Category: Presidential Perspectives
God showed up for Christmas
by Robert Bugbee God showed up. That’s what you and I will celebrate again this Christmas. So will hundreds of millions of others around the world. God showed up. He didn’t show up as people expected. He certainly didn’t do it the way I would…
Who gives what to whom at Christmas?
by Don Schiemann Recently a television news show featured some unique Christmas gift ideas. One gift was a particular model of Jaguar, of which the automobile company makes only 250 a year. If you care to order one, go to your Jaguar dealer and put…
Denial and blame don’t work with God
by Don Schiemann Flight engineers had delayed the launch of the space shuttle Challenger a number of times. Finally, on January 27, 1986, in spite of frost and early morning temperatures at the freezing point, the countdown went ahead. At 11:38 a.m. EST, with millions…
Networking across time: denominations are not dead
by Tom Prachar In my summer reading I came across an interesting article in the magazine Christianity Today entitled “Life in Those Old Bones.” The author, Ed Stetzer, director of Lifeway Research and author of Transformational Church, argues that denominations are not dead, stating: “We…
Playing hurt in sports, life and church
by Paul Zabel I love this time of year! Part of the reason is that I love football. I’ll watch every game I can, and I’ll even be satisfied to watch part of a game in progress when I return home from wherever I’ve been. I…
Preparing our minds: We need the ability to out-think the church’s detractors
By Robert Bugbee You’ve surely heard reports along the way of how someone wishing to defend the unborn decided to attack—or even murder—an abortion provider. In recent weeks, the world held its breath while a Florida pastor proposed to show his opposition to Islam by…