Redeeming Grace Ministries

  • Hold the Applause, Please

    Several years ago while preaching in the African city of Lagos in Nigeria, those who were attending the conference politely applauded their appreciation when I finished speaking. But immediately, the senior pastor of the church stood up and asked the audience not to applaud the speakers or the singers either.… Read More ⇢

  • Phil Robertson, Duck Dynasty, and the Intolerance of Tolerance

    By now, fourteen million faithful viewers of Duck Dynasty have learned that the patriarch of the family, Phil Robertson, has been suspended indefinitely from the show, because he was honest enough to declare that God intended men and women to be together. God made and brought together Adam and Eve… Read More ⇢

  • The Spiritual Danger of Obamacare

    The prophet Zechariah has a message for America by way of application, if not interpretation. Specifically, Zechariah warns the world that any nation, any empire that becomes too centralized, too powerful, and too cruel will be destroyed. The failure of the ironically named Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare) is the… Read More ⇢

  • 30 Ways to Live Like A Biblical Christian

    It is no mystery as to how the Lord wants Christians to treat one another. Here are 30 ways the Bible defines how we are to live in communion with others, striving for spiritual maturity: 1.  Christians are to love one another. John 13:34, A new commandment I give unto… Read More ⇢

  • A Voice of Protest Over the Lies We Believe

    A basic tenant of modern Western societies is that there should be a separation between church and state (which generally amounts to little more than a prohibition of religious expression). On a practical level, though, the idea that religion should have no part in the affairs of government is, quite… Read More ⇢

  • The Importance of Christian Missions

    Evangelical attitudes throughout the church age toward the Great Commission have been strangely diver­gent—some have practically ignored the command, others saw it merely as a secondary job, and still others devoted their lives to world missions and made it their entire ministry. Yet missions have most prominently contributed to the… Read More ⇢

  • Thoughts on Richie Incognito and Selective Social Censorship

    I don’t know why, but I am constantly amazed at the audacity of selective social censorship. In recent days, one National League Football player by the name of Richie Incognito has come under blistering condemnation from an outraged society for using profane and politically incorrect language in conversations with a… Read More ⇢

  • The Loneliest Literature In All the World?

    Anyone who has ever attended or visited a Baptist Church—usually of the Independent or Southern variety—has probably noticed, as I have, something peculiar about their songs. It seems their hymn books were ordered with only the first, second, and last verse in each song. What else could possibly explain singing… Read More ⇢

  • America’s Exceptionalism That Isn’t That Exceptional

    It’s hard to argue against someone when he or she claims we live in the greatest country on earth, the United States of America. There is much talk in political realms, mostly in the conservative sphere, that is, about “American Exceptionalism” and greatness. While this phrase is not meant to… Read More ⇢