Gov. Eric Greitens is calling on churches and other faith organizations to help reduce the recidivism rate among the state’s prison inmates and to help minister to the state’s first responders and troubled communities they serve. The governor’s invitation on both issues signaled a new day on both issues and at a time when the state’s recidivism rate is climbing and with law enforcement, in particular, facing unprecedented challenges. While details are yet to come, Greitens made his views … [Read more...]
Leaders candidly affirm power of prayer
There has been little that former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and I have agreed on when it comes to politics. He has led a party that continues to support abortion on demand, booed God at their national convention and undermined the will of the voters in 30-plus states – including Missouri – as the Democrats supported same-sex “marriage” by judicial fiat. However, we agree on one important issue: the power prayer. It was a blessing to be among the more than 600 people attending Nixon’s final … [Read more...]
Foundation elects officers
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation’s board of trustees elected new officers and a presidential search committee at its Dec. 9 meeting at the Baptist Building. The election of new officers came just moments after the board learned of the passing of former Chairman Floyd Gilzow, Jr., of Jefferson City. Gilzow, 66, played an integral part in the transition of governance following a Sept. 20 Missouri Supreme Court ruling removing self-perpetuating trustees from power and … [Read more...]
The Greitens’ robbery and clueless media
There was an attention-grabbing admission by the executive editor of The New York Times the other day where he publicly admitted that his newspaper – and others – do not adequately understand religion and people of faith. “We don’t get religion. We don’t get the role of religion in people’s lives,” Dean Baquet confessed. I realize this admission comes as no surprise, but it reminds us how out-of-touch the media can be on matters of faith. Take, for example, the recent coverage of the armed … [Read more...]
Telling the truth in a world of utter distrustfulness
Journalists, and particularly Christian journalists, must tell the truth. If one does not tell the truth, one loses credibility. No credibility, no readers. No readers, out of business. However, telling the truth is not enough. Twelve times, the Bible reminds us to not only tell the truth, but to guard the truth and it does so many times and in many ways (Ex. 23:1, Lev. 19:11-16, Lev. 19:35-36; Ps. 82:2-3, Prov. 23:10, Prov. 31:8-9, Rom. 12:9-10, 2 Cor. 12:20, Eph. 4:25, 2 Tim. 3:3, Jas. … [Read more...]
A Happy Birthday to a special mom
One of the most difficult assignments is when I attempt to share a personal story about myself or my family. I have been reluctant to write about my family out of respect for their privacy. But occasions come when it is right to do so. The greatest event in my life was when the Holy Spirit convicted me at age 10, prompting me to confess my sin and placed my trust in Jesus for eternal salvation. That Sunday morning at Grace Baptist Church in Springfield, Tenn., I walked down the aisle … [Read more...]
Citing the Reformation’s 500th anniversary
One of the objectives of The Pathway is to help our readers more deeply understand and “earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.” Through our columns and articles we strive be a word of encouragement and enrich our readers’ walk with the Lord. It is with this mind that The Pathway launches – in this issue – a year-long observance of one of the greatest events in world history – the Protestant Reformation. On All Saints Day, Oct. 31, 1517, an … [Read more...]
The burning question: Why do I wear bow ties?
I really shouldn’t do this, but I am going to be transparent. Transparency is not always a smart thing for journalists to do. It occasionally comes back to haunt us. Years ago when I was editor of a small town daily newspaper in Middle Tennessee, I wrote a Sunday morning column. Too often I shared personal experiences, matters often involving my family and growing up a little hillbilly in rural Tennessee. I disclosed, for example, that I was a sap and a stumbling, bumbling boob who wobbled … [Read more...]
A consequential election for our nation’s judiciary
To modify the book title of a conservative classic written by the incomparable English professor Richard Weaver, elections have consequences. That fact will play-out Nov. 8. Hanging in the balance is control of the U.S. Supreme Court, all 13 U.S. Circuit Appellate Courts, hundreds of federal and state judicial appointments and our state’s attorney general. Voters will chart, for decades to come, one of two courses for our federal and state judiciaries. Will we have judges who uphold the … [Read more...]
First Amendment rights are under attack
If you feel like your government has made you a target for exercising your First Amendment rights (specifically freedom of speech and religion), you now have good reason. The demonizing of conservative Christians is spreading in numbers and intensifying in its vitriolic rants. Lest you think Missouri will escape such behavior, think again. In recent days a top Obama administration official and Hillary Clinton, the Democrat nominee for president, both attacked people who oppose same-sex … [Read more...]
Clergy offer lesson in civil disobedience
As we think about our morally degenerating society and what it means for the future of freedom of religion and freedom of speech, what are we to make of the 22 clergy recently found guilty of trespassing while protesting at the State Capitol? The incident raises serious questions about First Amendment rights and what the Bible has to say about civil disobedience, especially in light of the LGBT’s push for restrictions on what churches and religious institutions can do and say. We must … [Read more...]
Support, pray for our modern day centurions
If there were ever a time to pray for America’s law enforcement officers, surely it is now. It was heartbreaking to witness the anguish that has engulfed the city of Dallas following the murder of five of the city’s police officers. Ironically, they were murdered by a racist gunman while they were protecting the First Amendment rights of citizens who were protesting against them and law enforcement in general. Americans seem to have lost all sense of proportionality. Yes, there are rogue … [Read more...]
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