One of the stickier parts of becoming an adult is learning how many of the truisms from your childhood were outright lies. Today, I’m reminded about a particular favorite from …
For those not paying attention, here’s a public service announcement: the United States is in a prolonged moment of societal crisis. That seems a bit overblown, I know, but those …
On August 27th, the White House hosted a dinner for Evangelical leaders from around the country. These men and women serve in various capacities and the administration chose them due …
On May 7, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the justice department will begin to criminally prosecute every person who illegally crosses the border. This hard-line policy has resulted in …
The rest of this is more or less my own thinking, so it is open to huge amounts of disagreement. Before Pat Robertson lured Pentecostals to dominion theology, there was …
So how does any of that translate into the political stance of Pentecostals for Trump? Cox explains part of that transition this way: In the beginning Pentecostals were totally focused …
I (Joel) had the privilege of hearing Dr. Carolyn Dirksen present this paper at the Society for Pentecostal Studies 2018 conference in March, and I was so moved by it that …
If all goes according to plan, on July 4th, 2018, we Americans will have the great pleasure of seeing our fearless leader surveying his troops, tanks, jets, and missiles atop …
Here’s the thing, no one likes taxes. Sane people recognize their necessity, but they do not like them. It is a simple fact of human nature, we don’t like people …
“And I could just feel God’s presence again as the plane touched down.” My friend had just finished telling me about his short-term mission trip to a Latin American country. …
