Spiritual authority or spiritual abuse?
"I didn't grow up in the church at all and my very first experience of a mentor relationship was a youth pastor who wanted to be my spiritual father...
"I didn't grow up in the church at all and my very first experience of a mentor relationship was a youth pastor who wanted to be my spiritual father...
The last couple of blogs have dealt with the issue of spiritual authority. One thing I've seen is that it is complicated. For one thing, we confuse th...
Scott Borg has invested himself in Swaziland. He runs AIM's operation there. His heart has been planted there. This week he wrote a blog post that hel...
Two years ago, I shared the shocking account of a three year-old in the Philippines who had been sold for $60 to become a sex-slave. He was going to...
250 people are arriving this Thursday (10/28) in Gainesville for a conference AIM is sponsoring called "Stirred." They'll be in tents, houses, and hot...
Tim Keller says, "Most decisions for Christ are not conversions. They're commitments to get into a process." Now if you grew up like I did, in a ho...
Rhett Smith brought a recent study to my attention. It shows a big drop in empathy among young people. "We found the biggest drop in empathy afte...
TheĀ study I referenced in yesterday's blog showing a 40% drop in empathy among young people should be an alarm bell for all American Christians who ...
In a blog this week, I addressed the question of whether or not the "prayer of salvation" actually saves you. More thoughts along these lines from Phi...
The weather is brisk here in Gainesville, but the spiritual temperature in the big tent at our training center is hot! Here's some stuff I said to k...