""If Your Baby Could Talk" should be mandatory reading. It is a prescription for accountability and success--a unique checklist for all ages and stages of parenthood." David Patillo, Christian singer, songwriter, and musician. (Practical Life)
""If Your Baby Could Talk" should be mandatory reading. It is a prescription for accountability and success--a unique checklist for all ages and stage...
What is the gospel? It seems like a simple question, yet it has been known to incite some heated responses, even in the church. How are we to formulate a clear, biblical understanding of the gospel? Tradition, reason, and experience all leave us ultimately disappointed. If we want answers, we must turn to the Word of God.
Greg Gilbert does so in What Is the Gospel? Beginning with Paul's systematic presentation of the gospel in Romans and moving through the sermons in Acts, Gilbert argues that the central structure of the gospel consists of four main subjects: God, man,...
What is the gospel? It seems like a simple question, yet it has been known to incite some heated responses, even in the church. How are we to formu...
Christians today define mission more broadly and variably than ever before. Are we, as the body of Christ, headed in the same direction or are we on divergent missions?
Some argue that the mission of the Church is to confront injustice and alleviate suffering, doing more to express God's love for the world. Others are concerned that the church is in danger of losing its God-centeredness and thereby emphasize the proclamation of the gospel. It appears as though misunderstanding of mission persists.
Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert believe there is a lot that evangelicals...
Christians today define mission more broadly and variably than ever before. Are we, as the body of Christ, headed in the same direction or...
Maybe you have never really thought about who Jesus is, or whether his claims have any implications for your life. After all, we're talking about a man who was born in the first century into an obscure Jewish carpenter's family. The basic facts of his life--where and when he lived, how he died--are all pretty well agreed upon. But what about the significance of his life and death?...
Don't believe everything you read. Everybody knows that.
So why trust the Bible?
What can be known about its historical reliability?
Doing History
Even more than other religions, Christianity presents itself as history. At its heart, Christianity claims that something extraordinary happened in the course of time--something concrete, real, and historical.
In the Bible, the New Testament declares that a man named Jesus was born to a virgin, claimed to be God, did miracles like walking on water...
Why Trust the Bible?
Don't believe everything you read. Everybody knows that.
