Featured Articles Archives

• Is Dialogue a Basis for Christian Unity?  (March 18, 2009)
  I have to confess to a certain annoyance with buzz words--warm fuzzy jargon words like "dialogue" and "inclusion." I?m sure at times the annoyance has been of my own creation. They can be perfectly good words after all. But at some point on the I?m-ok-you?re-ok train these words picked up some unwanted baggage.
• Do You Long for the Goodness of Life?  (April 27, 2009)
  When you look at the disintegration of marriages, homes, families, relationships, morals, and society in general, do you wonder what is happening? Do you wonder why godly life principles, a sense of honor and moral restraint, graciousness, and propriety are slipping away?
• It is Never Right to be Angry with God  (April 3, 2009)
  John Piper explains how our feelings are either good or bad depending on how they relate to God.
• Bookends of the Christian Life  (April 21, 2009)
  Using a bookends motif, Bridges and Bevington show how justification and sanctification can help you overcome guilt and self-righteousness, develop the motivation to grow, be assured of God's love, and bring about lasting change in your life.
• Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Does the Bible Teach Both?  (April 17, 2009)
  God is the sovereign ruler over the universe and all human affairs, and human beings are responsible before God for the moral choices and actions they make. Yes, the Bible teaches both and both are true.
• Do We Have an Authority Problem?  (April 16, 2009)
  Since the Garden of Eden men and women have worked to perfect the craft of rebellion.
• Are Feelings Just the Caboose?  (April 29, 2009)
  We must recognize that the emotions play an important role in our thinking and our conduct. They are a critical part of our humanity and they play a significant role in our walk of faith.
• Eight Reasons Why I Believe That Jesus Rose from the Dead  (March 6, 2007)
  People are finding what they want to find in "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" and other not-so-new arguments. No thinking person wants to believe a lie. Thankfully, there's so much evidence that supports faith in Christ.
• He is Risen: Evidence beyond Reasonable Doubt  (April 6, 2007)
  Hasn't Christ's being raised from the dead already passed the "test of deliberative reason" for any objective observer?
• Jesus Christ's Resurrection: The Exclamation Point  (March 3, 2008)
  Christianity crumbles if Jesus was never physically raised from the dead.
• Radical Effects of the Resurrection  (March 7, 2008)
  In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul ponders how he would assess his lifestyle if there were no resurrection from the dead.
• True Contemplation of the Cross  (February 6, 2009)
  "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" features Easter readings that encourage thoughtful contemplation of the cross and deepen people?s experience of the resurrection, collected from the writings and sermons of 25 classic and contemporary theologians and Bible teachers. This selection comes from Reformation theologian Martin Luther.
• The Primacy of Preaching in a Healthy Church  (March 31, 2009)
  Mark Dever explains why the regular diet of the church should consist of the explanation and application of particular portions of God?s Word.
• Following Jesus Christ through the Recession  (March 30, 2009)
  Jars of clay are crushable. We are easily broken. God is strong, unbreakable. When we endure as Christians in the face of trials we show that God sustains His children.
• God Talks: The Bible is God's True and Lasting Word  (March 11, 2009)
  Knowing that God is a talking God helps us understand better one of the most important and precious possessions we have in all of life--our Bible.
• Building the Church: A Plea to Pastors (and Laypeople)  (February 16, 2009)
  There?s more to a pulpit than a link to the past. Pulpits aren?t about tradition. They?re not about the ?way we?ve always done it.? Pulpits are about building the church on the Word of God.
• Why I Am Committed to Teaching the Bible  (February 23, 2009)
  Faithfully preaching and teaching the Word must be the very heart of our ministry philosophy. Any other approach replaces the voice of God with human wisdom.
• Why it is Good to Give Thanks  (March 16, 2009)
  God's good will for your life is to give thanks - and there are many reasons to do it. Let the fruit of your lips give thanks to His name today.
• Good Communication Begins With the Heart  (March 3, 2009)
  Jesus tells us that man speaks out of the abundance of his heart. In other words, it's the wellspring of our heart that determines what flows from our mouths.
• A Taste of Mueller and His God  (March 9, 2009)
  What should we make of Mueller? Another clay pot who shows us the surpassing power that belongs to God and not to us.