By Mark Wilmoth In his book, Follow Me, David Platt points out that while churchgoers are often invited to “make Jesus the Lord and Savior of their life,” that isn’t Scriptural language. No one can “make Jesus Lord.” Jesus is Lord and humanity can only acknowledge that truth. ...
By Mark Wilmoth In her book, No Ordinary Time, author Doris Kearns Goodwin tells about Franklin Roosevelt’s handling of World War II and its effect on Roosevelt at a personal level. Goodwin notes that Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s marriage changed dramatically after Roosevelt admitted ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step on the path to unity next week when Britain’s King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV pray together in the Sistine ...
By Mark Wilmoth Do your prayers usually begin with a phrase like “Dear Father in Heaven”? Bible scholar R.C. Sproul wrote in 1996: “A few years ago, a German scholar was doing research in New Testament literature and discovered that in the entire history of Judaism—in all existing ...
By Mark Wilmoth Two hundred years ago, Walter Scott was given the responsibility of preaching the gospel on the western frontier, which at that time was…eastern Ohio. Scott wanted a simple way to present God’s plan of salvation and have folks remember it. He came up with the five-finger ...
Peter Pandemonium (not an official diagnosis) is the term some psychologists use to describe adults who refuse to act like grownups. Like the fabled Peter Pan, they choose to remain children forever, at least in how they engage with the outer world. Also known as Peter Pan Syndrome, the term ...