In church growth circles, there’s always some new trend that promises to revitalize and grow our churches in size, and sometimes in maturity. Conferences are held, books are sold, and participants come home from the mountaintop with grand hopes that are often smashed, or wane...
In this examination of Nicodemus’ nighttime visit with Jesus (John 3:1-9), we discuss the main steps to True Spiritual Awakening, from a Christian perspective. Feel free to fill in the outline below as you listen, and encounter terms like “spiritual rape” and “self-authenticating witness,” and...
This series is made up of the following posts: Midlife and other Life Transitions 1 – Introduction Midlife and Other Life Transitions 2 – Dissatisfaction Midlife and Other Life Transitions 3 – The Plan
This post is part of a Series. In Part 1, I discussed the phases of adult life according to Levinson, and ‘revealed’ that I am in a mild but real mid-life crisis. In these adult transitions, we are essentially redefining ourselves – what we believe,...
This series is made up of the following articles: Molinism, The Solution to the Calvinist-Arminian Standoff Molinism – ROSES instead of TULIPs
This article is part of a series on Molinism. Calvinism has been summarized in the acronym TULIP, while Arminianism has been summarized in The Five Articles of Remonstrance (one guess on which camp is more oriented to accessible, memorable teaching :). However, many people are not completely satisfied...
Ever since the Protestant reformation began, Christian theologians have been arguing about one of what I call The Two Great Mysteries of the Bible – the problem of evil, and predestination. This latter issue has polarized into two, largely opposite camps within Christendom – Calvinism, and...
The Christian faith claims to answer a lot of tough questions about life, the universe, and everything. For most of life’s dilemmas, the bible seems to present what it considers to be definitive, complete, and clear answers. Such world view questions, often unanswerable by science...
