Matt Holst teaches high school Biblical Studies and History at Evangelical Academy in Colorado Springs. He is also a pastoral intern at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Falcon, Colo. Matt was kind enough to write a thorough review of Thriving at College for The Aquila Report. Speaking of Thriving at College, Family Life Today is selling individual copies for $8.99 each. (No limit on orders.) … [Read more...] about Matt Holst on Thriving at College
Archives for August 2011
John Piper on the Campus Crusade for Christ name change
I think John Piper nails it. Here are two of his eight points: There is no parachurch movement or denomination where all the leaders are equally theologically astute or articulate or solid. Therefore, our alignment with, and support for, missionaries and churches should be discriminating. No one should be assumed as doctrinally sound because of being a part of any organization. Neither should we assume they are unsound. The individual is key to what the individual believes. In our support of missionaries at Bethlehem we are far more concerned with their personal beliefs and … [Read more...] about John Piper on the Campus Crusade for Christ name change
A Prayer for Preaching the Gospel to Ourselves
Scott Smith writes a great prayer to facilitate preaching the gospel to ourselves: I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” Rom. 1:15–17 Most gracious Lord Jesus, even as Paul was eager to preach the gospel to believers in Rome, so I’m eager to preach it to my own heart today. There was a time when I thought … [Read more...] about A Prayer for Preaching the Gospel to Ourselves