online and nearly 2 hours per week viewing pornography.
A powerful article by Dan Phillips that explains our approach to the ministry of the Word at Graceway...
I can't tell you how many times I've sat in an assembly and thought this, in the past 35+ years since my conversion: Dude, this critical moment, with these assembled people, on this your one shot — and you do that with it?
I am occasionally asked why I choose to address political/social issues when my chief role as pastor is to articulate the truth of the Bible. When one looks at what happened in Ocean Grove, N.J., during the final days of 2008, I don’t think it’s necessary to explain.
I refer to the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights which informed a United Methodist congregation that it is in violation of a state discrimination law because it has refused to rent a church-owned pavilion to a lesbian couple for a “civil union ceremony.” The same-sex couple wanted to hold the service at the United Methodist Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association’s Boardwalk Pavilion beachfront property but the association denied the request because same-sex civil unions conflict with the doctrines of the United Methodist Church.
Jonathon Falwell, son of Jerry Falwell and pastor of the great Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, published this article. I thought it was excellent and pass it along to you for your consideration.
It’s Getting Hostile Out There
In John 15:18, Jesus told his disciples, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you” (NKJV).
These are encouraging words to Christians today, especially as we witness acts of aggression taking place against those who attempt to live their lives according to biblical principles.
Most prominently, I refer to an incident this week in Delta Township, Michigan, at the Mount Hope Church, where a group of militant homosexuals entered a service and began shouting and throwing fliers at members. Their shouts, according to reports, included: “It’s OK to be gay,” and “Jesus was a homo.”
Outside the church, other protesters carrying pink crosses and shouting “bash back,” banged on buckets during the service and allegedly pulled a fire alarm.
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