Michael Brown

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  May 18, 2015

  Was B.B. King a Christian? Are You a Christian?

  My purpose in writing this article is not to judge Mr. King. Instead, it is to raise the question of what our society means when it says "Christian."

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  May 15, 2015

  Questions and Corrections: My Dialogue With Pastor Andy Stanley About Homosexuality

  My big question is this. In my view, any solid evangelical teacher or preacher should be able to say without hesitation, "God's Word clearly forbids all homosexual practice, even in a loving, monogamous context, but our church is absolutely committed to loving and serving the LGBT community and offering them a place they can call home as come to know the Lord."

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  May 12, 2015

  Andy Stanley on Homosexuality: He's Really Right and Really Wrong

  I really appreciate Pastor Andy Stanley's call last month for Christians in America to live like real Christians, but he was way off in his call for Christians to take one year off from the culture wars, as if the only way we could live like real Christians was to refrain from engaging the culture. Quite the contrary.

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  May 8, 2015

  Abortion, Same Sex Marriage, Religious Freedom: Don't Tell Me I'm Overacting When Liberals Challenge the Gospel

  After all, if our religious liberties could be eroded so dramatically in a matter of years, who can predict what's coming next – unless we wake up and start doing what is right today. Dietrich Bonhoeffer once wrote that, "The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."

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  May 4, 2015

  Why Are the Elders Following the Youth?

  I believe in today's young generation and I am deeply committed to this young generation, but I do not believe that the older generation should be following the younger generation. To the contrary, young people should be following their godly elders.

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  Apr 27, 2015

  Praying for Bruce Jenner: He's Not a Woman and It's Not Hateful to Say So

  This past Friday night, I tweeted out, "My heart goes out to Bruce Jenner, & when he says, 'I am a woman,' I hear him saying, 'I am deeply confused & hurting.' Let's pray for him!" The responses to this tweet were as ugly and profane as anything I have ever seen.

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  Apr 26, 2015

  'Sweet Cakes' Persecution: Christians In American Are Being Attacked at an Alarming Rate

  The recent events surrounding the court case against a Christian-owned bakery in Oregon are so surreal that they almost defy imagination.

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  Apr 24, 2015

  Rick Perry's Misstep on Gay Marriage

  It is now the "gotcha" question being asked to every Republican presidential candidate: Would you attend a same-sex 'wedding' ceremony?"

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  Apr 20, 2015

  The Terrible Failure of the Secular Gospel

  Almost 20 years ago, the journal First Things published an article by a famous German theologian named Wolfhart Pannenberg titled "How to Think About Secularism."

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  Apr 17, 2015

  Hillary Doesn't Always Mean 'Always' When It Comes to Gay Marriage

  I believe Hilary Clinton is now telling the truth regarding her views on same-sex "marriage." I just don't believe she was telling the truth in the past, especially when she expressed her opposition to it. Can anyone say, "Shades of Barack Obama," whose views on the subject also "evolved"?