This article is the third in this week’s series on Church-Planting and Disciple-Making Movements. It’s important to note that ...
“The book of Hebrews addresses this issue directly. Examining this deep book helps us answer this important question and allows us to see how Jesus first identifies with us in our humanity, then takes ...
“Having explained why I agree with some of the convictions that could be labeled ‘Christian Nationalism,’ and yet why I don’t embrace the term, let me lay out several pertinent questions. These ...
“We talk glibly of the ‘Christmas spirit,’ rarely meaning more by this than sentimental jollity on a family basis. But … it ought to mean the reproducing in human lives of the temper of him who for ...
“A majority (53%) of self-identified Christians agree that ‘A person who is generally good, or does enough good things for others, will earn a place in Heaven.’ A majority of Catholics (73%) believe ...
Within the larger discussion on church discipline, two questions that go to the heart of the issue continue to resist consensus. The first question concerns the spiritual status of those being ...
“When the young and activist militants on the disaffected Right reduce Winston Churchill to the status of a dangerous forerunner of neoconservative foreign policy, or see in Ronald Reagan nothing but ...
“In case you don’t know, the Westminster Confession is the basis for the London Baptist Confession. I’m a credobaptist. Orthodox presbyterians sprinkle babies all the time, but we hold doctrine very ...
In answer to the first question, Paul says that this grace “is able to build you up,” which is a pretty clear reference to ...
“As the three travelers feasted, Abraham realized somehow that he was hosting the Lord himself. God! The God who had called him out of Ur, who had promised a son and a future, had come to dinner.” - ...
“prayer connects us to our Creator by giving us the opportunity to make our thoughts, hopes, and sorrows known to Him. That’s not something you want to get wrong! Fortunately, God did not leave us in ...
“God creates leisure and work as a means of human flourishing in the world. Principles about leisure and vocation can be drawn from the biblical themes of sabbath, festival, and food throughout ...