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This past August, USA Today reported on the Beloit College Mindset List. Published at the beginning of each new school year, the Mindset List offers a quick peek into the hearts and minds of the entering students for the coming year. I must confess that this year’s list got my attention in an unusual way … Continue reading “Are You Ready for the New Year?”

Two-time reigning GMA “Female Vocalist of the Year” Natalie Grant claims she’s no hero. Others would disagree. And arguably so. While Grant’s music career sky-rocketed with 2005’s release of Awaken (Curb), featuring her smash hit “Held,” the Dove Award winner’s passion for helping others expanded in ways that even surprised Natalie herself. And it all … Continue reading “Natalie Grant’s Passion for Justice & Mercy”

NAUDERO, Pakistan – Three days after the violent killing of its leader, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s largest political party on Sunday picked her 19-year-old son to succeed her as chairman and vowed to forge ahead with elections next week, immediately creating a new quandary for the government about whether to delay the vote.     The … Continue reading “Jan. 8 Election to Proceed”

From the Editor: Favorite 2007 Titles Articles: Protecting Pastoral Integrity Preaching Goes Experiential, Not Scripted Illustrations: Sanctity of Life Disappointment Mistaken Identity, Preaching Insurance Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “Some can trace their family back 300 years, but can’t tell you where their children are tonight.”  (Lawrence Brotherton)   Sign up … Continue reading “PreachingNOW, Vol. 7. No. 1”

    “They were sweethearts,” the Rev. Albert Martin said. “He led her, and she followed him willingly and cheerfully. That is all biblical, you see.”     Martin was remembering Arif and Kathleen Khan, a missionary couple whom Martin’s church, the Trinity Baptist Church of Montville, N.J., had sent to Pakistan eight years ago. … Continue reading “Pakistan Missionaries Murdered”

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to join the Roman Catholic Church might be of little interest to Americans, except for Anglophiles and students of ecclesiastical politics, but his “conversion” offers a timely opportunity to compare and contrast the relationship between religion and politics in the United Kingdom and the United States. The choice … Continue reading “Tony Blair Converts”

Philosopher Michael Ruse says The God Delusion embarrasses him to be an atheist. The hype and embarrassment regarding geneticist, professor, and author Richard Dawkins’ anti-religious arguments lacks an important strand: his views on morality. These are interesting, significant, and worth weighing very seriously. First, and most importantly, he corrects the wrong impression given by the … Continue reading “Morality Without God?”

New Jersey this week launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the country to control mother-to-child transmission of HIV, making screening tests mandatory for all pregnant women in the state beginning next year. A bill signed into law Wednesday by the Senate president, Richard J. Codey, in his capacity as acting governor, requires two … Continue reading “HIV Test Raises Privacy Issue”

While preaching at Rockharbor, my home church in Costa Mesa, California, where thousands of students and young adults attend, I quoted the old Puritan John Owen on the need for personal holiness-not exactly the hottest topic today: “There is not a duty we perform for God that sin does not oppose. And the more spirituality … Continue reading “Young are Ready for Revival”

From the Editor: New Year’s Resolutions Articles: Ending the Sermon Experiences Impact Interpretation Rick Warren Joins Program for NCP 2008 Illustrations: DepressionSuffering, Cost of ServicePreachingAging Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “All you have is today, because when tomorrow comes it will still be today.”   (A.R. Bernard )   Sign up … Continue reading “PreachingNow Vol.7, No. 2”