America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what our country should aspire to. The result was 82% of Americans across all generations saying they believe freedom is an extremely important value,...
By Jeff Brumley Joe Phelps admits he is a Christian extremist. For years, he’s being spreading his brand of faith all over Louisville, Ky., where he’s pastor of Highlands Baptist Church. And now he admits he’d like to see it…
Joe Phelps admits he is a Christian extremist. For years, he’s being spreading his brand of faith all over Louisville, Ky., where he’s the pastor of Highlands Baptist Church. And now he admits he’d like to see it catch on…
Imagine illiterate first-grade students excited about learning to read. Then picture them learning, on the first day of school, that their teachers and fellow students are speaking and writing in a different language altogether. It doesn’t take them long to…
Pastors across the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex gathered Feb. 27 for a prayer rally to draw attention to a historic African-American community denied basic services like running water. “We’re going to ask God to intervene and break into this situation and…
Evangelical Christians will have a “true friend” in the White House if Donald Trump is elected president, a Southern Baptist mega-church pastor said at a Trump campaign rally Feb. 26 in Fort Worth, Texas. “Donald Trump cares about and loves…
Luke 9:28-36 “How does it feel to be a problem?” My third grade student, Chloe, asked me this question (quite aggressively, I might add) as I was lecturing her about paying attention in my class. I was a bit startled…
Thus read the headline in the New York Times opinion piece bemoaning the rise of the current Republican frontrunner for the presidency. The article was spot-on to an extent, with its discussion of Donald Trump’s success coming in part as…
For the past six years, I have been involved in loving and serving immigrants through the work of the Immigration Service and Aid Center (ISAAC), a ministry of Texas Baptists. Being a first-generation immigrant, it is not difficult for me…
By Blake Tommey Imagine illiterate first-grade students excited about learning to read. Then picture them learning, on the first day of school, that their teachers and fellow students are speaking and writing in a different language altogether. It doesn’t take…
