My wife and I were called into the mission field in 2010, where we spent the next decade working with the underground Church. What we experienced there forever changed us in ways that we really didn't understand. We didn't really have to wrestle with the realities of these changes until well after we returned home. …
Why Do Christians Go To Church?
Have you ever asked why Christians go to Church and looked to Scripture for the answer? We're going to challenge the answers most often given today by looking to God's word to tell us why we're supposed to come together as Christians.
Is Your Church Christian or Christian-ish?
When you're visiting churches looking for a Christian home, how do you know if the church is really "Christian", or just "Christian-ish"?
Big Life Transition
Life has taken crazy twists and turns for me and my family over the last three years. So what's going on and what's on the horizon? This post is an update on my life!
The Covenant People
When we consider the basis for the identity of the Church, we should begin with our identity as God's covenant people. Once we understand what it means to be God's covenant people, then we can understand what God's covenant people look like as his Church (i.e. Assembly). PAST COVENANT Deuteronomy 7:7-9 (CSB) “The Lord had …
Christian Idolatry: Black Friday
Colossians 3:5 (NET) So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. 1st Corinthians 6:9-11 (NET) [9] Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, IDOLATERS, adulterers, …
The Widow of 1st Timothy 5:3-16
Close exegetical study of this passage will help us understand the principles that God has given to inform and guide the Church's love and compassion. 1 Timothy 5:3–16 (CSB) — 3 Support widows who are genuinely in need. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their …
Body Envy: 1st Corinthians 12:12-20
1 Corinthians 12:12–20 (CSB) — 12 For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given …
The Antichrists Within: 1st John 2:19a
Verse 19a: The Antichrists Within They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. To wrap our heads around this verse requires us to see the Church …
Genesis 6-8: Noah and the Flood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWhRsOF05tk Critical Apologetics Issues: The account of Noah and the flood is foundational. From baptism to the end times, the account of Noah and the flood is necessary to understanding God’s revelation in scripture to mankind. It is no surprise, therefore, that it has received such an array of critical attacks that need to …
