Category: Opinion

Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani faced an Iranian court for his third and final “opportunity” to recant his Christian faith. When … Read More

The ANC [American News Commentary] reported in its Sept. 21 issue that the ACLU is defending the right of Muslims … Read More

More than 75 years ago Henry Luce wanted a name, in just one word, for a weekly news magazine that … Read More

This Sunday is Pastor Appreciation Day. Here are six specific ways to pray for your spiritual leaders. Often when I … Read More

It was interesting to attend the Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., last night as a member of the media. … Read More

Pennsylvania pastor Bruce Ladebu pays up to $500 each to free children from cruel exploitation. My friend Bruce Ladebu is … Read More

With the debut of NBC’s primetime series The Playboy Club this week, the network and parent company, Comcast, is celebrating … Read More

Having lived in Australia for more than eight years, I learned the very common axiom: “No worries, mate.” Things could … Read More

Jesus called us into friendship, not just with Him but also with His followers. I don’t like goodbyes, especially on … Read More

Is it possible that there exists an ancient mystery in which is the hidden secret of America’s future? Is it … Read More

Sept. 11, 2001—the day that changed the face of America forever. Who among us will ever forget the image of … Read More

How an occult leader in Peru transferred his allegiance from Satan to Christ. Just a year ago, Victor Hugo Perez … Read More

This week there will be a lot of retrospectives on 9/11. Few of us who were alive and mature enough … Read More

An earthquake rattles Washington, D.C., and a fierce storm ravages the East Coast. Is God speaking to us? I’m not … Read More

We in the church have failed to remind this generation that while God is love, He also has the capacity … Read More

On the first night of the so-called “Arab Spring” in Egypt, I sat for three hours at a desk at … Read More

NPR on Wednesday published an article called, “The New Apostolic Reformation: The Evangelicals Engaged in Spiritual Warfare.” The article names … Read More

California pastor Francis Chan is one of my heroes, partly because he has given most of his book royalites—reportedly $2 … Read More

In January of 2010, I claimed that the FOX TV show American Idol hired Ellen DeGeneres to fight the rumors within Hollywood that the show was anti-gay; this after the more talented Adam Lambert lost the competition to a “Teen-Beat” hetero-dreamboat.

Idol‘s producers allowed DeGeneres to drive the show into the ground to appease a flaming Hollywood minority. Eventually profit-minded heads prevailed and the gay activist was replaced after one horrendous season.

Idol‘s producers had paid their alms to Hollywood’s Gay-McCarthyites and thought they were in the clear. Not so fast claims Idol-rival co-host Adam Levine; this week Levine charged that Idol was not doing enough to promote gay contestants. What does he want, pink-triangle armbands to tell viewers who is gay and who is straight?

God has something sobering to say to us through the death of this popular preacher.

Zachery Tims’ story had a great beginning. As a young man he met Jesus and was saved from a life of crime and drugs. He and his wife, Riva, moved from Baltimore to Orlando, Fla., in 1996 to launch a church that aimed to restore families and pull teens out of trouble. New Destiny Christian Center grew fast, mostly because of Tims’ passionate preaching. He was soon a regular on Christian television.

But things unraveled in 2009 when Tims was caught carrying on a yearlong affair with a stripper he met in France. He admitted to an “indiscretion” and got a few weeks of counseling, but he didn’t take serious time off for rehabilitation. Riva divorced him for his infidelity. The billboards that once featured photos of the happy couple were changed. By 2011 the roadside ads featured a shot of Tims by himself, with this slogan: “A Family Church Meeting Family Needs.”

On June 26,  the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. was the latest church to be used for the promotion of syncretism—the attempted union of different religions. The idea was that “Christian” ministers, Jewish Rabbis, and Muslim Imams would co-lead a service in “Christian” churches around America using a multi-faith liturgy.

Sadly, 70 other churches across America signed on to do the same thing. The event was organized by a group called Faith Shared. It comes as no shock that the service was designed to promote “religious tolerance.” This is indeed a major step forward in promoting what I believe to be America’s new god of tolerance.