No diploma and no graduation, that was the punishment. Five students had organized a large public protest on their university campus. A scholar who opposed the #blacklivesmatter movement had come to their school to deliver a public lecture. In response, the students formed a blockade in front of the venue disrupting the speaker’s event. A violation of school policy, the […]

Human life and only human life is created in the image of God Text: 1 Peter, Exodus 22:21, Galatians 3:28, Genesis 1:26-27, Jeremiah 1:5, Leviticus 19:33, Malachi 3:5, Philippians 2:3-4, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:30, Psalms 139, Psalms 139:13, Revelation 7:9 This is us: Cherishing Human Life. 1. Human life and only human life is created in the image of God. Genesis […]

Human life in the womb is worth defending biblically and scientifically — with grace and without shame on anyone involved in a very nuanced and complicated systemic issue. We are all, both male and female, at every stage, made in the image of God. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise […]

Louis Markos is the beloved and brilliant Professor of English at Houston Baptist University. He is a prolific author, leading expert on C.S. Lewis, and has a keen interest in ancient Greece and Rome. All of these and more come with a love for equipping believers to know why they believe what they believe. I have interviewed Lou before. That […]

by Regis Nicoll | In this country the bible was used to justify slavery and then segregation and today

Text: Exodus 17:4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” Exodus 17:4 I hate criticism. Don’t you? Is there anything that pierces deeper than a harsh, judgmental word? Periodically I have to stop and readjust my whole outlook. I find there are times when I […]

If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re a parent, a grandparent, an uncle, an aunt, a caregiver in these wild and crazy times. And you need a little (or maybe a lot of) extra help. Raising and pouring love into a child is an amazing calling. But let’s be honest: it’s also incredibly difficult. Caring for children stretches our […]

ANAHEIM, California (AP) — Bart Barber is a staunch Southern Baptist conservative who would welcome bans on abortion, opposes critical race theory and believes only men should serve as pastors. Yet Barber, elected Tuesday as the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, says he has a track record of dialogue with those who disagree on those and other issues. […]

The Illuminating Doctrine of Eternal Generation I’ll never forget the first time I traveled back to the States after moving to the U.K. Most of the year, London is covered in a blanket of gray gloom, extinguishing incandescence wherever it can be found. But one year I was invited to speak at a conference in Texas. When my plane finally […]