RHETT-orical: musing about Faith, Family, and Freedom

It is good to remember that the revolutionary fellowship of which we read in the New Testament was a result of careful thought and much disc...

One of the best books I have read in a long time - and one that has has fed my soul. Second Guessing God: Hanging on When You Can't See ...

Adler and Van Doren's modern classic guide to intelligent reading called How to Read a Book . Dr. Howard Hendricks , Dallas Theological...

Adrian Rogers wrote one of the best, most concise and practical, articles I have ever read on How to Have a Meaningful Quiet Time .

About 12 years ago a small book exploded into the Christian book publishing world: Bruce Wilkinson's The Prayer of Jabez . He taught us ...

In my continuing work on writing a book proposal, I was at work on the following words on resiliency . . . Resiliency is the outcome of heal...

This spring I led a group of older children through the Preteen Experiencing God study. Of course it is based on the bestselling Experienci...

Nothing like the summer! This was from Sliding Rock near Brevard, North Carolina. Great, cheap entertainment.

I have had a heavy heart today since I heard the news that our friend Rossie Davis died last night of a heart attack. He and his family had...

Newt Gingrich's book, A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters , is released today. “Belief in American Exceptionali...

With all of the media blitz today on Anthony Weiner, Russ Moore writes a great challenge to us all. Are you smarter than Anthony Weiner?

Matthew Henry's classic book, A Church in the House: Restoring Daily Worship to the Christian Household , is well worth every Christian...

A dad plays a great joke on his son. Read it here.

My wife and I have found Common Sense Media to be a good place to go for advice in regards to movies, television, and video games. In a day...

The past 20 years or so have seen an incredible amount of changes in the forms of how people "do church." The following is an exc...

Jim Demint reports that the Senate Democrats keep making it official that they are the party of big spending and big government. Read it her...

Mike Huckabee has been at work on a new project: Learn Our History. LOH exists to help the younger generations learn and appreciate histor...

We have been attending a Classical Conversations homeschool training event this week. One of the joys of such events for me is browsing th...

Karl Rove comments on Bin Laden's death. See it here.

The other thing that I did was I fasted from church growth books. I have a principle now where I read two dead guys to one live guy. It'...

The Federalist Society at Liberty University School of Law sponsored a debate between Mathew Staver, Dean of Liberty University School of La...

In a series of speeches to lawmakers, Newt Gingrich makes the case that it is not enough for the conservative movement to simply reject the ...

I don't know about you, but my thoughts keep thinking ahead to the fall of 2012. I am watching with anticipation these days to see who w...

What are the different roles in an abusive church or system? Arterburn and Felton explain the five types of people in a toxic-faith system:...

Life contains difficult choices. One of those choices is whether or not to defend yourself. When someone else has spoken despairingly a...

Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole betwe...

I am at work these days beginning a book based on the following ideas. I worked for several years on the research end for a doctoral project...

I have given away Ken Blue's book Healing from Spiritual Abuse probably several dozen times. One day I gave a copy to a lady who had jus...

When the Church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. It is then that the world is made to listen to her mess...

A Absolute truth B Believe C Covenants D Devotion E ...

My five-year old said today, God is a giant and we are His action figures.

I wrote this in May . . . Oh son, I can hardly believe that we only have ten more summers together before you are post-high school. Where h...

Years ago, my parents had a very painful exit from a church. Through that experience I witnessed the destructive force of what is called ...

This picture designates a new day in our lives. This picture was taken the first Sunday after we got out of the boat! It was my oldest son...