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Continue reading...Devotional: Christ’s Forgiveness
[I have enjoyed the Morning and Evening devotionals of the late 1800’s Particular Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, but find them a bit archaic in presentation. So I have re-written them
Continue reading...American Politics and Christian Faith: The Confession of Evangelical Conviction (Part Two)
I’m intrigued by “Our Confession of Evangelical Conviction,” a document signed by well-known evangelical leaders that aims to address the current social conflict and political confusion by
Continue reading...Studies in Revelation: The False Prophet
In the Satanic trinity there is Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet. 11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It
Continue reading...Studies in Revelation: Epithets of Jesus
What bynames or descriptions would you give of Jesus? Revelation has several. Firstborn from the Dead Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Missions (Outreach to Israel)
Though Israel was first tasked with outreach to the world, it is now necessary for the church to reach out to Israel. Because Israel as a whole has rejected Jesus as their Messiah, Paul asks in Romans
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Success in the Spirit)
One of the most fascinating things Jesus said was, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:44). Unbelievers are unable to come
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Hope as Witness)
When Jesus witnesses to the Samaritan woman at the well he probes her lack of hope, helping her see that what she has set her hope upon for life, a relationship with a man who loves her, has proven empty.
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (The Message of the Gospel)
That the church has an obligation to proclaim the gospel to every nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is without question. But what is the gospel message that
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Pauline Mission Trips)
The book of Acts chronicles three of four Pauline mission trips. The fourth occurred likely after his release from prison in Rome (Acts 28), an outreach to Spain that he mentioned to the Roman church he
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Petrine Mission Trip, Acts 10 & 11)
Evangelizing Samaritans was pretty radical, but evangelizing Gentiles was off the chart. Philip’s outreach to Samaria was groundbreaking, but Peter’s outreach to Gentiles was revolutionary. It took
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Philip’s Mission Trips)
Persecution in Jerusalem forced many leaders in the church to flee the city. Philip, one chosen by the church to oversee the distribution to the widows, fled Jerusalem but to a place where Jews were regularly
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Jesus: the Command for Mission)
We call Jesus’ command to us to reach the world with the good news the Great Commission, and there is more than one form of it. 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (Jesus, the Pattern for Mission)
Unlike John the Baptist, Jesus went from village to village proclaiming the good news of the kingdom. He trained his disciples to do the same thing. 35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching
Continue reading...A Biblical Theology of Mission (John the Baptist on Mission)
Before John the Baptist was born it was predicted of him, 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of
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