How would you like to be the guy at a major Evangelical apologetics ministry who gets to answer all the critical emails and letters that come in? Add in that your particular ministry holds to a Biblically- defensible but increasingly unpopular position on young-earth creationism, and you find yourself shot at not just by secular […]
In 2004, my wife and I moved to Pennsylvania to begin seminary. We arrived excited about what God was going to do in our lives, and excited about the future in general. While in seminary, we wanted to serve and be mentored in a smaller local church, and God in His sovereignty had our paths
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There is an epidemic within many evangelical churches. We have relegated evangelism to the level of programs. Many church members look at their local body and think, “we are doing evangelism-we have a children’s ministry, VBS, special events, and even may go door-to-door.” This is a terrible confusion of terms and focus. Evangelism is not
It is a sad thing that the last section of Romans 8 is often dissected and referred to only in little bits and pieces. These approaches miss the wonderful theology that Paul is building in the text. Chapter 8 begins with the life that we as believers now enjoy in the Spirit. The presence of
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I don’t think that too many Christians set out to undermine the authority of scripture. Why would we, since Satan does such a good job of it for us? And yet sliding on this issue happens. Slowly, and gradually, we find ourselves relying on something else… something other than the powerful two-edged sword that is
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