The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen The Bible and our culture hold drastically different positions on human sexuality. Our culture accepts premarital and extramarital sexual relationships as the norm. The Bible teaches these relationships violate God’s standards. Our culture embraces homosexual behavior and chastises those who believe differently. The Bible teaches such behavior is unnatural […]
Leading the way for a new generation
The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen I owned a Daniel Boone action figure when I was a boy. It was one of my favorite toys. Among other accessories, my 12-inch molded plastic wilderness hero came outfitted with a hatchet, a flintlock rifle, bear and beaver traps, and a removable coonskin cap. My action figure and […]
Faith and work
The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen When I think about Bible characters who took their faith to work, I think about Joseph. Sold to human traffickers by his jealous brothers, transported miles from his homeland into a strange country, auctioned off as a common slave to an Egyptian official, we might have expected Joseph to […]
Well-placed passion
The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen “Nothing is so aggravating than calmness,” observed poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. Although I’m not sure what Mr. Wilde intended by the statement, I agree that calmness can be aggravating when circumstances call for a passionate response. The apostle Paul understood that well-placed passion has a place in kingdom […]
Winning the leadership battle
Guest Columnist Dr. Gary L. Johnson We’re still at war. Thousands of troops are courageously deployed in Afghanistan, attempting to win the longest-fought war in American history—and it appears we’re not gaining ground. Yet, we’re not only at war on the other side of the world; we’re still at war here. The war isn’t between […]
