5 Biblical Concepts for Understanding Spiritual Gifts
How do I figure out what spiritual gift I have? How do I use it? What is it for? What if it doesn’t seem like I have any spiritual gifts? Do I have more than one? There are lots of worthy questions about spiritual gifts, and it is very helpful that the Biblical...What Ethics Can Teach Us About Grace
Once upon a time there was a mirror. I looked in the mirror and to my surprise the face looking back at me was dirty. The mirror could not fix my problem, but without the mirror, I would still be ignorant that I had a problem. “Through law, knowledge of sin.” Romans...C.S Lewis, on a Uniqueness of Christianity: Merging Two Strands
The following is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s first of three published letters to Sheldon Vanauken. This one was written on December 14, 1950, and briefly compares religious and philosophical systems. Lewis’s argument for the superiority of Christianity is...The Goal of Pastoral Teaching: Dependence or Independence?
Every week tens of thousands of pastors give messages to millions of people. And then they do it again the next week. And the next. And the next. The cycle repeats as it has year after year after year. But why? How many of these pastors are actually aware of what they...Bill Nye, Creationism, and Philosophy of Science
Bill Nye commented in a recent video that creationism was inappropriate for children. He asserts that “evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science,” and cites dinosaur bones, radioactivity, distant stars and deep time as things explained exclusively by...11 Simple Theological Terms We All Need To Know
Deriving from two Greek words, theos (God) and logos (word or discourse), the term theology simply refers to the study of or discourse about God. For students of the Bible, theology is the product of Bible study. In other words, it is not something we should read into...NEW EBOOK ALERT: Lewis Sperry Chafer’s The Biblical Doctrine of Satan
Chafer’s classic and first published book was originally published in 1909 and given the simple title, “Satan.” This current edition, edited and annotated by Christopher Cone (President, Tyndale Theological Seminary), is as much an in-depth...NEW BOOK ALERT A Concise Bible Survey: Tracing the Promises of God
A Concise Bible Survey: Tracing the Promises of God surveys the entire Bible with a chronological focus and visual learning style in mind. Studying the books of the Bible in chronological order helps readers see and understand how God is working throughout...Measuring Success: It’s About Who Gives, Not Who Gets the Gold Medal
Results. Production. Success. Winning. Everybody wants those things, and nobody wants to sacrifice and invest in any activity if they can’t somehow attain them. Why run a race if not in the attempt to win? Lombardi’s famous words echo in our minds: “Winning isn’t...HOW CAN I KNOW GOD?
