Warren Cole Smith, Author at MinistryWatch - Page 13 of 113
Catchisms are, quite simply, question-and-answer summaries of the faith. For centuries Christians have catechisms to teach the fundamentals of the faith, and to disciple new believers. The Westminster Catechism, the Heidelberg Catechism, Luther’s Catechism, and ...
Do we really believe God wants to make ALL things new?
In the 1830s, the young French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville visited the rowdy, adolescent United States of America and wrote down what he saw in a masterful book, Democracy in America. Even today, almost 200 ...
Cracker Barrel, Twitter journalism, John MacArthur, and more
Welcome to the inaugural edition of my new column “Signs and Wonders.” Actually, that’s not exactly true. I originated this column in 1994 when I edited a newspaper in Charlotte called “The Charlotte World.” I ...
On today’s program, David E. Taylor—the self-appointed apostle of Kingdom of God Global Church and head of Joshua Media Ministries—was arrested this week for forced labor and money laundering. If convicted, he could face more ...
James C. Dobson, a psychologist, political activist, and author who championed Christian pro-family values on his popular radio shows and in his bestselling books, died Thursday. He was 89. Here are a few links I ...
James C. Dobson, a psychologist, political activist, and author who championed Christian pro-family values on his popular radio shows and in his bestselling books, died Thursday. He was 89. In 2022, I wrote an appreciation ...
On today’s program, a former employee sues Liberty University, claiming she was given heavier work loads, less pay, and was passed over for promotions. In the end, she claims she was fired for being a ...
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Frances Fukuyama famously declared that we had reached the “end of history.” He meant that the big arguments, the major ideological struggles, were now all in the past, and that ...
On today’s EXTRA Episode, Warren Smith discusses new research from Ryan Burge on “exvangelicals.” Burge’s conclusion: The movement is “way overblown.” To read a transcript of today’s episode, click here. The producer for today’s program ...
The Rise of the Nones is Real, but Exvangelicals are not the Cause
How many exvangelicals are there? As it turns out, the number of exvangelicals in the U.S. is relatively small. If an exvangelical is someone who was raised in an evangelical church and later rejected it,
