SBC Pastors Conference: God Used Rick Warren to Help Comfort the People Through Prayer, God Used James MacDonald to Bring Down the House, and God Used Francis Chan to Personally Take the Southern Baptists to the Woodshed for a Whipping; he Basically Called Them Dead to Their Faces, but They Responded Well

You can raise all of the negative things that you want to about the Southern Baptist Convention, but God is moving among the people in the SBC because of the focus on prayer that has been led by Fred Luter...

Gregg Chapel AME Church’s Recreation Center in Fort Walton Beach, FL Is Up for Sale

The city of Fort Walton Beach has an offer on the table for a big piece of surplus property. Last year, the city said it would put more than five million dollars in unused property up for sale, including several...

President Obama Signs Executive Order that Allows Student Loan Borrwers to Pay No More Than 10% of Their Monthly Income in Student Loan Payments

President Barack Obama is signing an executive order that lets borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their monthly income in student loan payments. The measure expands on a 2010 law that covered those who started borrowing after October 2007...

Former Detroit Councilman Charles Pugh Sued For ‘Sexually Grooming’ 17-Year-Old Boy

A teenage boy today filed a lawsuit alleging sexual grooming against former Detroit councilman Charles Pugh and others, claiming the fallen politician “aggressively pursued” him during a high school mentoring program and once gave him $160 to make a video...

New Trial Ordered in Jordan Davis Death Case

Michael David Dunn, accused of killing a teenager during an argument over loud music, will face a second murder trial after jurors at his original trial deadlocked on the charge, a judge decided Monday. Dunn, 47, will be tried again...

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Announces that he Is Married and his First Child Was Just Born

Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed has two reasons to be happy. According to the Daily Mail, the politician confirmed Thursday that he married his fiancé, former beauty queen Sara-Elizabeth Langford and are the proud parents of a baby girl. The mayor’s office confirmed the birth of...

Ed Stetzer on Using Psychology and Biblical Counseling to Solve Mental Illness

Recently, a church member shared two stories on mental health that I thought were fascinating and worth considering. I have written frequently on mental illness (and medication) as of late. In addition, LifeWay Research is currently engaged in some significant research on...

Dwyane Wade Fined $5,000 for Exaggerating Foul in Heat-Spurs Game

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat became the latest recipient of a flopping fine from the NBA on Monday, ordered to give up $5,000 after the league found he over-exaggerated a foul charged to San Antonio's Manu Ginobili in Game...

Couple Walks Into Las Vegas Restaurant, Shoots and Kills 2 Police Officers, and Kills Another Man Before Killing Themselves (Watch Police Report)

The couple who walked into a Las Vegas restaurant and killed two police officers on Sunday then draped one body with a "don't tread on me" flag and swastika before pinning a menacing note on the other body, authorities said...