Are there Calvinists who do not take seriously the Great Commission? Yep, I have met some. And, I know non-Calvinists who are neither personally nor as leaders doing much to fulfill the Great Commission. I have known some Dispensationalists to be passionate about the Great Commission and some more passionate about charts of the end... Continue Reading

A total of 60,000 trained pastors and 90,000 house churches have come out of the 155 Bible institutes and missionary training centers the Suns have either supported or established themselves. Leaders and workers of the ministries and schools are all local Christians, and do not work directly with Westerners.     For each of the... Continue Reading

Templeton did not specify the simplistic and polarizing views: Seeing chapter 2 of Genesis as real history rather than fable? Seeing man as fallen and in need of redemption? But the clear goal of AAAS and Templeton is to bolster the “motivation, imagination, and capacity” of pastors who want to influence their congregations to accept... Continue Reading

Homeschool co-ops provide an attractive option for homeschooling parents: By partnering to create classes and activities that supplement their children's at-home curriculum, they combine the flexibility and privacy of traditional home education with the structure and socialization found in typical school settings

Augustine criticizes the theater and public spectacles out of a personal confessional frame of mind since he participated in such debaucheries as a young man in Carthage. In his Confessions he asks why is it that in the theater a man desires to behold sorrows and tragedy which, if he actually experiences them, would make his miserable? Do we love the grief of others in order to be able to show mercy to them?

Two years ago, NRB launched the John Milton Project to address the threat of viewpoint censorship and to present potential solutions. On September 12, 2012, NRB will unveil its Free Speech Charter for the Internet, a unique, first-of-its-kind proposal to the free speech/free enterprise dilemma.

In short, we cannot produce a gospel movement without the providential work of the Holy Spirit. A movement is an ecosystem that is empowered and blessed by God's Spirit

What is the “real scandal of the evangelical mind”? The evangelical world seems obsessed with “engaging culture” even as the average Christian’s knowledge of the basics of the faith diminishes. You can go to heaven without being able to offer a Christian appreciation of film, art, or music; one cannot go to heaven without knowing who... Continue Reading

Just like preaching, the reading of God’s Word should be done with authority. The one reading is saying in a very literal way to the congregation what the prophets of old did – “Thus says the Lord.” He is standing in the capacity of an ambassador for the King of heaven. How awesome reading God’s... Continue Reading

If I had a dollar for every time I have heard someone declare that the solution to the issue before them is to get rid of a minister or ministry leader, I'd be wealthy. Same goes for clergy who cast about for a program to import or a magic ministry wand to wave over whatever challenge is before them.