Steve Childers is President of Global Church Advancement, an international ministry that provides training, consultations, and resources for church planters, pastors and missionaries throughout the world. Here's a great article he wrote which unpacks how ongoing repentance (turning heart affections away from idols) and faith (turning heart affections to Jesus Christ) results in the gospel transforming Christians into being more spiritually-minded and Christ-like. John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, Tim Keller and others are cited. (HT: Mary-Margaret Parker) … [Read more...] about How the Gospel Changes Christians
Does God want you to be rich?
David Van Biema AND Jeff Chu of Time Magazine write an engaging cover story on the resurgence of prosperity theology among evangelicals. The authors claim the (aberrant) teaching has spread beyond its Pentacostal base: "In a Time poll, 17% of Christians surveyed said they considered themselves part of such a movement, while a full 61% believed that God wants people to be prosperous. And 31%—a far higher percentage than there are Pentecostals in America—agreed that if you give your money to God, God will bless you with more money." The theory proposed is that Prosperity Theology fell upon hard … [Read more...] about Does God want you to be rich?
Marks of manhood & Growing up without Dad
Here's a great article by Dr. Albert Mohler on distinguishing features of manhood. His remarks can also be read in terms of a reply to the age-old question: When does a boy become a man? And here's an excellent article by Thabiti Anyabwile on growing up without a father. … [Read more...] about Marks of manhood & Growing up without Dad
Memorizing Scripture
Here's an outstanding essay by John Piper on the value of memorizing Scripture. … [Read more...] about Memorizing Scripture
Honest to God Radio
Tonight I had the honor of enjoying a 45-minute conversational interview with Josh Weidmann of Honest to God radio. Josh is a man with a passion to reach young people with the message of Christ. He is the Director of High School Ministry at Harvest Bible Chapel. Josh is also a popular youth speaker at camps and conferences around the country. We had a great time discussing With One Voice, which Josh had just read. I'll post a link to the interview later on if its made available on the Internet. Honest to God is on the air at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays and 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays on WMBI, 90.1 … [Read more...] about Honest to God Radio
Has God Failed?
Last May I completed one of my all-time favorite classes. It was an exegetical course on Romans 9-11 conducted by The Bethlehem Institute (the vocational elder training program of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN). It seems that all the great themes of the Christian faith (not to mention some of the most controversial doctrines!) are in Romans 9-11. The doctrine of divine election (Rom 9:1-29), the relationship between God's law and what it means to become righteous (Rom 9:30 - 10:13), the remnant of Israel and its relationship to Gentile believers (and related end-times … [Read more...] about Has God Failed?