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The sermons and writings of Steve Higginbotham
In 2013, the United States Congress passed the “Stolen Valor Act.” This act made it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim to have received a military “valor award.” Apparently, our society has zero tolerance for people who misappropriate the valor intended for others. I could only wish our society felt the same way …
Several of today’s sins would not have been openly discussed in yesterday’s churches. Things that were once considered abhorrent have been normalized in our culture. Consequently, Christians are rightfully alarmed. We fear for the future of our nation and the world in which our children and grandchildren will live. So out of concern, we have …
The dictionary definition of the word, “queer” is simply “strange,” “odd,” or “unusual.” However, in the latter part of the 20th century, the term, “queer” was used in a pejorative sense as an insult to homosexuals. But that was then, and this is now. And today, the term is embraced by the homosexual community and has …
Is the church guilty of hate speech? Some would emphatically deny it, but I would be more inclined to say, “guilty as charged.” Now, don’t dismiss me and stop reading; please hear me out. I’m not suggesting that the church is guilty of “hate speech from the pulpit. I would imagine the vast majority of …
Okay, I give in. I said I wasn’t going to comment on the Duck Dynasty fiasco, but here I am offering five lessons to learn from the situation. Lesson #1This is not an issue of “free speech,” but of “funded speech.” A&E is not saying Phil Robertson can’t say what he said, but they are …