Audio: Text: Closedminded Prejudice It’s been a troubling week again this week as we read about the race riots and murder in Charlottesville, Virginia and the 17 people killed in Barcelona, Spain just this week. It is strange how these things come in waves. Before now I hadn’t really considered how vehicles could be used in a terrorist attack, but […]
How to Give a Christian Testimony (Carnivore Theology – Ep. 74)
Chad, Steve and Al are finally back together and talking about the pluses and minuses of the modern testimony movement and the best ways to share your personal faith journey — […]
Crabapple Christians
When I was growing up, my grandparents had a crab apple tree in their front yard, and every time we went to visit them, my brother and I would see the tree and hope the apples were ready to eat. It was actually quite frustrating for us because we found the readiness of crab apple trees is notoriously difficult to […]
Called & Cleaned Part 2: Biblical Paradoxes and the Doctrine of Sanctification
Biblical Paradoxes I remember hearing somewhere that it is the psychologically healthier mind that can handle holding opposing thoughts and paradoxes in tension. It’s the unhealthy mind that is always trying to rectify the world and make it fit exactly, perfectly into categories. A healthy mind is ok with not understanding everything in the world and knowing that some things […]
Called and Cleaned Part 1: The Doctrines of Election & Sanctification
Voices In Your Head One of my favourite country songs is one by Chris Young called “I Hear Voices” which is about a man talking about how thankful he is for all the good advice he’s gotten in his life –from his mom, dad, grandparents, etc – who now exist as voices in his head that help him make decisions. […]
God and The Great Pumpkin
You’ve probably heard of Charles Shultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip and cartoon series. Many people know and love his Christmas special, but another classic is the Halloween one […]
How Do I Deal with Depression? (Burning Questions Series #4)
The Kickstarter for my new book is coming along very well! I’m 80% of the way to my goal, praise God! The special prizes for backers are coming along well too. […]
What Does it Mean to “Deny Ourselves” and “Take Up Our Cross”? (Mark 8:34-9:1)
The Bali Nine This week in Indonesia, a group of eight convicted drug traffickers who were caught, arrested, and tried, finally met their end at their execution. I can’t imagine […]
Christian Integrity: Using Wealth Well Because of God’s Amazing Grace
Sermon Audio: We are saved by Grace. We cannot know God, be forgiven, get to heaven, or be saved from our sin, unless God is willing to give us grace. Graceless Amazing Grace The song Amazing Grace says, “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.” Now listen to this article I found online: “In recent […]
From Sand to Rock – The Apostle Peter
We’re starting a sub-series within our study of the Gospel of Mark where we are going to look a little more closely at the lives of the Apostles. As we go through these mini-biographies that I want you to do a few things: First, I want you to find yourself in this group. Without a doubt one of the Apostles’ […]
Review of “Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart” by JD Greear
“Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved” J.D. Greear Broadman and Holman Summary “…many are headed into eternal judgment under the delusion of going to heaven.” (Pg 6) “Don’t try to find assurance from a prayer you prayed in the past; find assurance by resting in the present on what Jesus did in […]
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