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Here’s a riddle for you: What do we look at, on average, 63 times a day, for up to 4 […]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with […]

Hard to believe it’s already November, and it doesn’t seem possible, but it’s the month that officially begins the holiday […]

(Originally posted February 2015) The not-so-popular news magazine, Newsweek, has started 2015 with cover article entitled “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s […]

In Christ I can be anxious for nothing, prayerful in everything and thankful for anything. Why is that, you ask? […]

(Originally posted February 2015) Newsweek has started 2015 with a cover article entitled “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin.” […]

If theism (God exists.) is a blue pair of glasses, atheism (There is no God.) is a red pair, and […]

(Originally published as an editorial in the Central Baptist College student newspaper Tower Times) More than a thousand years ago, […]

Disagreement usually sparks hatred. But when did disagreeing equate to hating? We, as a whole, have forgotten how to respectfully disagree. […]

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” (Jesus in Matthew 24:35 NLT) The Christian Bible […]

Be weird. Be random. Be who you are. Because you never know who would love the person you hide. ~ […]

It was probably there inside me just waiting to get out, something about myself I didn’t know was possible. When […]

Video games offer a world for your kids where they are the ones with power. The lure is easy to […]

Everyone likes a pat on the back or for someone to say, “Great Job!”  The reality is that pride is […]

One Sunday morning a small boy was sitting by his mother during the morning worship service. Like most small children, […]

Through my seminary studies, I recently read about the conversion of Augustine, one of the giants of Christian leadership and thought […]

Why should you study the Bible? It’s old. It’s long. There are a lot of weird names in it. And […]

FOMO (the fear of missing out) ain’t dead is it? Like, here I am age 28 and I still scroll […]

In some ways, discipling Gen Z (those born anywhere from 1999-2015) is no different from any other generation preceding it. […]

Divorce.  In American society, it has become the norm. In fact, the United States has the sixth highest divorce rate […]

Church planting is relational because the gospel is relational. When Jesus commissioned the disciples to “go and make disciples,” it […]

Divorce.  It’s an ugly word, isn’t it?  And yet in American society, it has become the norm. In fact, the […]

The Bible Confirms Our Struggle The author of Ecclesiastes says that life is “meaningless” almost forty times over the twelve […]

Is it possible to have a thriving relationship with God even in the middle of a culture gone crazy? Absolutely! And […]

Overcomer is a feel-good, faith-based movie that challenges you to think about your true identity.  In the aptly named Christian […]

by Brandon Cox Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been an inspiration to me for a number of years because […]

In Genesis chapter one, the Bible describes the creation of the world. As God paused to contemplate His work at […]

Seriously, high school is tough. If it’s not the AP classes and the pressure for more college credits, it’s the […]

Truth. It’s a subject that has evolved and changed.  A topic that has been stretched, questioned and misused over time. Where […]

by Yalanda Merrell Thinking back to my college years, I’m reminded of . . .  long nights staying up late […]

by Larry Barker, Director of North American Church Planting Lately, whenever I go into a gas station someone is always […]

1 – Because love is patient “Love is patient,” (1 Corinthians 13:4).   Anyone else think “ouch” Yeah, my hand would […]

Matthew chapter 17 has the account of Jesus with Peter, James and John on the Mount of Transfiguration. While they […]

Pornography is a deadly mistress. She stands poised with promises, willing and ready at a moment’s notice. She strikes unexpectedly, […]

Pornography addiction is most assuredly an androgynous affair, but for men in particular, the stimulus from pornography activates parts of […]

I hate static.  Not like the kind that makes your clothes cling to you. I’m talking about static on the […]

Act II: A Gift From God You Don’t Want (Numbers 11:4-20) In Act I we defined covetousness in four parts. Covetousness […]

First Timothy 6:6-10 says, ”But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing […]

My imagination ran wild…What if my friends or the kids got too close to the edge? What would happen then? And how far down was it?

Dr. Spock. Neuropsychology. Behavior modification. Brain science. Energy profiling (huh??).  With the plethora of books, blogs, and methods on parenting […]

CGenesis 1:1 says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. We often read the familiarity of […]

I hate static.  Not like the kind that makes your clothes cling to you.  I’m talking about static on the […]

There are countless voices in our culture ringing through the air with definitions of what men should be like in […]

In people’s lives, there must come a time when they decide for themselves what they really believe. Because I grew […]

Every time I see that phrase tweeted or represented in a pretty meme of some kind, I want to yell, […]

“I never dreamed” when I was a teen that my lifelong best friend would be murdered while sleeping in bed.  […]

Eighteen years…Eighteen years and two months to be exact. That should have been plenty of time to prepare for what […]