The Rev. Jerry Falwell’s name will always be linked with the Moral Majority, the organization he formed to galvanize conservative evangelicals into political action. Certainly, bringing evangelicals out of the cultural wilderness and marching them into politics changed both the political and the religious landscape in important and enduring ways. One needs only to look…
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Even though Baptist Collegiate Ministry was approved as a recognized student organization on the campus of Vanderbilt University, the BCM will decline that status. Randy C. Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, informed members of the TBC Executive Board of the decision to not accept the recognized status in a letter e-mailed to…
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by Jesse Locken Mark Driscoll and his Seattle megachurch Mars Hill (MHC) has continued to draw increasing attention in the press, typically in reference to controversy. Whether it’s Driscoll’s views on male/female relationships and marriage, Mars Hill’s “church discipline” practices, and even acts of vandalism to church property, it seems as if there is no…
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Author Ken Myers doesn’t believe “the culture” is the biggest challenge facing the Church today. Rather, it’s the culture in the church that’s the problem as many believers live not fully transformed by the Gospel. Myers is the founder and host of Mars Hill Audio journal, a bimonthly audio magazine featuring interviews with some of…
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A group of pastors and former youth ministry leaders suggest that today’s youth ministries should be disbanded, calling the common practice of separating congregations by age for worship and Bible study “unbiblical.” The church leaders state their case in the documentary film, “Divided: Is Age-Segregated Ministry Multiplying or Dividing the Church?” The film is produced…
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This week I told a friend that Chuck Colson was on his deathbed. Her response: “Who’s that?” That ignorance is good, in a way. For many in my generation, Colson, who died today at 80, is forever a symbol of government hypocrisy. As part of the “dirty tricks” gang in the Nixon administration — using…
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For these five NASCAR drivers, it was not just an early Saturday morning. Oh, it was early all right. When you race the night before, 7 a.m. can really sneak up on you. But these guys didn’t care. There was ministry to do. An 83-year-old man’s yard was full of trees and fallen debris from…
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When John Piper preached at the Together for the Gospel conference last week in Louisville, Ky., he reflected on some of the most difficult times in his life and ministry and said, “I’m amazed that I’m a Christian today.” The 66-year-old pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minnesota explained that he has been a Christian…
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There is power in prayer. That’s why millions of Americans have set aside a day, Thursday, May 3, as the National Day of Prayer. For Christians across the globe, the historic day serves as a symbolic remembrance that their help comes from God. This year marks the 61st annual observance of the National Day of…
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A spate of books, films, TV programs,and commemorative events are seeking to capitalize on Sunday’s (April 15) 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s sinking, especially the new 3-D version of James Cameron’s 1997 epic movie, “Titanic.” But for one Texas-based Christian ministry, Cameron’s film still delivers a decidedly un-Christian message: That “class warfare” aboard the…
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