When Pastors Elevate Charisma over Godliness, Churches Suffer
If the modern church continues elevating charisma above character, we should not be surprised when more scandals emerge in the years ahead
Opinion
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Tell me lies, tell me sweet Twitter lies
In the first and only major study of its kind, researchers at MIT demonstrated that lies on Twitter spread much faster and reach more people than truthful statements.
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I’m ashamed how this church treated a stripper. Here’s how I changed my church (book excerpt)
She picked up her daughter and waited by the car while I walked into an ambush in the senior pastor’s office. In the Bible, the title deacon means servant. In this church, it meant power broker. They looked down their noses at me and asked why I would bring someone like her to church.
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Clarence and Ginni Thomas embody integrity in public service
Gone are the days when the family of a public official was considered off limits to most journalists. But what is really going on here is much more insidious. It is a new low of targeting the latter for destruction in an effort to bring down the former.
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Exposing the Equality Act for being misleading
However, the Equality Act is a misleading piece of legislation that purports equality but contains provisions buried deep in its pages that specifically remove protections for women, children, and religious persons.
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How does the Ukraine-Russia conflict end?
While there are currently many unknowns, there is one thing for certain: The right answer is to root for the brave Ukrainians and their success.
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19 years ago, God called me to Ukraine. Today I pray I can return.
Nineteen years and 26 trips ago, God began a love relationship for me with the people of Ukraine. My wife of 30 years, Denise, and I adopted all three of our children from Ukraine. I love that place in a way that I can’t really express in words. Last Thursday, the reality began to dawn on me that I may never set foot on that beloved soil again.
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Consistency is the name of the game
Let’s give ourselves fully to the work of the Lord because we know our labor is not in vain. Remember: fruit always comes from a consistent life, even when we can’t yet see it.
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Families are the real heroes of the ‘COVID orphan’ crisis
Poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to education and daytime childcare — I soon discovered these were the reasons that children were ultimately being separated from their loving families.
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Are peaceful protests under attack?
There seems to be a double standard when it comes to truly peaceful protests versus the violent ones. Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of a policeman (now convicted of manslaughter), there have been hundreds of protests across the United States.
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A ‘gay Christian’ predicts that the gay community will destroy the Christian Church
Yes, you read that headline correctly. A man claiming to be a gay Christian has predicted that the gay community will destroy the Christian church – those are his exact words – and he hopes it will happen sooner than later.
