Tag: Dr. Bill Senyard

In the Mind of the Assassin

Bill Senyard

Reading Time: 3 minutes What Do 69% of Mass Shooters Have in Common? On Saturday, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. His assassination caused the unnecessary death of one person and two others are still in the hospital. It is beyond tragic. The investigation is ongoing and hopefully, we will learn more about the shooter’s motive and mental state. My belief is that it was preventable. Did you know that 69% of mass shooters—and no doubt, individual assassins like Crooks—have one thing in common? You may be surprised. It…

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What Really Happened at the Cross—and What Difference Does It Make This Easter?

Bill Senyard

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rev. Dr. Bill Senyard is a biblical scholar and lead pastor for over thirty years. Dr. Bill Senyard here with Gospel App Ministries (www.gospel-app.com). What really happened at the Cross—and what difference does it make this Easter? First, the problem today from The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher. Today, “when people feel destabilized, they often reach for a strong group identity to regain a sense of control. It can be as broad as nationality or narrow as a church group. Identities that promise to recontextualize individual hardships into a wider…

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Five Ways Evangelicals Can Survive This Election Year

Bill Senyard

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Bill Senyard here with Gospel App Ministries (www.gospel-app.com) and Good Enough Parent (www.goodenoughparent.online). Please, don’t let the stress and anxiety of the upcoming election rob you of your joy. In an ABC poll during the 2016 election, almost half (46%) of the respondents said that the election was stressing them out, almost a quarter (24%) said it was serious stress. Well, I haven’t seen the numbers for this year, but I imagine that they are higher—way higher. May I speak specifically to my fellow Evangelicals, Ex-evangelicals, other Protestants, Catholics…

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