What Bible Verse Changed Your World Lately?
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Theology
Sermon Prep (I Need Your Prayers & Help)
I’m filling in for Jeff on Sunday. It’s always an exciting thing for me to preach, but it’s always a humbling thing to fill the pulpit for someone I respect so much. I don’t ever want to go about preaching God’s Word in a careless way. I will be preaching the 2nd week in the “30 Days to Live” series …
Hiding God’s Word In Your Heart
One way you can make doctrines stick with you longer is by utilizing Scripture memory. The Bible repeatedly encourages Scripture memorization. If we hide it in our hearts (Ps 119:11), then the Word of God is with us even when the leather-bound edition of it may not be near our hands. You can memorize and meditate on the truth throughout …
The Trinity: 1+1+1=1
In constructing correct doctrinal beliefs, we each must wrestle with the issue of the Trinity. The Trinity is the term used to express the belief in the Christian Godhead as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is one of those beliefs that Christians claim to hold, but we often find ourselves unable to articulate …
Bible Reading Resolution (or is it a plan…)
Another part of planning for 2010 comes with a Bible reading plan. If you don’t have a target, you don’t know where to aim. A Bible reading plan can provide you a systematic way to work through the Scriptures rather than just haphazardly thumbing through the pages. There are plans that get you to read through the Bible in …
Whose Job Is It to Evangelize My Child (The Church’s or Mine)?
In an increasingly busy society, many forces compete against the unity of the home. Parents should utilize the local church to assist in raising godly children. Neglecting the local church concerning a child’s development is not only detrimental to the child’s spiritual vitality but also exposing the parents’ limited resources. While the local church does serve to bring the family …
2009 Bible Reading Plan
If you are looking for a good New Year’s resolution, why not reading through the Bible? Many people always feel guilty about not reading the Bible. Most of the time it is because they do not have a plan for doing it. I have tried different things, but this year, Amanda and I are going to do the Robert Roberts’ …
Is Jesus the Long-Awaited Messiah?
In class today, we talked about the “Messiah Tension.” Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all disagree with how the person of Jesus changes the search for truth. As part of the discussion today, we looked at Jewish reasoning behind why Jesus was not the Messiah. We also looked at why Christians believe that he matched all the prophecies of the coming …
Project Rationale #3
Here is the third rationale for my doctoral project: A third rationale behind this project is a desire to achieve a partnership between parents and the local church. If parents are to teach their children the ways of the Lord, they must be intentional about bringing spirituality into their conversations. Many parents, upon realization of the biblical mandate for parenting, …
Project Rationale #1
Why I am doing this doctoral project? Rationale #1: Above any other notable rationale behind this project, the greatest reasoning behind equipping parents to be the primary evangelists in their children’s lives is because the Bible commands it. The biblical mandate for a child’s spiritual development is unashamedly centered around the home. The family’s role in the spiritual rearing of …
NSU – Night #2
Thanks again for another great night at NSU in our Hermeneutics class. Your insights in our breakout time digging into Romans 12 were fantastic! You guys are really understanding on how to 1) grasp the text in their town, 2) measure the width to cross, 3) cross the connecting bridge, and 4) grasp the text in our town. I think …
I’m Worthless
This morning, my Bible reading started out in Luke 7. I normally have a set quota I try to read daily unless something hits me hard that I need to process and pray about. I was done at verse 7. This is the story about Jesus healing the centurion’s servant. You may remember the passage because Jesus tells the centurion …
NSU This Sunday
North Side U is starting this Sunday, and I’m so excited about the class that I am teaching: Hermeneutics. Don’t let the big word scare you, it’s about reading the Bible for all its worth. I mean it can’t be hard if I’m using stick people to teach it. Have you ever read a passage that you thought could no …
“All We Have Left to Do Now is Pray”
The phrase – “all we have left to do now is pray” – is one of the worst sayings in the life of a Christian. Tonight we talked at Fusion about how that shows the smallness of our depiction of God if we honestly believe that prayer is a last resort after we have done all we know how to …
The Ten Marks of a Flesh-Pleaser
The following article is from the late great Puritan pastor, Richard Baxter. I have read some of his works and thought these ten items were good for self-consdieration today: The Ten Marks Of A Flesh-Pleaser (Richard Baxter) By Richard Baxter The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these: 1. When a man in his desire to please his appetite, …
Final Hermeneutics Class
Tonight was our last Hermeneutics class for NSU. Sigh, lil’ tear. I had a great time with our class over the last six weeks. I felt like we attempted a pretty daunting task – looking and trying to learn how to interpret all the different genres of the Bible. It was my first time trying to teach all of this …
I’m Afraid of the Old Testament
Session 5 of NSU was Sunday night in our Hermeneutics class. This week we dealt with the Law and the Prophets in the session: “I’m Afraid of the Old Testament.” Remember: the Law was given to show that it was impossible for them to keep it – even in the OT, people were desperate for grace and a Savior. The …
Hermeneutics Weeks 3 & 4 Notes
Sorry, I didn’t post on week 3, but I wanted to write a couple of things from the last two weeks. Our class is the absolute best! You guys are learning so much, and you are getting the information and able to apply it so well. It is great to see everyone seem to grasping the Bible even better than …
The Right Way: Here’s Some Purity Help
(If you need help understanding the picture, go to the Fusion podcast which will be updated with Fusion’s message tomorrow). Tonight at Fusion we continued on in our Matchmaker series with a message entitled “The Right Way.” What is purity supposed to look like for those who are striving to do things God’s way? Here is the big idea for …
Session 2 – Occasional Documents
Thanks again for another great night at NSU in our Hermeneutics class. Your insights in our breakout time digging into Romans 12 was fantastic! You guys are really understanding on how to 1) grasp the text in their town, 2) measure the width to cross, 3) cross the connecting bridge, and 4) grasp the text in our town. I think …
Hermeneutics Session 1: The Plain Meaning
We had a great first night at NSU. A lot of people showed up for all of the five classes. I had a blast in our Hermeneutics class. I was originally anticipating about 30 people to show up, but we had 155 people there tonight! It showed that all of you really want to understand the Bible better. That’s fantastic! …
This Pride Stuff Ain’t No Joke
We started a sermon series on Sunday entitled “Leaving Planet Self” dealing with the issues of pride. As Jeff and I prepared the message, we tried to think of ways to apply this message and to grab people where they are. But I think the reverse sort of happenned. Since we prepared and delivered that message, God has alerted me …
Workbooks Done
The workbooks are done for our NSU class coming up Sunday on “How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth.” I had a lot of help putting them together, but I think we will have enough on Sunday. I sort of went overboard on putting together material for the class. I feel like we can cover it all, but …
DAWG (Day Alone With God)
Refreshing. Renewing. Rewarding. And upsetting. Why do I wait till I am worn out to spend a long time with my Father God? Why don’t I spend more long spans of time with him just because I can? I sat under a tree in West Cambridge Park for the day and got to read, pray, worship, and spend some time …
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