A Big Win for Gay Marriage in Massachusetts Albert Mohler While all eyes were on California, where a very high-profile case about same-sex marriage is moving to a judge's ruling, a federal judge in Massachusetts handed down rulings in a pair of cases that struck at the heart of the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA], which passed into law in 1996. As the rulings stand now, DOMA is both challenged and weakened, and momentum for the judicial legalization of same-sex marriage grows. Read the full article here How Much Do You Have to Hate Someone to Not Proselytize? James Emery White Our current climate of spiritual openness coupled with spiritual desire and hunger for spiritual experience should be a perfect setting for evangelism. Yet this is not what is happening. Why? Read the full article here
This Week in Church History Nero Unleashed First Wave of Terror -- July 19, 64 The first state-sponsored terror against Christians in the Roman Empire came at the order of one of the most debased of all emperors: Nero. So despised was Nero that when Rome caught fire, on July 19, 64 A.D. popular opinion attributed the catastrophe to him. Read the full article here
Featured Devotional The Treasure that Turns Other Treasures to Garbage John Piper Compared to Christ, being the greatest Pharisee of his time was foul garbage to the Apostle Paul. But he is more specific than that. Paul cites three things that are superior to moral and religious achievements, namely... (Read more) Read the full article here
Featured Blog Revival: What it is and why we need it S. Michael Craven Revival is a seemingly old-fashioned word that conjures up numerous definitions, some of which have little to do with authentic revival, or "times of refreshing" sent from the Lord as described in Scripture. There have been three Great Awakenings in this nation's history that profoundly affected the Church and surrounding culture, so much so that history could not ignore these spontaneous movements of God and their dramatic effects. Might we see another? Read the full article here
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