Posts with the tag “church”

Does your church have a pastor? Because if you do, you might want to hold on to him. Because if he leaves you might not be able to get another one. U.S. Pastors are calling it quits across the nation....  Read More

This generation continues to be marked by the persecution of the church of Jesus Christ across the globe. It’s not just a single enemy. Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, in a variety of countries are persecu...  Read More

I lost some church members recently. They left evangelicalism to become Roman Catholic. That surprised me because I would consider that a reverse reformation. But as I did some research, it turns out ...  Read More

One of the things that happens to me and virtually any other pastor who dares to speak about politics in this generation is that the critics come out in full force. And in my experience, critics tend ...  Read More

“What does the Bible mean to me?” That’s the question of our day because we live in a time when people want to interpret the Bible according to their own priorities and to deliver the narrative or mes...  Read More

In the category of “You Just Can’t Make This Up,” last Sunday, March 31st, 2024 was both Easter Sunday for western Christianity as well as National Transgender Visibility Day. In writing the proclamat...  Read More

In almost any restaurant in America, Christians can pray or give thanks before their meal without any concern about retribution. They can do that because their religious liberty rights are protected b...  Read More

A few weeks ago right before Christmas, the current Pope announced a new doctrinal position for the Roman Catholic Church. He is now allowing Priests to bless same-gender marriages. And the church tel...  Read More

Paul Tournier, an influential psychologist, left us with this quote that I find fascinating. He said, “The human condition requires that there are two things in life that we cannot do alone. One is to...  Read More

Can a chat bot study, prepare, and present a good, Biblical sermon? We’ve been talking about artificial intelligence for a couple of weeks and I want to spend one more episode exploring the implicatio...  Read More

Christians spend a lot of time talking about the culture wars and identifying bad or wrong ideas outside of the church. But what about inside the church? How should Christians respond to false teachin...  Read More

Is truth dying in our Churches? What happens when the church cedes the ground of absolute truth? How does this affect us? What does the Bible say about it? Listen in on Part 2 of 3 of this special ser...  Read More

How did so many churches and denominations go from historic Christianity to a culturally tolerant, politically correct, plush religion? How does that happen and what will it take to resist this capitu...  Read More

Is Biden to blame for the problems in America today? How about political correctness or wealth and power complexes? Maybe our issues are the fault of the elite class? Or maybe we need to look a little...  Read More

As we lag behind Europe culturally, have they begun to turn things around spiritually? What does that mean for America? What can we learn from our neighbors across the pond? Listen in as Pastor Michae...  Read More

The United Methodist denomination is set to split over the issue of homosexuality. Does this upcoming split reveal an essential disunity? What did Jesus mean when he prayed for the unity of his follow...  Read More

As Christians seek to understand the times we’re living in and present the truth of the Gospel to a broken world we must ask ourselves about the leadership over us within the church. Do you attend you...  Read More

Americans are not looking for war with Communist China. But apparently Communist China thinks they’re at war with us. How do we think about this problem Biblically?The history of relations between the...  Read More

I don’t challenge mega-church pastors in public very often, but today we need to talk.Earlier this month in an interview, Andy Stanley, who is the pastor of North Point Community Church in Atlanta, ma...  Read More

Shared restrooms, shared sporting competitions, and now a shared military. Biological women in this generation have been cancelled by the President of the United States.The President in a flood of Exe...  Read More

Last week we talked about how secularism doesn’t consistently live by its own worldview. The pandemic has exposed that. Today, we’ll look at what it teaches us about the Christian worldview.The global...  Read More

Welcome to Truth Currents. As excited as I am about baseball, I’ve kind of got mixed emotions because baseball is kicking the season off with no fans in the stands. When I was playing baseball and we ...  Read More