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1. Academic Admissions Scandal Reveals Why You May Be Unwittingly Harming Your Kids ...

If you've been following the news, you know the academic admissions scandal has rocked the nation. Many are shocked to learn that parents are manipulating the system in illegal ways to make sure their kid ...

Created on 29 April 2019

2. Megachurch Pastor Responds to Allegations He Took Money From a High-Profile Drug Trafficker

Famed pastor Carlos Enrique Luna, aka "Cash" Luna firmly denies allegations he took money from a high-profile drug trafficker to construct his church, Casa de Dios evangelical church, in Guatemala. Luna ...

Created on 17 December 2018

3. 3 Ways to Protect Your Pastor, Church From a Willow Creek-Type Scandal ...

Amid new sexual misconduct allegations against founding pastor Bill Hybels, Willow Creek Community Church is facing a reckoning at all levels of leadership. The shameful situation at the iconic church ...

Created on 13 August 2018

4. Can We Prevent Sex Scandals in the Church? ...

Those of us who care deeply about the health of the global church have been in mourning the past few weeks as yet another sexual scandal has surfaced, this one involving 25,000-member Willow Creek Community ...

Created on 14 August 2018

5. Lee Strobel Breaks His Silence on Hybels Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Popular apologist and writer Lee Strobel broke his silence about sexual allegations against former pastor Bill Hybels. "My heart breaks for Pat Baranowski and all victims of Bill Hybels at Willow Creek. ...

Created on 07 August 2018

6. Pastor Heather Larson, All the Elders Just Resigned From Willow Creek

The entire elder board and the remaining lead pastor, Heather Larson, resigned from Willow Creek Community Church Wednesday night. "We, as a board, know Willow needs and deserves a fresh start, and the ...

Created on 09 August 2018

7. What the Church Should Learn From the Bill Hybels Scandal ...

... rs such as Jimmy Swaggert, Andy Savage and Ted Haggard have been involved in sex scandals. Catholic priests, including a number of cardinals, have also been involved in well-known sexual abuse charges aro ...

Created on 08 August 2018

8. High-Profile Pastor Resigns After Abuse Scandal Rocked His Church ...

Highpoint Church Pastor Chris Conlee recently announced his resignation from the Memphis congregation. "Over the last couple of months Chris and the Trustees have been praying and discussing the future ...

Created on 12 July 2018

9. How Billy Graham Avoided Scandal His Entire Life ...

... man so respected? How was he able to keep his ministry free from scandal for more than 75 years? In 1948, when Graham was just 30 years old, he and his small ministry team met for Bible study and prayer ...

Created on 28 February 2018

10. 'Save the Outrage' Over H&M's Scandal—and Get Mad About This Instead ...

Clothing line H&M found itself in hot water this week when a potentially racist image of a young child was found on its website. But Christian vlogger Joseph Solomon thinks people may be missing the bigger ...

Created on 10 January 2018

11. Ravi Zacharias: I Did Not Solicit Inappropriate Pictures

Note: Ravi Zacharias published this statement on his website in regard to recent sexting allegations. In October 2014, I spoke at a conference in Canada. At the conclusion of my talk, I met a couple who ...

Created on 05 December 2017

12. Trump's Prophesied Victory Nothing Short of a Modern-Day Miracle for the Nation

Someone asked me why I flew up for the Donald Trump Victory Rally in New York City on election evening when all of the polls and the pundits were saying he would lose. I did so because I knew several credible ...

Created on 11 November 2016

13. Benny Hinn Responds to Facebook Scandal ...

Healing evangelist Benny Hinn's Facebook page was hacked—and the intruders put all manner of filthy content on the news feed. It was a trial, of sorts, for the ministry as it raced to remove the offensive ...

Created on 21 September 2015

14. Tammy Bakker: The Other Side of the PTL Story

Note: This article originally appeared in the March 1991 issue of Charisma magazine and does not reflect the current life of Jim Bakker. Jim and his former wife, Tammy, divorced in 1992. Tammy died in ...

Created on 30 August 2015

15. So What Do We Do Now With Mark Driscoll?

... ial arts, so it will not be unlike him if he comes out swinging. I hope Driscoll resigns so he can find healing. Meanwhile, I'm concerned for the church. Here we go again: Another embarrassing scandal  ...

Created on 13 August 2014

16. Confessing Moral Failure, Megachurch Pastor Bob Coy Resigns From Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale

After confessing to a moral failing in his life that disqualifies him from continuing his leadership, Bob Coy on Sunday resigned as senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale in Florida, effective ...

Created on 06 April 2014

17. Despite the Doom and Gloom, Jesus Is Still Lord

... and false gospels are rising. In the world, we see the homosexual agenda, the socialist agenda, the atheist agenda and so on. In the church, we see the hypergrace movement, sexual scandals in the church ...

Created on 06 December 2013

18. How to Talk to Your Children When Christian Leaders Fall

It was a pretty sobering revelation for many home-school families. A very prominent leader and speaker in Christian home-school circles recently confessed to an inappropriate relationship with a woman ...

Created on 15 November 2013

19. Ron Carpenter: My Wife Does Not Need Your Wrath

Ron Carpenter Jr. may not have his mind set on reconciling with his wife, but he said repeatedly in a Sunday message that he loves her. In an emotional service at Redemption World Outreach Center in ...

Created on 15 October 2013

20. 3 Lessons for Our Daughters From Miley Cyrus

My Facebook feed was on fire with posts about the Miley Cyrus ... er ... performance at the Video Music Awards. People reacted strongly—most negatively, but a few defending the 20-year-old.   And that, ...

Created on 05 September 2013