Shootings and the disparagers of prayer
The prayer-disparagers grieve me because perhaps they have never experienced the wonder and glory of Holy Spirit-enabled prayer.
Wallace B. Henley
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Wallace Henley is a former pastor, White House, and congressional aide. He served eighteen years as a teaching pastor at Houston's Second Baptist Church. Wallace, the author of more than twenty books, now does conferences on the church and culture, church growth and leadership. He is the founder of Belhaven University's Master of Ministry Leadership Degree.
His latest book, Who Will Rule the Coming ‘Gods’?, offers groundbreaking spiritual insight into emerging AI technologies.
Sentient AI: A step toward the transcendent machine?
In an age of rage, we must understand that machines and technologies are not sinners, but the humans who use them are. We must ask and answer the question the great psycho-therapist Karl Menninger dared to pose in the 1970s: Whatever became of sin?
The face of this age
As he spoke, I was conjuring all kinds of judgmental thoughts about Alex and sharpening my tongue for a good lashing of this individual. In three years, I would conduct his funeral... but not before wonderful things happened because of that afternoon meeting in my office.
Chaos, cosmos and the assault on boundaries
In the absence of sturdy boundaries, liberties deteriorate into anarchy that turns protective walls into imprisoning barriers. When the boundaries become barriers to a high quality of life, they need to come down, but not through a strategy that only releases more chaos on the nation.
Overcoming the power warp
Pray not only for the right people to be elected to office, but for advisors who can see clearly through the warp and have Amos-like courage to speak truth.
The White House warp
The warp sometimes develops around the charismatic candidates for the Oval Office, and campaigns aim at broadening this image. Barack Obama, for example, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize before his presidency had even gotten underway. The electorate, celebrities and legitimizing institutions share culpability in blowing the smoke and creating the warp.
Is a global oligarchy shaping before our eyes?
I have described this as a “consensus establishment” comprised of entertainment, information, academic, political, and corporate elites. They converge into a general agreement about what the rest of us should believe and value and propagandize that worldview non-stop. They marginalize, or, worse, cancel us when we refuse to comply.
The abortion culture and atrocity in Ukraine
The tragedies in Ukraine should appall us all, but not surprise us at all.
The urgent need for biblical governance
How can people discover the peace of the Kingdom of Heaven when churches — the agencies of the Kingdom — are themselves shattered by the instabilities of the cultures in which they exist?
Biden and the perils of geezerspeak
Without the controlling power of the Holy Spirit and the “righteousness” referred to in Proverbs 16:31, some Geezers assume they can drop filters, forget decorum, be contemptuous of their audience, and say whatever they wish — the more shocking the better.
