If you’ve been listening to cultural commentators, campus activists, and those championing the right of individuals to define their own gender identity, eliminate unwanted children, and any number of other self-defined preferences, then you’ve heard the word autonomy. And even if you haven’t heard the word, you’ve certainly heard loud advocates of the ideology. Autonomy […]
Four important reads for American evangelicals (particularly if you’re also white) As you read, ask yourself if you use the term evangelical to describe yourself, what does that term mean to you and what does it mean to those around you? Are you really an evangelical Christian if you haven’t actually, in recent memory, shared […]
Let’s talk terms and conditions. In the Beginning the conditions were idyllic. The terms set forth by God were that people should live in His presence and with His all-sufficient provision. The people chose otherwise and failing to keep the terms, the conditions radically changed. What didn’t change was the Gospel nature of the universe […]
National Religious Broadcasters’ Radio Program of the Year We are so honored to announce that The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge was awarded the NRB’s Radio Program of the Year. This award goes to “a radio program that impacts the listener by being compelling, relevant, informative, personable, and entertaining, while demonstrating an authentic Christian faith.” Our […]
The View’s Joy Behar relentlessly mocks people of faith. But recently she targeted Vice President Mike Pence and described him as mentally ill because he prays and God answers. She said, “It’s one thing to talk to Jesus. It’s another thing when Jesus talks to you,” during the Feb. 13 episode. “That’s different,” she continued, […]
I couldn’t help but notice. The paper was covered with dark ink. It looked like a puzzle or a maze but the words and numbers among the geometric patterns stood out. Here was a person thinking about: There were images of a clock with a burning fuse, a path leading to a cliff and […]
Billy Graham Part of today’s Must Read Monday is a must listen. If you’ve never heard Billy Graham preach, you must listen. In 1979, I was 10 years old when Billy Graham came to my hometown of Tampa, Florida for a five-day Crusade. Like everyone else who lived in Tampa at the time, my family […]
Harvard labels African-American Christian female speaker a purveyor of homophobic hate https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/16/editorial-hcfa-hate-platform/ Note the collision of worldviews in this story: is this is a story about gender, race, religion, free speech, truth, higher education or something else? In our Oprah-inspired “speak your own truth” culture, why isn’t Jackie Hill-Perry’s personal story considered legit? Why is […]
Yesterday was VaLENTine’s day, the first time since WWII that Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday fell on the same day. My morning was filled with ensuring that Matthew got to school in a red shirt with a bag of goodies that complied with the needs of his classmates but were still Valentiney, without being “too […]
The sanctity of marriage: At first glance, the commitment of two people to marriage even beyond when “death do us part” seems sweet. However, Jesus makes clear that the reality of marriage in the Kingdom of God is the reality of one Bridegroom, Jesus, and one Bride, the Church. Marriage here and now is given […]