Dear Pastors: When Your Silence is Not Neutrality. It is Surrender
So many pastors, so many church leaders, so many denominations continue to hesitate stepping forward
Opinion
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A $2 Million Verdict for Victim of ‘gender affirming care’
When she was only 16 years old, a surgeon removed the healthy breast of Fox Varian with the support and recommendation of a psychologist
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Women, Declining Birth Rates, Abortion: What is Really Going On?
No longer constrained to their biology, women are now free to engage with the world like modified men, making having children a lifestyle choice
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Hillary Clinton Speaks Out against ‘toxic empathy’ — But Misses the Point
There is a reason some modern political slogans feel impossible to challenge without sounding cruel, un-Christian, or extreme
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7 False Teachings about Jesus and Salvation
All seven of these false teachings have kept people from trusting Christ alone and His sacrifice on the cross
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Western Christianity is Having the Wrong Debate about ‘mission’
When mission becomes a program, it becomes optional Churches can cut it when budgets tighten or when conflict rises When mission is identity, it is non-negotiable
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Why Christians May Be the Key to a United Syria
More than a year after Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and the civil war ended, Syria remains a nation in precarious transition
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‘Jesus is not God,’ Says the Billboard
Like me, you may have recently seen that a group who believe the earth is flat is publicly proclaiming through billboards around the country that Jesus isn t God No, I m not making this up
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Minnesota is Not an Outlier; It’s a Case Study: How Did We Get Here?
As cities descend into repeated cycles of chaos and lives are lost in Minnesota, Americans are asking a simple question how did we get here
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Why Christians are Losing the War against Anxiety (and How God Designed Us to Fight It)
Self-brain surgery is not about self-reliance or replacing God s action
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A question that’s a little uncomfortable about faith at work
“I don’t want to be seen as a Bible thumper, you know what I mean?” And, at the same time, “Maybe my Christianity is best kept to Sundays, not the middle of the week?” For much of my life, this is the wrestling match I found myself in, grappling between my calling to share the Gospel as a bold Christian and showing up as someone that my workplace culture would find safe and acceptable.The result, for many years, was not much evidence of my faith at work. Here’s what that looks like, specifically at work.Evidence in how we show upJesus once told His disciples that the world would recognize them, not by how loudly they proclaimed their faith, but by the way they loved others.“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (John 13:35).Long before we ever speak about our faith, we’re already communicating it through our behavior. Let’s leave a trail of evidence behind us so no one ever has to wonder where we stand.John Gamades is a business owner and leader within OrangeBall Creative, and a CBMC Trusted Advisor Forum member, committed to growing his own faith and helping other leaders grow with integrity. A devoted husband and dad to college-aged twins, he brings the same heart for mentorship and purpose into both his work and his family life.
