State Sen. Jason Rapert of Bigelow, a fiddler and minister and businessman with offices in Conway, reminds me a bit of a young Jimmy Swaggart. He speaks in that earnest preacher’s tone in fervent advancement of compellingly superficial themes. Then he wi

Falwell (pictured below), after all, was far from my favorite preacher, and I thought the book's title was a bit too cutesy, buying into the same divisive rhetoric that Falwell used so annoyingly over and over. But the more I read the more I became convi

The Crystal Cathedral has officially closed escrow and the iconic glass sanctuary designed by architect Philip Johnson is now a Catholic church. But the sale represents much more than how one media ministry lost it’s way. Looking at many of the classic a

Perhaps no musician screams "Houston" more than original urban cowboy Mickey Gilley, who will forever be identified with the Pasadena club named after him and the movie Urban Cowboy, which was filmed there. A cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and televangelist J

So it's 5:30 a.m. in Los Angeles and I am under a blanket — no, it's not a Snuggie — remote in hand, trolling the hundred or so cable channels in search of a compelling story, some cogent news analysis, anything more edifying than the plethora of info-hu

On a late-fall night in Dallas, Randy Roberts Potts is pushing the gay agenda by watching TV. And by ironing a shirt. Also by doing a puzzle, vacuuming a rug, simmering stew in a slow-cooker, and intermittently stroking the nape of his boyfriend Keaton's

Let’s face it, he’s a better representative of the religion than Christianity has had in the past. Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, and Oral Roberts. Ok, let me get this straight. Tim Tebow takes a knee on occasion, during a football game. Never on the field,

The very last thing these monsters think of is the poor children who are systematically violated and traumatized for their whole lives by people who stand in the place of Christ. The very FIRST thing a Catholic Christian should think of is the defense of

Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker, Eddie Long, Ted Haggard and the list goes on and on. I was awakened early one morning with this thought in my spirit. When all hell is breaking loose around them, when the enemy is attacking them left and right, when the powers

I read an interesting and sensible article today written by Chuck Colson. I don’t think highly of Colson simply because I doubt his sincerity—he seems to have discovered that he could come to Jesus and get out of a lot of trouble, and rescue his reputat

Tim Tebow is not an underdog. It's important to remind people of that every now and again because the established media narrative for Tebow these days is that no one ever believed in him, that he arrived on the Broncos' doorstep as an aborted three-month

Q. So what do you make of the eruption of “spiritual gifts” among charismatic Christians? Could it be a sign of a new “Pentecost”? Those who believe that the “gift of tongues” is the mark that the Holy Spirit is working within you, and something true Chr

Q. So what do you make of the eruption of “spiritual gifts” among charismatic Christians? Could it be a sign of a new “Pentecost”? Those who believe that the “gift of tongues” is the mark that the Holy Spirit is working within you, and something true Chr

What follows is my speech to the 30th anniversary dinner for People for the American Way, delivered at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on December 5, 2011. Please watch it below, or continue scrolling to read it in full. It is the 30th anniversary of People F

Earlier today we looked at a kind of political inspiration I was lucky enough to experience at a People For the American Way anniversary celebration last week. It was the opening "act." The evening closed with the organization's founder-- a hero of mine-

December 10th On this day in history in .... 1957 - The Atomic Blonds (Johnny Valentine & Chet Wallich) defeated Joe & Guy Brunetti for the AWA World Tag Team Title in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1968 - The Medics (Billy Garrett & Jim Starr) defeat Wahoo McD

Newt Gingrich is the Jimmy Swaggart of American politics: a confidence man so transparent as to test the faith even of True Believers. Paradoxically, that's precisely why the disgraced former Speaker looks a good bet to secure the GOP presidential nomina

Newt Gingrich is the Jimmy Swaggart of American politics, a confidence man so transparent as to test the faith even of True Believers. Paradoxically, that's precisely why the disgraced former Speaker looks a good bet to secure the GOP presidential nomina

Thank you, JJ. To be lauded by you-- touches me deeply. I couldn't admire or respect you more - as a man, a talent, or a spirit. You who don't know JJ - visit his offices, where he works. Spend ten minutes there -he doesn't have to be there-- and y