There are times when falsehood is so glaring, so blatant, that our only response must be with the blinding light of scripture. Recently, I saw a meme on social media that boldly stated on a Christian page that we should not share our problems, nor voice our problems to...

“So Abram went, as the Lord had told him;”  — Genesis 12:4a

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I thank God and our Lord Jesus Christ for the great blessing and privilege it has been to share in our Charleston Christian witness.  This Holy City resonates with the strengt...

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The Lord is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?

                                                Psalm 27:1...

“’All things are lawful for me,’ but not all things are helpful. ‘All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be enslaved by anything.” — 1 Corinthians 6:12

“You have heard the Commandment … but I say to you …” — Matthew 5. 21-48

“Do you not know that you are God’s tem...

If I could challenge you to think outside the box today, I would like to challenge you to become committed to the alternative culture that Jesus came to bring us. You are in the world, but you are not of the world. If this is true, why do we tend to live like the world...

“God’s geese,” they called them in Baltimore and Los Angeles. “The big hat Charities,” were what the students at Bishop England called them — until they modified their outfits in the later 1960s. They were religious sisters who wore blue habits and white cornettes, tho...

In this unprecedented season that has fallen over our city, our nation and our world, we are all meditating on the changes in every area of our lives. Yet, regardless of the changes, one thing should not change — our love for the Lord and our witness to Him. “Preach th...

Mercy is threaded throughout scripture is the very cornerstone of our faith. It is mentioned 267 times in the King James translation of the Bible and is the very foundation of the character of God and His love for us. Not only is God merciful to us — we are called to b...

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” (John 13:34)

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations — these are mortal, and t...

The mid-20th century poet Robert Lowell relates, “I was a fire-breathing Catholic C.O.,/and made my manic statement/telling off the state and the president.” He ended up sentenced to a year during which got a view of the Hudson River once a day while he was on his jail...