(Excerpted) The genius of corporate prayer is that where you don’t have the words, others have them for you.  They lead you in prayer, often in ways you would not even have thought.  Sometimes they express things that are on your mind.  As you pray along with them in your heart and utter the “amen” of agreement, their prayers becomes yours. . . .  The prayers of others have not only led you, they have emboldened you. 

 In a 1995 encyclical entitled "The Gospel of Life," Pope John Paul II coined the phrase "the culture of death." By this, he was referring to the combination of laws and political and cultural institutions that systematically undermine the value of human life in Western nations. One of the most important forces working in the culture of death is the field known as "bioethics" -- that is, the ethical standards being embraced to deal with medical and biological questions.

(Excerpt) Technology continues to advance . . .  And for every successful product—one that actually makes it on the shelf and turns a profit—there have to be (#) failed attempts. That’s why we take a bit of a “wait and see” approach to innovation here at Grace to You. We’re not about to jeopardize our stewardship by riding on the bleeding edge of every new fad that comes down the pike. Has anyone else noticed how many new and innovative approaches to ministry have become commonplace in evangelical conversation? . . .

Those of us who hold to so-called “traditional gender roles” are often assumed to believe that women should submit to men. This isn’t true. Indeed, a primary problem in our culture and in our churches isn’t that women aren’t submissive enough to men, but instead that they are far too submissive. First of all, it just isn’t so that women are called to submit while men are not . . .