Graduation speeches can be a little like Disney movies. They contain good nuggets, and oftentimes good stories, but usually are built on a faulty view of mankind, which means that they ultimately fall short of accomplishing any kind of meaningful goal. Speeches by Christians ought not share in this fatal flaw. In his delightful (and …
A Review of 40 Questions About The Text and Canon of the New Testament. It seems like every few months there is a new attack on the New Testament. From “finding thehistorical Jesus” to evaluating other gospels, how do we know that the New Testament that we have todayis the actual full and closed canon …
Based on numerous studies and statistics, one could conclude that the AmericanEvangelical church is in decline. The reasons for this are open to interpretation, but an application of this decline is the need for revitalization. Churches are struggling, sometimes because of rapidly changing communities and sometimes because they themselves are stuck in certain practices and …
I have five kids ranging in age from thirteen to one. Needless to say, family worship can be a little challenging. How do you engage children in that range all at the same time, taking into account that some have professed faith in Christ and others have not; that some can sit and listen for …
There are legitimately challenging questions facing churches on what the biblical roles of women in the life of the church should be. While there are two “general” positions on the role of women (complementarian and egalitarian), the whole issue really exists on a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum are egalitarians who believe that …
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