June 2007 Archives

College AIDS

Recently, both the New York Times and USA Today reported on the first outbreak of AIDS among American college students. These students were disproportionately black and from the Southeastern United States. The information was revealed at an AIDS conference in San Francisco held in February 2004. The facts in themselves are disturbing: not only do black men (who have sex with men) make up 88% of these new college student AIDS cases, but a third of these men also have sex with women. Read more ›

A Few Observations about the ‘04 Election

At the risk of adding more words to an already verbose dialogue, I would like to make a few observations about the 2004 election, and what it means for the body of Christ. In the interest of honesty and transparency, I should tell you that I voted for President Bush, and consider myself a conservative. I should also tell you that I spent at least the first 25 years of my life as a Democrat. I recognize that there are sincere Christians who voted differently for reasons that they feel are equally important. Read more ›

Easy Answers to Poverty

The word "poverty" is one of the more loaded terms in our national vocabulary. It is also perhaps one the most over-simplified "issues" being bantered about in the public square. The media, for the most part, has explained it to us this way: compassionate people who care about the poor favor government programs to help them. Cold-hearted people who want to see homeless children starve to death do not. Read more ›

Self-Esteem or Holiness

We can never forget that genuine "positive self-esteem" and "self-acceptance" comes from a clean conscience before God, obtained by the accepting Jesus' work on the cross. Any cheap substitute that involves some variation on the "everybody does it" line will only assuage guilt, not obliterate it. Many a condemned Christian declares through clenched teeth that God knows his heart. Yes, He does, but do you know your heart? Read more ›

Male/Female Relationships Q&A

At the 2004 GOCM National Conference in Atlanta, GA, the students that attended were asked to write down their questions regarding male-female relationships. The questions ranged from sex before marriage to dating in a biblical way. Read the top five questions asked regarding male-female relationships and how our panel answered them! Read more ›