“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20). The Great Commission is for...

by GraceAnna Castleberry I can still hear my dad’s voice resonating through the sanctuary the day he married my husband and me, “Dear friends, we are gathered here together in the presence of Almighty God and His holy angels, to unite Grant Robert Castleberry and GraceAnna Maude Broggi in holy matrimony.” It was a sacred...

  By Jeremiah G. Dys Wednesday, Kirsten Powers suggested that there is a new era in “Jim Crow” laws, that of businessmen and women of faith objecting to the participation and endorsement of homosexual marriages by the use of their business.  Thursday, Jonathan Merritt stoked the fire – and extended the analogy – by invoking Martin Luther King, Jr.’s...

By Jasmine Baucham You say I should stay with you  That Jesus forgives you You pray I will, but I won’t The difference is Jesus loves you, I don’t   As a general rule, I am not a country music fan, but the first time I heard Danielle Peck sing this song, I may have played...

By Michael Berry: Paradox: par•a•dox; noun: something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible. Born in the late 1970’s, my earliest childhood memories were formed during the 1980’s.  Accordingly, I experienced the tail-end of what was known as the “Red...

By Rusty McKie Men and women in our churches are suffering from the self-inflicted pain of their addiction.  I’m not talking about sexual addictions, drugs, or alcohol; I’m talking about the binges, withdrawals and cravings to make an identity for themselves through their work.  How do we pastor people who work 50, 60 & 70-hour...