I wrote and posted this last year and thought it was worth repeating. Today is Earth Day. But, what does that mean for Christians? The responses by evangelicals vary widely. From bashing Earth Day by celebrating the consumption of fossil fuels, rebutting global warming claims, and (my personal favorite, though I doubt the guy was serious) …
Easter–The Dawn of a New Day-John 20:11-19 from Malvern Hill Baptist Church on Vimeo.
Dr. Chuck Lawless, Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at Southern Seminary, recently wrote a piece describing seven sure-fire ways to blow up a church. They are listed below, but you will want to read his descriptions of these on the SBTS website here. Seven sure-fire ways to blow up a …
Ministry to special needs adults is rare in the evangelical church. Admittedly, we don’t always know how to handle these complex ministries though we would usually agree that those among us with special life situations deserve specialized attention. Often they have the ability to share the love of Christ in ways that we can never …
The Jesus that men want to see is not the Jesus they really need to see. -G. Campbell Morgan Pastors, are you giving people the Jesus they need to see…the sinless, crucified, died, buried, resurrected, and returning King of the universe? Or are you giving them a Jesus that feels good and doesn’t demand their …
Free Coffee today at Starbucks. Join the movement. On April 15th (today), bring a reusable travel mug into your local Starbucks and get a free brewed coffee. Jennifer Knapp comes out of the closet in an exclusive interview with Christianity Today. Seven years ago, while at the top of her game, Jennifer Knapp announced what …
As a part of my PhD program at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I am enrolled in a colloquium that examines contemporary issues in evangelism and apologetics. The reading for this class has been great, but one of the best books I have read so far (maybe ever) for conversational apologetics and evangelism is Tactics …
“Ambition is the rankest poison in the church, when it possesses preachers. It is a consuming fire. The Holy Scripture is given to destroy the desires of the flesh; therefore we must not therein seek after temporal honour. I much marvel for what cause people are proud and haughty; we are born in sin, and …
Paul Hiebert, coined the term “Flaw of the Excluded Middle” in an article with the same name in January of 1982 to help explain some of the disparity between western understandings of our natural world and the understanding of nature by the rest of the world. Essentially, Hiebert argued that the seen is related to …
In The Trellis and The Vine, authors Colin Marshall and Tony Payne advocate for a renewed approach to ministry that focuses on ministry to individuals as well as to the group. This personalized, one-on-one approach to ministry is not new, it’s as old as Christianity itself, and has found many advocates through the years of …