Thispost was first published during April 2014. –ed. We sawlast timethat Paul affirmed the Bible as the only reliable criterion by which believers in this age can evaluate messages claiming to be truth from God. That testing of truth Paul calls for is not merely an academic exercise. It demands an active, twofold response. First …
This series was first published during June 2018. –ed. Christianity is not a passive or purely academic religion. God’s Word calls us to action and investigation concerning all truth claims: “Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:21–22). Last timewe considered what it means …
The Concern Last week we began a discussion of the church’s tendency to conform to culture rather than to conform to Christ, and to do so in the belief that the inherently offensive nature of the cross and the call to discipleship may be off-putting to those who need to hear the gospel message. In……
Missions at the Margins by Bob Ekblad Dr Bob Ekblad wrote as director of Tierra Nueva and The People’s Seminary in Burlington, Washington. A minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), he holds ……
Jesus Messiah. Pursuing Intimacy With God Bible studies book on intimacy with god, prayer, worship, God’s voice, faith, religion vs relationship with God…
What is the gospel? Ask many people in our churches and they’ll tell you it’s about how you get saved, by asking God to forgive your sins. Would it surprise you to know that that’s not what the gos……
”Ye see then how that BY WORKS a man is JUSTIFIED, and NOT by faith only” – Ja. 2:24 You will sometimes hear that we do not need to do anything at all to be saved apart from just having……
”Ye see then how that BY WORKS a man is JUSTIFIED, and NOT by faith only” – Ja. 2:24 You will sometimes hear that we do not need to do anything at all to be saved apart from just having……