Lisa Spencer

I don’t really understand the people shaming this guy for sharing his and his wife’s testimony, provided she was OK with him sharing. He wasn’t specific, just shared how the Lord redeemed her and what a godly wife and mom she is today. I’m gonna be honest, in a world in which we are constantly posting details about our lives, how Christ changed us is the most important information we can share. The world needs to hear—I was just like you once, and God saved me from that. which means he can save you too! Why wouldn’t we want to tell people that story?

White people are not victims of racism in America. Stop suggesting they are.

Any season of transition can be difficult. The narratives and communications circulating about us on social media over the past few days have made this season even more difficult for us and our family. We want to express our deep gratitude for the twelve years we spent at Reformation Bible College and Ligonier Ministries. We are thankful for that time and for the people we had the privilege to serve. We also appreciate that both RBC and Ligonier have conducted themselves in an amicable, gracious, and honorable manner during this season of transition, and we have sought to do the same. Since others have shared their version of events, we believe it is appropriate to share ours. In January 2024, we learned from the counselor of our daughter, Grace, that he had submitted a report to the Florida Department of Children and Families of suspicion of sexual abuse of Grace by Stephen Adams. On January 10, 2025, we reported suspicion of sexual abuse of our daughter by Stephen Adams to Saint Andrew’s Chapel. Over subsequent meetings, we realized that we were at an impasse with our church and that we had different perspectives on how to handle this situation. On April 21, 2025, we notified a pastor at Saint Andrew’s that we would begin the process of finding a new church. We notified him again on July 20, 2025, that it would be our last Sunday (and it was). We each received separate indictments two days later, July 22, 2025. We were accused of slander, unresolved anger, collusion to deceive, failure to follow session directives, and breach of membership vows. There was never a trial, and our case was never adjudicated. After Saint Andrew’s Chapel voted to disassociate from the PCA on December 14, 2025, we immediately resigned our memberships. On Sunday evening, December 14, we joined New Hope PCA in Eustis, Florida, by testimony. On January 27, 2026, Saint Andrew’s found us guilty of contumacy, which is the failure to submit to the authority of the church and refusal to appear before the church. Afterwards on February 25, 2026, at their request, we met with a committee of the session to answer any questions and hopefully bring some resolution to our differences. On March 10, 2026, Saint Andrew’s excommunicated us, not on the underlying indictments, but for contumacy. We remain members in good standing at New Hope and are grateful for the love, care, and support of our pastors and our church during this season. We reported suspicion of sexual abuse of our daughter, we ended up indicted, and we ended up excommunicated. We are deeply saddened by all that has taken place and grieved for everyone involved. Our prayer and hope is that the central issue will not be lost. At the heart of this issue is the suspected sexual abuse of our daughter. —Stephen and Heidi Nichols

I remember watching a team of elders stand up to an extremely abusive husband. They positionally and even physically stood firmly in between her and her abuse and said to him, "No more." The husband was furious but rather than being able to beat his wife, he directed his anger towards the elders for "breaking up his marriage." With firm masculine stubbornness designed to protect the vulnerable, they absorbed the verbal blow and threats and remained resolute. The elders, along with the police, would offer her protection because he had abdicated his husbandly role as her protectorate. They disciplined him out of the church for refusing repentance and made sure the wife was set up well with resources and benevolent care. I've actually seen this play out well several times. The protection of women from abuse is one of many unspoken reasons why I believe God designed elders/pastors to be men. Abused women need to see God's design for godly men to be protectors of the vulnerable most pointedly when their husbands are not. It is shameful for men to abdicate that God-given masculine responsibility of protecting the flock from abusive wolves.

Cynicism is easy. Building is hard. The world already has plenty of critics. What it needs are builders. The world has plenty of people pointing out what’s wrong. What it needs are people who build what’s right Here are 5 reasons building is better:

During a job interview, when they ask: “Do you have any questions for us?” Don’t say “No, I’m good.” Use the Golden Response instead:

During a sermon yesterday, megachurch pastor Greg Laurie said, "We know that...modern Iran plays a role in the End Times scenario... As far as I can see, the next event in the prophetic calendar will be the rapture of the church..."

I’m inspired by the video of Iranian Christians singing in the streets. What an example of faithfulness to Christ under severe persecution. A lot of the petty things we American Christians whine about look foolish. Praise God for our Iranian brothers and sisters!