Nicholas Hahn recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal about preachers and taxes. Hahn rightly challenged a number of pastors who have called for an end to sequestration cuts that would reduce federal spending on welfare programs. By Rob Schwarzwalder The Bible does...
Most people agree the nations of the West are headed in the wrong direction when it comes to morality and culture. While it is very popular in some circles to blame presidents, Congress (or Parliament) and local elected officials, the Word of God makes it clear where...
“This [suffering] will be your opportunity to bear witness” (Luke 21:13, ESV). By Mark Driscoll Good luck building any Christian tribe on an invitation to suffer. Western Christians are, generally speaking, bad at suffering. You can’t major in suffering at Bible...
Pentecostals get a bad rap these days from all sides. Secularists don’t like us because we are morally conservative. Some mainline Christians classify us as holy rollers. And fundamentalists like John MacArthur question our very faith, claiming that all our...
Followers of Jesus Christ will suffer persecution. This is a basic but often forgotten fact of Christian discipleship. Jesus used the word “when” (not “if”) as he prepared His disciples for coming persecution. By Grant and Janice McClung “Blessed are you when people...
