The Hazard and Joy of Picking Favorites (Bible Verses and Passages)
The Bible's most important sentence, most important paragraph, and most important chapter.
“Isn’t it all the Word of God, fully inspired and beneficial?” “Well, yes—I believe that with all my heart,” I said. But this is not to say that all parts of the Bible have equal weight. Does not Scripture speak about “the weightier matters of the law?” Did not Jesus speak of the “great commandments?” And is there not a new and better covenant?
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Church shopping violates the integrity of the church and the meaning of church membership
A church that ordains women as pastors may be orthodox on many other issues, but on this question it sets itself against Scripture. In so many churches and denominations, this obstinate refusal to be corrected by Scripture presents faithful believers with a hard choice — but remaining in a church that obstinately refuses correction is not an option. Efforts at “renewal” in many of these churches have been consistently rejected. At some point, the refusal to separate becomes complicity in the heresy.
Our Daily Bread
Heisman Trophy and NFL quarterback tells the story of discovering and ultimately going to work with Desire Street Ministries in New Orleans
In the aftermath of the storm, a very common sight in New Orleans was a mound of trash piled up on the sidewalk in front of a gutted home. These piles of trash are a daunting spectacle, especially when you pause to consider that, just a few months earlier, each pile of trash was the... Continue Reading
“He Desires a Noble Task” The Erosion of the Evangelical Pastorate
"We have more seminaries and fewer students." -- D. Sweeting
After growing up in a diluted, trivializing youth ministry, the excitement of awakening to the life of mind in college makes lots of people want to stay forever (see the huge glut of underemployed Christianity-related PhDs, perhaps even worse than the secular glut.) The evangelical church has a problem. We’re going to run out of... Continue Reading
Why Do We Work?
Today’s culture provides a much different narrative of work than what we read in scripture
We need to focus on our gifts, understand ourselves, and prayerfully seek discernment from Christ in our lives. This is how we are to best steward our scarce resources, the most scarce being our time. It also means that we can derive value, fulfillment and happiness from our work. The scriptures are clear that not... Continue Reading
Joining the advance of God’s Kingdom
The story of the EPC's newest presbytery
With the rapid growth of the presbytery has come a significant number of congregational and pastoral exams. We’ve formed ministry networks and we’ve focused on the building of relationships.” He describes a ministry network as “a cluster of six to eight churches that meet regularly for pastoral support, elder training, joint mission work and,” he... Continue Reading
Penetrating the Darkness
For if Christianity is true, then it would mean that the knowledge of God isn’t discursive; it would be…inescapable knowledge.
It seems to me that if there’s actually truth out there, that if God is to be known, then this truth is going to have be able to break through two profound barriers. And what are they? 1) The barrier of man’s ignorance. 2) The barrier of man’s spiritual obstinacy.
Seven Common Comments Non-Christians Make About Christians
Non-Christians want to interact with Christians. They want to see Christians' actions match their beliefs. They want Christians to be real
In one study we conducted, we found that only five percent of non-Christians are antagonistic toward Christians. It's time to stop believing the lies we have been told. Jesus said it clearly: "The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest" (Luke10:2, HCSB).
Meet Lecrae, the Christian Rapper Tearing Up the Charts
A two-minute bio on hip-hop's God-loving, chart-topping artist
At age 19, Lecrae attended a conference at the prodding of a friend and heard James White deliver a message that he says “turned his world upside down and showed him his need for a savior.”
Pleased to meet you. Hope you guessed my name
In a couple of years…maintaining biblical sexual ethics will be the equivalent in our culture of being a white supremacist
Indeed, I have to say that I have never been subject to such evident and oppressive neophiliac normaphobia in all my life. The sooner normaphobes are categorised as hate criminals, the better it will be for those of us who belong to the despised minority of the once but clearly no longer normal.
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