At the University of Miami, students cannot pray before a Hurricane football game. Yet, to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to diversity, the University of Miami has begun a Muslim awareness program which calls for Friday prayers to be broadcast from the campus clock tower. Read the story here.
Obama Stillspeaking?
United Church of Christ There is much debate going on now because of Obama’s Pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Pastor Wright and Obama are part of the United Church of Christ, albeit a non-typical part. (Most members of the United Church of Christ are neither black nor men.) Pastor Wright’s congregation in Chicago was an unusual congregation. ... Continue Reading →
Moses’ Cry
At the end of Deuteronomy 3, Moses cries out for God to hear him and relent concerning his judgment which would leave Moses out of the Promised Land, though it was Moses who "put up" with them (humanly speaking) through 40 years of grumbling and faltering. God told Moses, "No." What are we to make... Continue Reading →
Southern Baptist Climate Initiative (Pt. 2)
My concerns are substantive, and they are three. First, I am concerned about the carefulness of the initiative and of its leaders. The leaders of this initiative are insistent that the issue of global warming is a defining one and that we must enter the conversation. They are, for the most part, attempting to lead... Continue Reading →
Irrelevance of Peaceful Islam
I'm not a fan of e-mailed articles. Stories get around, and, like the telephone gossip game we played in school, have a way of becoming distorted by the time they have passed over a few lips and ears. Still, even if some of the facts of this following story can be controverted, the point cannot;... Continue Reading →
Anglican’s New Angle
What a problem the Anglicans are having. You see, they want to stay in step with the times and “embrace diversity.” They have a strong conviction that people of all sexual persuasions and gender identities should be honored. Gay marriage is the civil rights cause for their existence. However, their churches are dying. The only... Continue Reading →
Fatwa Against Conversion
Christian World News has a story, which I have linked here, about what happens when a Muslim freely chooses to convert to another faith, in this case Christianity. The story comes complete with a video, picturing a Christian couple, their little child, and the danger they now face from their own families, families who are promising... Continue Reading →
Mo
Did you know there is a Sudanese billionaire? Those two notions "Sudanese" and "billionaire" seem to go together about as well as paper cuts and lemon. Yet it is true. Mo Ibrahim is a billionaire from Sudan. The temptation would be to ridicule him for not feeding all the starving in Darfur. Could he be... Continue Reading →
Creation’s Agent
Hebrews 1 refers to Christ as both the heir of all things and the originator of them. Paul, of course, makes the same point by saying all things were created by him and for him. Creation has its source in God. We must be careful in how we make that statement. There has been a... Continue Reading →
Have You Seen This?
What level will the murderous Islamic cowards of al Quada stoop in their lust for killing? According to this article, they have begun strapping bombs to mentally handicapped young women and detonating the bombs with a remote control device! Do we honestly understand the blood lust of these killers? We cannot say things like, "the... Continue Reading →
Better and Abiding
Notice the text says that our possession is a better and abiding possession. It does not say that the possession we have in Christ is better because it is abiding, although this would make great sense. A possession that lasts is much better than one which can be lost, stolen, or destroyed (assuming, of course,... Continue Reading →
Celebrate with Baptists
There is cause for celebration among the Baptists of Vietnam. This story tells the good news that Baptists in Vietnam have just received authority from the government to meet and practice their faith publicly. We can all rejoice that freedom of religion has spread to the Baptists of Vietnam.
Our Baptist Brother
I have linked an article here which tells the story of a Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan. The pastor is suffering and is in poor health. He needs our prayers. Please understand that in other countries there is no freedom such as exists in the U.S. One must get permission from the government to do something as... Continue Reading →
Standing Firm (as usual)
Once again, Dr. R. Albert Mohler is proving to be a stalwart of the Christian faith, standing firm against the tides of the times. Check out this article, which speaks of his concern over a recent ad signed by Hybels, Rick Warren, Stott, Timothy George, and others. The ad urges dialog with Muslims, but it... Continue Reading →
Kenya Unrest
There is a tragic story out of Kenya today. I am sure you have seen or heard on the news that there is unrest in Kenya because of their recent elections. This story gives the details of a group fleeing into a church for shelter, only to realize that the mob surrounded the church and... Continue Reading →
Gregory C. Cochran 