Below are the next installments of Louis Theroux’ documentary, The Most Hated Family in America. If it does not auto start at 4:10,...
Below are the next installments of Louis Theroux’ documentary, The Most Hated Family in America. If it does not auto start at 4:10,...

To bring this recent series on the Westboro cult to a close, I wanted to point your attention to a BBC documentary entitled...
From Gary Haugen’s intro: St. Patrick was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He escaped, returned home where he found Christ. He returned to...
Patrick Lencioni is as good as it gets on leadership and organizational effectiveness. My notes reflect his typically incomplete speaking style and the...

After my post asking that Fred Phelps’ family religious group be termed a cult a few people wondered at the wisdom of the...

To All Media Outlets, Reporters, Writers and Editors: It is abundantly clear to most Americans that the “Westboro Baptist Church” is neither “Baptist”...

Christ followers should take the lead in this. We have spoken the truth for years. Without forsaking it, we should also be quicker...
A recent opinion piece in the NYT by Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economics at the New School for Social Research, asserts most Americans...

I chose not to participate in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day this week. No, I was not boycotting; I love Chick-fil-A. I could eat those...

"We pray this tragedy awakens the collective conscience of Black America to a wretched and unregulated industry that is profiting from the deaths...
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