Consider Your Calling: The Call to the Ministry
Are you called to the ministry? How do you know? There are two things to consider for calling to the ministry, the internal call and the external call. This article explains them.
Are you called to the ministry? How do you know? There are two things to consider for calling to the ministry, the internal call and the external call. This article explains them.
What challenges has postmodernism brought to the church and the ministry? Understanding the features that characterize postmodernism can help the church realize its impact. This article looks at six characteristics of postmodernism and its challenge to Christian ministry.
Why do some believe that homosexuality is not condemned in the Bible? This article evaluates three approaches that claim the Bible supports homosexuality, and shows how the church should respond.
For a Christian to hold to a view of racial superiority is to deny the gospel. This article explains why racism is a sin that the church must repent from.
Unthankfulness is a primal sin. This article explains from Romans 1:20-22 that thankfulness is at the heart of acknowledging God.
Should Albert Einstein be blamed for moral relativism? This article looks at the connection between Einstein's theory of relativity and moral relativism.
Some contend that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. This article shows that this cannot be, since it is not possible to reject the Son and worship the Father.
How did we come to embrace secularism and sexual revolution in our culture? This article looks at the activism of the homosexuals and how this has had an impact on the church.
How did we come to embrace secularism and sexual revolution as part of our culture? This article looks at the development from modernism to postmodernism and the impact they had on the nature of authority and morality.
What has led to the embrace of secularism and sexual revolution in our culture? This article appeals to individualism and the authority of instrumental reason as contributors.
It is one thing to accept that the sexual revolution is part of our culture, and another thing to know how this culture came up. This article looks at how urbanization, technology, and the weakening of family life contributed to the sexual revolution.
At the heart of the gospel is the resurrection of Christ. From 1 Corinthians 15 the article explains why this is so.
Can man live without God? This is the question posed by secularism. How should the church answer this question? The article explains that it is only through standing on God's truth that the church can answer the question.
Is there a Christian approach to economics? There are twelve principles that shape a Christian understanding of economics, which makes it possible to talk about Christian economics.
What is central to Christian worship? This article answers this question by pointing out that the heart of Christian worship is the authentic preaching of the Word of God.
Has the pulpit become an advice centre? Has the church lost the urgency of preaching? This article draws out the difference between preaching done out of the urgency Scripture and that which is based on populist mentality.
The Christian church confesses to standing on the authority of Scripture alone. This article discusses eight implications flowing from this conviction.
This article explains how the Lord's Prayer is the prayer that can turn the world upside down.
The article explains how the resurrection is at the heart of Christianity and the Christian life.
How has Western culture affected evangelism? This article explains that society's claim to the right to define all meaning for itself makes it a culture hostile and indifferent to evangelism. The author encourages the church to stay the course and remain faithful to the call to keep the gospel and person of Christ central in evangelism.
Have you thought about how the printing press advanced the Reformation? Can digital media do the same for the church today? This article makes a call to Christian leaders to embrace digital media—internet and social media—for the cause of the gospel.
Convictional Christian leadership is defined by one's faith. And so if one's beliefs about God are not true, everything else will be warped by that false knowledge—and this is a huge problem in our culture when it then comes to leadership. A proper understanding of God will help one see that Christian leadership is an act of stewardship. This article explains aspects of the leader's stewardship.
Convictional Christian leadership is defined by one's faith. And so if one's beliefs about God are not true, everything else will be warped by that false knowledge—and this is a huge problem in our culture when it then comes to leadership. A proper understanding of the sovereignty of God will help one see that Christian leadership is an act of stewardship.
Calling has two sides, the inward call and the external call. This is the way God works to call people into the ministry.
This article looks at animal cloning, human cloning and reproduction, humans as the image of God, genetic manipulation, and human cloning and family.