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Would Jesus Bake a Gay Wedding Cake?
The Supreme Court of the United States listened to arguments today from a case formally known as Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop,...
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Rooftopping Daredevil Falls to His Death
Wu Yongning, a 26-year-old Chinese rooftopping daredevil, fell to his death while performing a stunt from atop a the 62-story building. The Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported on Saturday that Wu was...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review of Just One Scene
In case you've been living under a rock, and under that rock you dug a deep cave, and at the end of that cave you fashioned a bunker with thick, steel-reinforced concrete walls, cutting off the outside...
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Bad Examples of Women Pastors (But Great Examples of Godly Women)
In 1 Timothy 2:11-12, the Apostle Paul wrote, "Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet."...
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False Alarm: Hawaii's Close Call With a Ballistic Missile
Yesterday, the state of Hawaii fell into a state of panic. At 8:05 a.m, the state's 1.4 million residents and hundreds of thousands of visitors received on their cell phones the following alert:...
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Can Women be Pastors and Teach in Seminaries or Not?
On Monday, John Piper responded to a question at Desiring God regarding women as seminary professors. Since the Bible says that only men are permitted to serve as pastors and elders in the church (1...
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A Review of God Calling by Two Listeners
I'm presently working on manuscript for a book entitled Jesus Called (and Here is What He Said). As you can probably tell by the title, the book is in response to the bestselling devotional Jesus...
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Jesus Is Not Your Flu Shot; He is Your God
Surely by now you've heard about Gloria Copeland's Jesus-is-your-flu-shot video. Gloria, wife of famed televangelist Kenneth Copeland, made international headlines last week after she posted a video on...
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Finger of God: a Review of Darren Wilson's Documentary
Dear Pastor HughesI would like to ask you a few questions regarding this film [Finger of God]. I read your blog, but I cannot find any new information. The Church I attend is planning to show this...
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A Wrinkle in Time: A Pastor's Review
Hot on the heels of the action blockbuster Black Panther, Disney continues its theatrical takeover this weekend with A Wrinkle In Time. Starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling as...
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What the Bible Says to Schlitterbahn, and Why They Should Be Held Responsible...
Earlier today, a former Schlitterbahn executive was charged with involuntary manslaughter regarding the death of a ten-year-old boy who died in 2016 on their famous water slide called Verruckt, once...
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If the Church Would Only... (a word from Voddie Baucham)
The following is from a sermon preached by Dr. Voddie Baucham on October 27, 2013, at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. The text was Revelation 17:7-14.The rise of evil kings at the end of the...
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A Royal Wedding: How Bishop Michael Curry's Sermon Was Not Royal Enough
So there was a royal wedding this weekend. Did you know that? You've probably had little contact with the outside world in the last several weeks if you hadn't at least heard about it. Prince Harry,...
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Aftermath: Andy Stanley Unhitched
Last week, Andy Stanley said something controversial about the Bible that would drop him into the category of a theological liberal. This week, he's doing interviews to clarify his statement, tell...
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Monday Morning Pulpit: Light, Momentary Afflictions (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light, momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond...
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Vice President Pence Isn't Pharaoh
I'll be Frank, you be Surely (Shirley?). I did not care for Vice President Mike Pence's speech at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas yesterday. When he came to the platform, I stood to applaud,...
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Monday Morning Pulpit: Regard No One According to the Flesh (2 Corinthians 5:16)
"From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, He is a...
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Matt Chandler's Vice Interview
I originally wrote this piece on September 12 but never published it. The discussion has resurfaced, and I've decided to share. I'll explain more at the very end.On Sunday, September 9, Vice News...
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The United Methodist Church Plan to Accept Homosexuality and Divide the...
This week, a friend of mine e-mailed me the United Methodist Church's "Plan of Salvation." Okay, so they're not calling it that. It's called The One Church Plan (OCP) concerning how the church will...
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Lies We Believe About God (a review of the new book by The Shack author...
Hot on the release of the mediocre film The Shack (18% approval rating by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.8 viewer rating on IMDb), the book's author William Paul Young has released Lies We Believe About...
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