Pastors who never apply Scripture to hot-button issues will leave their flocks cripplingly vulnerable when politicians twist the Bible to their own ends.
We are seeing the inevitable results of cultural trends embraced in the 1960s and 70s that caused the “basic laws of social gravity [to lose] their pull."
An adolescent's relationship with his mother when approaching adulthood can be a confusing one. This is a desire for independence that in one way is normal and healthy for teenage boys. But sometimes, a young man will use destructive methods to break away from his mother.
The loss of religious freedom is itself a loss of freedom. And, the more gains for the free exercise of religion we achieve, the more free our nation becomes.
I spoke to a group of church youth not long ago and my credentials were never once challenged and my presentation went off without a hitch. But I left wondering if anything had registered with any of those young people. Every week, such unsung heroes, youth workers attempt to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ.