Ed Young and the elders in the gates
Pastors are needed in the “gates” more than ever because most of the burning issues of our times deal with the concerns they seek to address.
Wallace B. Henley
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Wallace Henley is a former pastor, White House, and congressional aide. He served eighteen years as a teaching pastor at Houston's Second Baptist Church. Wallace, the author of more than twenty books, now does conferences on the church and culture, church growth and leadership. He is the founder of Belhaven University's Master of Ministry Leadership Degree.
An open letter to young men and women in ministry (part 2)
Though I am old in years, the fire lit in me by people like these still burns. Where I have done well, it is through their examples and teaching. Where I have missed the mark, I have no one to blame but myself.
An open letter to young ministers (part 1)
Don’t assume that you are beyond temptation. Don’t set your eyes on those who have fallen … but do watch those who have fallen, repented, and gotten back in the race.
Sharpton's distressing spin on abortion
God did not sanction the choice by some of “whiteness” and segregation in Birmingham in 1963, and He does not now sanction “choice” of killing a baby on demand in its mother’s womb.
Can we hold the center?
Now, the issue is even greater. This time the question is posed to the Throne of Heaven itself, from whence come the worldview and values that are sought after not only by the United States but the whole of Western civilization and all other societies that seek the virtues of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Can the center hold?
We must not let the center be lost or the future will suffer even worse destructive craziness than our contemporary moment.
The new world order and the whiff of the apocalyptic
All this is almost a parody of the book of Revelation. The whiff of the apocalyptic is all around it.
Churches and political power: Beware the whales
Like the whale that swallowed Jonah, a great gullet awaits churches that venture far into the dark deeps of politics. Despite the danger, churches and their leaders must venture into those perilous waters as surely as Jonah needed to wind up on the coastlands of Nineveh.
What did we celebrate on the Fourth?
What did we celebrate? What was the nation heralded in the minds of celebrants? One study showed that only 38 percent of Americans are proud of their country—a historic low.
Abortion and ‘sentient’ AI: A surprising juxtaposition
What is a human? Is one of the most important questions of our time. The programmer cannot give the machine the divine attributes of Imago Dei, and the abortionist cannot take them away from the baby in the womb.
