The following column created quite a long discussion when it was posed on Townhall.com last week. Here now, the column: “Gay Rights: Don’t Ask, Don’t Think”. www.crossexamined.org

For the past few months my dad has been working on developing PowerPoint slides and sermons to go along with the updated "More Than a Carpenter." There are 2,027 free slides for anyone to download as well as free sermon outlines. www.conservantlife.com

"Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers" - Chapter 20 - "Meanness" - www.keepbelieving.com

"Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers" - Chapter 19 - "Foolishness" - www.keepbelieving.com

I was asked to submit a list of my top ten books of the last decade. I forget how the request was worded, but the upshot was that they wanted me to give them a list of ten influential Christian nonfiction books of the last decade. www.keepbelieving.com

"Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers" - Chapter 18 - "Pettiness" - www.keepbelieving.com

"Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers" - Chapter 17 - "Discontent" - www.keepbelieving.com

By now virtually the whole world knows that Tim Tebow & his mother will be featured in a 30-second ad appearing during the first quarter of the Super Bowl. The ad itself is sponsored by Focus on the Family & cost around $3 million. www.keepbelieving.com

"Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers" - Chapter 16 - "Vanity". www.keepbelieving.com

"Quiet Hints for Growing Preachers" - Chapter 15 - "Autocracy". www.keepbelieving.com