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

I must take time to worship the Being Whose Name I bear. - Oswald Chambers

The Lord knows them that are his by name, but we must know them by their character. Matthew Henry

Faith Defined: Hebrews 11:1,6 F aith is the medium of exchange in the kingdom of heaven. We receive from God by faith. Faith is the great...

Michael Reagan comments on Newt Gingrich as "the Ronald Reagan conservative."

Reagan and Limbaugh blast Romney for his attacks on Gingrich.

I thank God for bitter things; They've been a 'friend to grace'; They've driven me from paths of ease To storm the secret p...

The Presidential election of 2012 will be one of the most important ones in the history of our country. Newt Gingrich has repeatedly shared ...

1. That they will be willing to stand alone when necessary. 2. That they will be motivated to do the right thing, not necessarily the easy o...

Gingrich slams the liberal, biased media at the opening of the Republican Debate in Charleston, South Carolina last night. He receives a st...

What do you do when your leadership principles seem to clash with your discipleship principles? Well, I know the stock answer I have heard i...

Even active students receive only forty hours or so of biblical instruction from their churches. Parents, on the other hand, have more tha...

In the Family-Equipping Ministry Model , many semblances of age-organized ministry remain intact. In some cases, the family-equipping church...

Biblical Patterns for Powerful Church Prayer Meetings From the booklet by Dr. Gregory Frizzell Corporate prayer is God’s primary pattern for...

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America needs this bold plan.

Newt brings the house UP Monday night in Myrtle Beach at the debate. It's the first time this has happened since Ronald Reagan in 1980....

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Tim LaHaye , author of the famous Left Behind series, joins Newt's Gingrich Faith Leaders Coalition as the national co-chair. LaHaye sen...

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Is there grass on your prayer-trail?

Yesterday Wayne Traverse, Donald Thompson, and I spent the day at a training event at Forestville Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carol...

Newt Gingrich and the Power of Vision

So stirring are the words of Jesus. Through the years I have been impacted many times by how different is his perspective than our own - an...

I came across a new study of an old truth. Did you know how important it is for you to spend time reading God's Word daily? Turning ev...

We need a Ronald Reagan conservative, not a Massachusetts Moderate.

As I look back upon 2011, here are a few of my favorite things! Favorite (Serious) Books I Read 1. A Nation Like No Other by Newt Gingrich ...

Read here how some past Presidents celebrated Christmas.

I came across this magnificent poem by Rod Jellema today . . . Take a Chance If you cancel the trip to Innesfree because it's raining, y...

Did you know that the British saw the clergy in the USA as being largely responsible for the ideas behind American independence and that the...

It is in the Newt Gingrich campaign. Read these comebacks he has given in his debates, and make sure and watch the last video clip when he ...

I signed the petition. We need a positive Republican campaign, not one filled with negative attacks. View it here.

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The Characters of Christmas Luke 2:21-40 Joseph and Mary (21-24,39 ) • They knew and obeyed the revealed, written law of the Lord. • They de...

A. W. Tozer . . . The Gift of Prophetic Insight

Why is the Tea Party lining up with Newt Gingrich?

I was very glad this week to hear that the Laurens County Tea Party (I live in Laurens County) has now endorsed Newt Gingrich. Actually, thi...

See Fox debate clip when Newt slams activist judges. Read Newt's white paper on "Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution....

Newt on Hannity after the Iowa debate. Go Newt!

The place of the judiciary in American history.

Prayer is foundational; prayer is not supplemental. God’s people need to learn to pray. We miss so many things necessary for the spiritual...

November 18, 2011 Dear Ma-Ma, I am thankful today as I reflect that 50 years ago you and Dad were married. I looked on the internet an...

Since last fall, Newt Gingrich has been my choice for the Republican nominee for President. I wonder if he has not been prepared by the Alm...

Don't know where this started, but it is so funny!!! A letter from a Boy Scout at camp to his mother . . . Dear Mom, Our scout master t...

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4 Mistakes I Made as a Dad by Thom Rainer

Many folks believe the lie that pastors are not allowed to endorse or oppose political candidates. Matthew Staver, attorney, writes, "L...

Since the beginning of this year, Newt Gingrich has been my choice for the Republican nominee. Read about his 21st Century Contract with Am...

If when God said "Go," you stayed because you were so concerned about your people at home, you robbed them of the teaching and pre...

Hebrews 6:12; 12:1; 2 Tim. 3:14 We need our spiritual heroes; we need our spiritual examples; we need those who encourage us in the hope t...

For years I have appreciated Pastor Jack Hayford's spiritual and practical teaching and responses to a lot of questions in society. One...

I have so enjoyed the fall weather this week. The colors around Laurens have been beautiful and probably at their peak. Am preaching a mes...

The last 3 years I have been extremely impressed by South Carolina's Senator, Jim Demint . Today I read that Demint scored a 100% in su...

During the liberal-moderate-conservative controversy that engulfed the Southern Baptist Convention in the late 20th-century, Adrian Rogers (...

Truth is a basis for society to survive, relationships to endure, and churches to prosper. In the very beginning, in the third chapter of G...

Timothy Paul Jones coined the term family-equipping ministry to describe the family ministry paradigm that he and Randy Stinson developed fo...

Charles Colson shares a great commentary on our culture - the culture of sloth. Read it here.

I have been enjoying slowly reading Dick Cheney’s autobiography In My Time . It fascinates me to review the lives of those who have shaped ...

I have been enjoying reading a sermon by the great expositor Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his studies on John 4 called Living Water . He writes in ...

The ultimate goal of spiritual leadership is not to achieve numerical results, to accomplish tasks with perfection, or to grow for growth...

Waiting time is not wasted time for anyone in whose heart God has placed a vision. Difficult time. Painful time. Frustrating time. But n...

I have always found that the writing out of a pain makes it at least bearable. - L.M. Montgomery

Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton share in their book Toxic Faith about the five roles that occur in a faith community that has turned unhea...