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Remembering Billy Graham
ByempowerSome of our Energion authors have posted memories of Billy Graham on their blogs. I’m going to link below. I’m sure many more authors were impacted by his life, but these are the notes I’ve found. I’ll add if I find more. Bob Cornwall, author of Faith in the Public Square and many other books,…
- Bible | Christianity | Church | Discipleship | Politics
Why don’t Christians have peace in this world?
Byempowerby Chris Surber In John 14:27 Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” (ESV) The promise of peace is common in the Bible but it is rare in…
D. Kevin Brown: We Don't Know History
ByempowerKevin Brown suggests we, as Americans, don’t know history. He also believes this has an impact on how we live in society as Christians: Many Christians have been duped into believing that we must somehow compartmentalize our faith. Therefore, we have a compartmentalized view that allows us to express faith and values in church but…
Does it Really Matter?
ByempowerNote: This is cross-posted from the Energion Publications Announcements blog. Only the first and fourth part of the series were corss-posted here. Links to all four parts of the series are given in the introduction below. Pastor Patrick Badstibner is founder of World Prayr (on Twitter). Pat has been providing us with a monthly blog…
- Bible | Eschatology | Theology
What’s Beyond Death?
Byempowerby William Powell Tuck In one of the churches I served as pastor, a high school student wrote a paper entitled, “The End of Time.” He began his paper with this sentence: “This paper will tell and explain about the end of time.” That’s a remarkable claim for a high school student! But that’s…
LOOKING AT CATHOLICISM’S RECENT CONTROVERSIES
Byempowerby Rev. Dr. Robert R. LaRochelle Over the last several weeks, media headlines have highlighted significant controversies which have emerged in the Roman Catholic Church. These controversies, though different, are intricately related to one another. In one situation, the Vatican has expressed grave concern that the leadership among religious sisters (nuns) in the United States…