easter "Jesus and Resurrection? What's This Babbler Trying to Say?" April 03, 2021 But this accidental tourism soon turns sour: “the city was full of idols.” That discovery drives him to do what he loves best: he preaches. This piqued the attention of the philosophers...
culture Mandates, Meaningful Ministry, and Martyr Complexes September 10, 2020 When we pull the spiritual fire alarm every time the ideological temperature goes up in our culture, we lose the ability to recognize and respond biblically to the true emergencies.
Paul Dear Paul - Minister of the Word July 28, 2020 Introduction: As a young minister, the pastoral epistles instruct and warn me regularly. On my shelf are a host of books written from older pastors to their young Timothys. In these works, veteran
1 Corinthians 13 Christian Love October 28, 2016 In his wonderful book, Christian Love, Scottish theologian and pastor Hugh Binning wrote: "In [love] a Christian should be like his Father, and there is nothing in which he resembles him more
Christ Whatever, part ... whatever... November 04, 2013 In the previous entry, we considered Paul’s willingness to give up “whatever” in order to gain a right standing before God, a standing only attainable by faith in the risen Christ (Philippians
Christ Whatever ... November 01, 2013 What do you desire most in life? And how much are you willing to give up in order to gain it? Is there anything about which you’d say: “I would give whatever
Christ Paul's Agony May 17, 2013 Christian conversation about pastoral ministry often includes the expression “a pastor’s heart,” but what does that expression actually mean? Though Scripture may not use the exact phrase in question, it absolutely answers