My baby girl got married recently. As I lay awake many nights prior to the ceremony contemplating my role as the father of the bride and beyond, I also did a lot of reflecting. God is the only one capable of being the perfect father. Much of my time, life and ministry, is spent helping equip churches to help parents—biological […]

by Jessilyn Justice (image: wdtv) The pastor says his daughter was frozen to the floor, covered by the body and blood of one of her classmates.   And as his daughter Lacey lay underneath Treven Anspach, her father says she only knew one thing: Pray.   Shooter Chris Harper-Mercer then "walked over my daughter and shot the next one," Pastor Randy Scroggins […]

Book Title: Our Rating: 4 Stars – Excellent Book Title: Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism Author: by John G. Stackhouse Jr.  Publisher: IVP Academic Release Date: November 2, 2015 Pages: 208 Price: $16.61   What are the proper, God-ordained roles for men and women—within the church, the family, the workplace, and broader society? In answering these questions, […]

Jim Bakker is heartily preaching God's Word at 75. (Twitter)           I have known Jim Bakker since the heydays of PTL in the late 1970s. I wrote a Charisma cover story about him in May 1983 after traveling to the relatively new Heritage USA to get a behind-the-scenes look at what was then an increasingly controversial […]

Gospel for Asia founder K.P. Yohannan in 2005. Donna McWilliam / Associated Press Leaders from Gospel for Asia (GFA), one of the largest missions agencies in the United States, says they may have been “unintentionally negligent” in their financial and management practices. But they deny any wrongdoing after being ousted by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). In a […]

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A congregation praying during a Christian conference. by Jennifer Kennedy Dean,  author, speaker, conference leader and executive director of the Praying Life Foundation. You can visit her online at prayinglife.org. I grew up in a praying family. From earliest childhood, I was encouraged to commit everything to God through prayer. Nothing was either too important or too insignificant to leave […]

by Sylvia Booth Hubbard/Newsmax Health   Everyday habits may be aging you, says Dr. Erika Schwartz, chief medical officer at the Age Management Institute in New York City. "Many times, we do things every day—or don't do—often without even thinking, that can make us look older," she tells Newsmax Health.  If you indulge in any of the following six habits, […]

Why are so many disturbed young men in the United States carrying out massacres? (iStock photo)           Just one day before a crazed young gunman killed nine people in Oregon last week, police arrested four males who planned to go on a bloody rampage at their high school in central California. Fortunately those four juveniles are […]

There are many obstacles to a great Christian marriage. (iStock photo) I love marriage. I love the idea of marriage and the process of marriage. But, marriage isn't easy. It's actually hard to have a good marriage. One of the toughest verses in the Bible to obey is Ephesians 5:31 which says, "For this reason a man shall leave his […]