Author: Bene Diction

I like Tim Hortons, it is a part of the landscape of my life, and apart from the occasional less than perfect coffee, I have few complaints. Until today. The Tim Hortons Fathers Day promotion was well advertised, and was promising to be quite the deal. Starting at 2 pm

Every time I think Southern Baptist leaders can’t mess up any more than they already are, they do. Amy Smith is a courageous woman, who attends an SBC church and who is also the Houston director of S.N.A.P. For years she has been pointing out how SBC churches neglect their

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor [oppressed] than to divide the spoil with the proud. A powerful response to neo-reform leaders in the US, who prefer to stand with CJ Mahaney of Sovereign Grace ministries, than to fulfil their calling. When shepherds refuse or

The assistant pastor of a Washington state church which has been called a cult, was found guilty today of sex crimes against a child, after a two month trial. 40 year old Malcolm John Fraser is also the Development Officer at WinePress Publishing, a business connected with Sound Doctrine Church.

Reality TV hits the internet. Epic. Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nighmares episode  Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro  aired recently in the US. It was the first time Ramsey walked away from a restaurant. The battle spilled onto the internet. Buzzfeed has details, as does Ragans PR Daily. The owners of

For many of us, the constant drip of negative political adverts are reason to head to the kitchen, or as the response says, ‘change the channel.’ This response by the federal Liberal Party to the Conservative attack ads against the new Liberal leader is, hmmm, surprising and frankly, refreshing.

Rick Warren, Saddleback Church: To my dear staff, Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we

Following lengthy deliberation and prayer, ABWE today replaced G.R.A.C.E.— the victims’ advocacy organization—with a new investigative firm. G.R.A.C.E. was hired by ABWE in May 2011 to independently investigate the tragic child abuse by former missionary Donn Ketcham in Bangladesh more than 20 years ago, and ABWE’s subsequent handling of the

Dr. James Duncan – Why we sued another believer The Daily Beast has a comprehensive article, Calvary Chapel’s Tangled Web about Calvary Chapels in the US, and the trail of lawsuits, including background on the latest lawsuit where a Calvary Chapel minister is suing his son Alex for libel, slander,

In 2009 I was following a blog by James Duncan, a communications professor at Anderson University. He had criticised a bill board campaign by New Springs Church, headed by a guy named Perry Noble.  What happened from there became gripping reading, and real life drama. He is a clear descriptive

Dr. John Stackhouse – Why, God?” Asked the American People, and Would Not Stay for an Answer Has Prof. Alvin Plantinga of the University of Notre Dame, arguably the most important thinker about the problem of evil in our lifetime, been prominent in the news media, on all the talk shows, in