Lore Ferguson is a graphic artist, writer, and speaker who is passionate about the gospel and the Church. Her stated goal in her work is “to see a generation of dechurched, second generation Christians, or the ragged and hurt, come to the joy of what the gospel means deep down.” Being a single woman covenanted...

By Joey Cochran Men are leaders. As leaders they need to be exceptional exegetes, because exegesis is at the heart of leadership. According to the Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, exegesis means both “to lead” or “to explain” (203). The dictionary clearly points out: “In biblical literature it is always used in the...

By Courtney Reissig The topic of women in the church is often debated in our evangelical circles. Whenever people bring up the subject the inevitable questions quickly arise: What can women do? What can’t women do? Should women teach men? Should women teach teenage boys? Should women have a voice in decision making? And so...

  By Greg Gibson The transgender issue has found itself in the cultural spotlight this week. Time Magazine’s bold cover of Laverne Cox—a transgendered woman—brings this issue directly onto center stage.  This is a colossal milestones in the Public Square. It’s as if the Time Magazine cover piece is the “door blown open acceptance” of...

  The Leading Edge is our weekly look-over-our-shoulder at what we’re reading around this Internet thing.  Want to participate?  Send us what you’re reading by tweeting it to us – @CBMWEdge.  You should follow us too.  Now, on to the Edge. NC Marriage Amendment Challenged – It’s not surprising that North Carolina’s marriage amendment has...

  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...