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A COMPREHENSIVE, GROUNDBREAKING NEW SURVEY ON AMERICANS, THE CHURCH, AND PORNOGRAPHY: Impact of Internet Pornography on American Population and the Church BY: Josh McDowell Ministries which commissioned the Barna Group to do this study (New York, NY – January 19, 2015). In the most comprehensive, ground-breaking, in-depth and wide-ranging study to date on pornography among the […]
Even when my wife was unfaithful, I continued to experience the faithful love of God. By: Craig Keener / January 15, 2016 Most people know me as a New Testament scholar. To keep my reading of Scripture balanced, however, I do most of my devotions from the Old Testament. Indeed, I have encountered God especially […]
Jon Nielson, College Pastor at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, gives three very helpful insights into successfully passing the torch. – Pastor Frank By Jon Nielson “What do we do about our kids?” The group of parents sat together in my office, wiping their eyes. I’m a high school pastor, but for once, they weren’t […]
By: Frank Tunstall It is a striking fact of ancient history that at the very time God was destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, He was also birthing a new nation from the seed of Abraham and Sarah. Baby Isaac was born the same year Sodom perished in the flames of brimstone from heaven (see Genesis 18 […]
Posted by Focus on the Family, December 7, 2015 by Kevin Conklin I once had a counselor fire a very direct statement at me when I was doing more than my share of pointing blame at someone who’d wounded me in a pretty devastating way. He said, “Kevin, don’t you think it’s about time you […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall “Parents ask me all the time,” says John O’Sullivan, famed coach of some of the world’s greatest soccer athletes, “if I think their child has what it takes to play at the college or professional level. They are asking if I think their kid has enough talent.” My reply is: “How […]