From the perspective of the nation’s professional prison chaplains, America’s state penitentiaries are a bustle of religious activity. According to “Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains,” a survey conducted by the Pew Rese…

During the first five months of this year, more than 1 million pairs of shoes have been shipped around the world through Operation Compassion. Most of the recipients have been children and many of these have never had a pair of shoes to wear. However, …

On a Father’s Day Weekend when meteorologists were telling people to stay inside, more than 75,000 central Californians packed three events at a Luis Palau Festival in Sacramento. Temperatures were well over 100 degrees on the grounds of Cal Expo…

In discouraging news for church leaders, giving to religious organizations is still down. Giving USA’s 57th annual report shows signs of a slow recovery in charitable giving overall in America but not in giving to religious organizations. In 2011…

Sunday, June 24th, is recognized by the Church of God as Honor the Widows Sunday. It is the only day throughout the year where Church of God congregations are asked to do two things: 1) recognize and honor the widows in their local congregations and 2)…

The election of a black leader for the Southern Baptist Convention is a huge step forward. But we still have a long way to go. By J. Lee Grady In the early 1960s, when I was too young to understand the turmoil of the Civil Rights era, some men in our S…

I have been preaching for about 34 years and during those years I have preached thousands of messages from the pulpits of rural congregations to mega-churches in 40 states and 7 foreign nations. Among those have been thousands of prophetic messages tha…