Part 5 of a six-part series of posts on corporate worship: what it is and why it’s important A gospel-fueled worship service is a service where God serves the gospel to sinners in need of rescue—and that includes both Christians and non-Christians. Churches for years have struggled over whether their worship services ought to be... Continue Reading

I was sad to see Gregory Boyd’s announcement that his fellow theologian Clark Pinnock has died. Clark Pinnock led me to faith in Christ. Now, it’s true, I never met Pinnock until many years after I came to know Jesus. But the gospel I believed came through preachers who were trained by Clark Pinnock. More... Continue Reading

There it stands, a monument to the soul of St Kilda, the commitment of the evangelicals of the nineteenth century, and the power of the gospel. Editor’s Note: Link to short YouTube video of St. Kilda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGDAzerQ9ns&feature=related Well, it’s been a long time in coming, but this week I finally made it to St Kilda.... Continue Reading

His conclusion: “If Jesus as a finite human being erred from time to time, there is no reason at all to suppose that Moses, Paul, and John wrote Scripture without error.” We are entering a new phase in the battle over the Bible’s truthfulness and authority. We should at least be thankful for undisguised arguments... Continue Reading

“My religion is against that. I don’t think our money for health care should be going to support that by any means.” The debate over abortion is prompting changes in the state’s health care coverage for college students. All students in the UNC System will be required to have health coverage for this first time... Continue Reading

“…the facility will include a swimming pool, a 500 seat performing arts theater and a basketball court.” Much will have been written about the Mosque at Ground Zero both for and against. And yet little touches upon the planned usage of the Islamic Center. Along with a prayer hall the facility will include a swimming... Continue Reading

Those Welsh kept on being Methodists, a modern word for Puritans, since they deeply valued small-group accountability. But they were Calvinists. Salvation is about God’s grace, and they knew that well. Take a look at Capel Caryg in Remsen, N.Y. See what it says on the building? “Whitefield Methodist Church.” That was a good try.... Continue Reading

America is not Israel! We are not the nation of God’s covenant. But, the spiritual principles operative in God’s relationship to Israel are applicable to America. Our founding Fathers recognized this and provided a theological framework rooted in Old Testament theology as well as New Testament kingdom theology.* As a nation we would do well... Continue Reading

A Letter Written to Students Preparing for the Pastorate: On the Preparation of the Pastoral Prayer My Dear Students, I know that one of your primary concerns as you consider your calling to the pastorate is sermon preparation. And this is right. But you must not relegate the preparation of the pastoral prayer to a... Continue Reading

Dowd revealed his near total animus to classical Christianity: “In an ever-evolving cosmos, ‘orthodoxy’ is a recipe for either extinction or irrelevance.” Michael Dowd argues that Christians should thank God for the New Atheists. A self-styled “evangelist” for evolution, Dowd recently preached a sermon in Oklahoma City in which he called for nothing less than... Continue Reading