Posts Tagged ‘Spiritual Complacency’
Ford’s Fight: When “Your Truth” Is Presented as “the Truth”
Throughout the nation, ordinary people from every walk of life were glued to televisions, radios, and mobile devices, listening in as the Senate Judiciary Committee heard two emotional testimonies on the charge of sexual assault. Christine Blasey Ford was given opportunity to share “her truth.”
Read MoreKavanaugh’s Fight: When Idealistic Belief Is Dangerous
Today, we are told that all women must be believed on principle. However, this implicit faith in the infallible testimony of allegedly victimized women inherently undermines two of our nation’s most valued tenets: the presumption of innocence and due process.
Read MoreGoes God Care about Nations Today?
If the gospel is global in scope, transcending all national boundaries, then does God still care about nations today? Do nations play a role in God’s redemptive purposes?
Read MoreIs There a Spiritual Issue behind the Immigration Debate?
When illegal immigrants are granted all the rights and privileges of citizenship without a change of allegiance, it can be said that the foreigner is rising in influence among us. Sometimes, as a means of judgment, God permits foreigners to make demands, to oppress, and sometimes even to invade and conquer nations in sin….
Read MoreCalling All Evangelists and Prophets
Recently, I had two surprising conversations. In both cases, those whom I engaged were excited about President Trump’s accomplishments, such as: tax cuts, lower unemployment, the U.S. embassy in Israel moving to Jerusalem, and in addition to Neil Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court, the further possibility of the court moving in a more conservative…
Read MoreWhat God Taught Me at a Trump Rally
Linda Zebell, wife of Forerunners’ staff Timothy Zebell is today’s guest blogger, having written this in collaboration with her husband. Adrenaline flooded my body as I stood in line with my family. I was moments away from participating in a once-in-a-lifetime experience. All that stood between me and my destination was a metal detector…
Read MoreJournalists Laugh as We Embrace a New Level of Depravity
“[I]n a routine that swerved from raunchy to downright nasty,” according to The Washington Post, comedian Michelle Wolf crossed new boundary lines on Saturday. Speaking at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Wolf lobbed a salvo of caustic, crass, and hateful comments masquerading as “jokes.” In the course of 19 minutes, Michelle Wolf set a new standard for acceptable depravity during prime-time political discourse….
Read MoreWhy Is Sin Such a Big Deal?
Many people understand that sin is destructive and, when left unaddressed, it has eternal consequences, but do you know that the degree to which we are involved in sin is the degree to which we forgo becoming God’s artists, creating the world He has in mind? If you and I intend to fully express ourselves…
Read MoreWhy Does God Allow Mass Shootings?
There is no easy resolution to the problem of public mass shootings because, at its core, it is a moral issue. As such, mass shootings are not something that can be legislated away. President Donald Trump rightly called the Las Vegas shooting an “act of pure evil.”[1] Likewise, Carl Chinn, who runs an extensive database on…
Read MoreGood News
When we think of God judging a nation or the entire world, we often feel troubled in our spirits. And in part, this response is good and right. The Scriptures teach that we should tremble at His Word and at what may come upon any wayward, rebellious nation (Isa. 66:1-2; Jer. 18:7-10). In America…
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