Posts Tagged ‘ theology ’

Is Jesus Really THE Truth?

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June 18, 2009
Is Jesus Really THE Truth?

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. -Jesus That statement is one of the most controversial and hated statements that Jesus ever made. This quote, and other statements in the Bible lead followers of Jesus to conclude that He is the ONLY way...
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Are People Generally Good or Basically Bad?

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June 16, 2009
Are People Generally Good or Basically Bad?

Michael Wittmer has asked some great questions in his book Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus is Not Enough. I’ve been reviewing this book chapter by chapter because the book closely identifies with the content of ChurchETHOS. I’ve been able to give away 5 copies of the book already and you can still...
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Must You Believe Something to be Saved?

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May 15, 2009
Must You Believe Something to be Saved?

To my conservatively raised ears, this question really sounds irrelevant. Just off the top of my head I think of things like: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:16 HCSB) and “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His only...
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World Missions

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January 5, 2009
World Missions

Today was the first day of my winter session course on World Missions at GCTS. Tim Tennent is my professor. The class is 3 hours a day for 2 weeks including reading 1200 pages and 7 assigned theological journal articles, two tests, and exact memorization of 20 Bible verses and 150 countries on the...
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Did Jesus Claim to be God?

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December 1, 2008
Did Jesus Claim to be God?

Last night my Bible study group had a great discussion from John 10. Since I’m working on translating Greek all day today for my Exegesis class, I thought I would take a few minutes and share what we talked about and invite you to join the conversation. To begin with, we talked about how...
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The Challenge of Preaching Today

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November 5, 2008

This is Part One of a book review of the still timely work by John Stott entitled, Between Two Worlds. After months of discussing the relevancy of preaching I have decided to write a book review of one of my favorite books on preaching. This book was written in 1982 but still has importance...
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Plant a Church. Yeah, That Means You!

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July 29, 2006

So, if you’ve read much of my blog, you know I am a church planter in Boston. I didn’t know much about being a church planter before I started, but I have learned a lot in the last two years. I now realize that there can never be a professional church planter. I also...
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