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WASHINGTON - Coming out of the first day of the second annual Buzz Conference and a showing of the top ten sermon trailers, sermon illustrations, and other short movie clips produced by churches across the nation, Pastor Mark Batterson of National Community Church found himself amid some Hollywood-caliber creativity. read more

Nearly two years after succeeding a world renowned pastor and televangelist, the Rev. Robert A. Schuller is walking in his own shoes rather than trying to fill the “big shoes” of his father, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller. Now, as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., the younger Schuller takes over the helm of a ministry built by his father over the span of more than half a century. read more

What guides most of your life decisions? If you are a Christian, you’ll likely say your faith guides the major considerations in your life – unless you are both Christian and Black in America. For many Black Christians to answer that question honestly, may mean answering that racial considerations and our nation’s history of racial injustice have as much or more influence as faith principles in their lives. read more

The sexual issues now confronting our nation—from the breakdown of the family to same-sex marriage—are really pieces of a much larger puzzle. In order to understand what is happening, one must look carefully at the entire picture, the entire trajectory of Western civilization over the past century. What we face today are not individual, isolated issues, but rather a massive social transformation that has not happened by accident and that will not break apart on its own. read more

1) What’s the distinction between a good professional performance and a remarkable one?

We are in tough times right now with the economy and current job market. And, in tough times, good people lose their jobs. Giving good performances are not enough in the current climate. There are no guarantees. But, remarkable performance—at the individual or organizational level—is a hedge against downturns. Remarkable performances are memorable and will keep you afloat and help you excel in difficult times. read more

Q: What does the Bible say about gender?
A: God states, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…male and female, he created them” (Genesis 1:26,27 KJV). When God created people, gender was a basis for which we were to bear his likeness. Apart from the obvious differences in the physical nature of gender (man and woman), he also gave the concepts of spiritual gender—the way we feel and behave in response to stimuli—to correspond to the man and the woman he created. read more