The Era of the Angry Black Christian By Darrell Harrison As I write this, a line from the Prince song “1999” echoes in the recesses of my mind, “I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if I go astray.” And though I’m not actually dreaming as I write…
10 Things Christianity Doesn't Mean By Dr. Ray Rooney, Jr. There is no bigger tent than Christianity. Jesus made the astonishing claim that “God so loved the world…” (John 3:16). That was a revolutionary thought at the time. Most Jews sincerely believed God had no feelings for anyone on the…
Learning to Trust God By Dr. David Reagan I had to learn how to trust God the hard way — through experience. That’s because I grew up in a church that believed God retired at the end of the First Century when the last apostle died. My church was legalistic…
Don't Fence Me In By Grant Phillips Some of you will recognize the above title from a western song of the mid-thirties. It has been made popular by Roy Rogers, Kate Smith, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Willie Nelson and others. That being…
The Smartest Thing You’ll Ever Do By Dr. Mark Creech The Psalmist prayed to God, “Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments” (Psalm 119:73). I’ve met a lot of people in recent years that I thought were brilliantly smart. In their presence, I felt much like an intellectual…
2019 - Overcoming Cultural Strongholds with Biblical Truth By Ed Vitagliano Why Christians should be involved in culture... It’s one of the stories we rarely tell during the Christmas season. After Herod the king learns from the magi that the Messiah has been born, Herod doesn’t exactly rejoice and sing…
The Gift that Gives Eternally By Meeke Addison Jesus is not given that we might only marvel at him in a manger, we must fix our eyes upon the Cross that affords us salvation. We must be acquainted with His Spirit who leads us into all Truth. We must contend…
Spiritual Warfare: Standing Strong, Putting on Your Full Armor By David E. Smith As you can well imagine, over the past several months, I have had a number of projects, concerns and prayers on my mind and on my “to do” list. Yet, as all these issues swirl around in…
Why Me Lord? Why Me? By David Jolly Chances are, you may be one of millions of people who have asked the rhetorical question, ‘why me Lord?’ about something that has happened in your life. If you haven’t, then you most likely know someone else who has asked the question.…
Never Alone By Grant Phillips Only a true Christian can say the words, “I am never alone.” A Christian, by the way, is a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. He or she is a child of Almighty God, the Creator of all that is. He is the eternal One,…