“Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:22) Well by now everyone has heard that the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has amended its statement of faith calling on wives to “submit…graciously to the servant leadership” of their husbands. The Statement of Faith has only been amended twice, in 1925 to reaffirm belief in creation (rather than evolution), and again in 1963, when the declaration was added that the Bible is without error. The statement is called the “Baptist Faith and Message,” […]

“But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort.” (1 Corinthians 14:3) God has brought a man my way over the last several months who has been a joy to get to know. He is unique in every sense of the word. He came to see me the other day and asked me to help him with a message that he has for our community. “It’s a simple message,” he told me. “Remember….” “Remember what?”, I asked. “Remember that Christ died for you. Never […]

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?” (Matthew 7:3) I was listening recently to an interview with evangelist Michael Youseff, who recounted a conversation with United States Senator John Ashcroft from Missouri. Ashcroft is unashamedly Christian. In fact, he holds devotions in his Senate office every morning to a growing number of Christians who have been so encouraged by his testimony that they are also no longer bashful about calling themselves Christians. Youseff was impressed by Ashcroft’s […]

“Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28) I am a product of a blended family. In other words, as a child I lived under the same roof with a parent and a stepparent, both of whom were rearing children of their own. I am now the head of a blended family. I didn’t enjoy being a member of a blended family as a child and I find it less enjoyable as an adult. Harmony in any family is […]