What Does True Repentance Require?

What Does True Repentance Require?

Almost everywhere I turn, I bump into something smart that Leon Wieseltier said. That’s not to say that I always agree with him, but I admire his clarity of thought. He belongs in a cohort of public thinkers like Ellen Goodman, Michael Gerson, Michelle Singletary,...
9 Ways You Can Help Promote Racial Justice Now

9 Ways You Can Help Promote Racial Justice Now

Becoming a community of peacemakers is the calling of Christians worldwide. Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, where I serve as pastor, has made this a primal impulse of our life together over the past seven years. But occasionally, we must stop and...

Worker Justice in the 21st Century Empire

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on September 2, 2012. Exodus 1:6-14 6Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and that whole generation. 7But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew...

Salvation’s About Much More Than Going to Heaven

Some Christians have a narrow understanding of salvation that makes it all about the afterlife (going to heaven). They think they know who has it and who doesn’t, who’s in and who’s out, and they consider the work of the church to be largely about...