Lately I've been engrossed in Michael Yon's book, Moment of Truth in Iraq. Yon is a blogger and former special ops soldier who has spent more than two years on the ground in Iraq reporting on the war. He's an incredible wordsmith - able to tell the story of the war in vivid pictures of perseverance, courage and hope. He doesn't sugar-coat it, though. You get the feeling from his book that he understands the institutional stupidity that comes part-and-parcel with any large bureaucracy - espe
Millions of people find themselves in the complex and often discouraging position. With aging parents on one side, and children on the other, it is easy to feel squeezed in the middle.
Not only are you squeezed by the demands and challenges of aging parents and children facing college and other costs, but you’re beginning to feel the changing demands of mid-life. You don’t have the energy you once had, and the bounce you once felt may be gone.
Barrack Obama and The Hills trying to get in good with Christian rock? James Dobson and Obama debating theology?! Mega-churches meeting in basketball stadiums and in outdoor fields?!! Here's today's special hot-button edition of The Morning Five ...
More on the ongoing "dead or alive" debate regarding UBL, from Time:
This is the kind of anti-American prejudice and shocking ignorance you'd usually only hear from a European when their guard is down.
When it comes to faith and politics, the Obama campaign always seems to be a step ahead. From Obama’s Call to Renewal Speech in 2006 to his faith based policy speech Tuesday in Ohio, Barack Obama has shown that he is serious about his faith and serious about public policy that incorporates the values of his faith.
Barack Obama may be talking up his Christian faith like he's doing today in Ohio and trying his best to appeal to Evangelicals with a “new kind of politics,” but he’s got a problem. Many of his positions are the same liberal positions that have turned off Evangelicals for years.
Does it matter how nations deal with the tiny nation of Israel? What does Genesis 12:2-3 mean, and is it valid for today?
Last week I wrote about a new Frontline/World documentary called "Jesus in China," which you can now watch online. Evan Osnos, the Chicago Tribune Beijing Bureau Chief collaborated with PBS to produce an in-depth analysis of Protestant Christianity in China today.
Mike Bickle, the leader of IHOP, the International House of Prayer, expounds on the recent "marriage" of evangelism and intercession.