7 ways theology can change your Bible reading
Understanding the Bible as a unified redemptive story dramatically changes the way we approach it.
Understanding the Bible as a unified redemptive story dramatically changes the way we approach it.
Every leader has to establish credibility. It can take years to develop, but can be lost in a moment.
By effectively sharing a vision for ministry, pastors can help their church serve Christ in all that they do.
Self-promotion is out of place for servants of Christ, who often turned down opportunities for self-promotion for the sake of his mission.
Every student of the Bible, particularly those who are charged with teaching it, should commit to reading it in a calendar year.
The good news links the Christmas story with Easter and shows how one is incomplete without the other.
Don’t underestimate the impact your encouragement might have in someone’s life.
Michael A.G. Haykin discusses his latest book “Being a Pastor: A Conversation with Andrew Fuller”
Asking about the minimal level of doctrinal knowledge a Christian must have is dangerous if one is trying to get out of believing the whole Bible. But if it is asked humbly, the answer is a sweet reminder that, as the old adage goes, the gospel is shallow enough for a child to wade in and deep enough for an adult to swim in.
Jesus commissions his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. That command necessitates focus on both peoples and also places.
Only the gospel of Christ can solve the problem of racism. Only the gospel can assure us that in Christ there is hope for reconciliation with God, and with one another.
Thomas R. Schreiner discusses his latest book “Handbook on Acts and Paul’s Letters”
Andrew Fuller is a voice from the past that is worthy of befriending.
The pattern for a husband’s headship is Christ’s headship over his bride — the church.
Many Christian leaders have been warning for some time that the issue of Christianity’s sexual ethic is going to be a dividing line — that it would be a Reformation-like moment that would lead to dividing denominations, tearing asunder friendships and unity in its wake. That is no longer speculative.
The next time you get frustrated with those biblical authors for making their stories so hard to understand, remember: God did it for a reason.
I believe Paul is describing his Christian experience in Romans 7:14-25. Here’s why.
Praise God that it pleased him to work through ordinary men like Luther and Calvin to unleash afresh an extraordinary gospel to work in all its grace-driven power in my life and in the lives of countless millions of other believers and pastors through the century.