I have continually been surprised at the amount of media attention that the Mayan calendar phenomenon has been getting. What is even more surprising is the number of Christians who are able to somehow connect a misinterpreted pagan artifact to…
Read moreTwo and a Half Men star calls his show "filth" Click play to connect to youtube While I occasionally enjoy writing about pop culture, I decided long ago not give undue attention to cultural angles in attempting to communicate…
Read moreNevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and…
Read moreI’ve known Karl Crank since 1987 when he came to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to help our campus group with evangelistic outreaches while I was a student. Karl and several other members of Boston Maranatha Church were responsible…
Read moreIt’s not about Mitt, Newt, Ron, Rick or Rick! It’s about, what will you do? The lack of a bold, explicitly Christian political social theory, as a base for conservative activism, has confined conservatives to the roll of mere reactionaries.…
Read moreWhile you might think it’s impossible to put a scientific number on how liberal or conservative a United States Representative or Senator is, the folks at Vote View have been doing that for years. The website was established in 1995…
Read moreA forensic expert says Herman Cain is telling the truth while Sharon Bialek is lying. Florida is a closed primary state, so although I am an independent, I registered as a Republican so I can vote in the primaries.…
Read moreThe Occupy Movement: The Death Scream of Western Humanism? Click play to connect to youtube What is the spirit behind Occupy America? Where is it headed? When I first began writing for The Forerunner in 1989, one of my…
Read moreBy Gordon R. Vaughan Back in the 1980s, The Forerunner newspaper was one of the best parts of sprawling Maranatha Ministries. Besides ministry news, it introduced readers to a steady stream of important ideas. One of these ended up having…
Read moreStatue of Paul Revere in Boston's North End If you have read this website for long, you know that I am from the Boston area and love to go back there each year to re-explore my Christian American heritage.…
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