What is it that makes our calling to make disciples so terrifying? Whether in youth ministry, college ministry, or adult ministry, getting Christians to even share with their friends about Jesus, what they learned in [Continue Reading…]
I continue to talk with people who notice all the sin in the world, though they often don’t understand it to be sin, just something wrong and not natural. The Apostle Paul talked about this [Continue Reading…]
I have a friend/acquaintance in Sweden who runs a Christian outreach, where they set up a stand at all the large Satanic heavy metal festivals throughout Europe, pass out free Bibles and share the Gospel [Continue Reading…]
Does Helping Others Make You Good? This is a good, and common question, even in church, and especially in youth ministry, where the message is often such. For example, ‘love your neighbor, care for the [Continue Reading…]
Mark 1:21-28 tells us that every Sabbath day, Jesus went into the Synagogues and taught the people and they were amazed at His teachings, for He taught as one with Authority, unlike the teachers of Religious [Continue Reading…]
(Originally typed up May 19, 2004) What Is the Church’s Relation to the World? Before answering this question, I need to define what my question means by, “Church”: Church The Body of Christ as a [Continue Reading…]
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people talk and ask about church conflict, splits due to conflict, and what to do when they don’t get along with or feel they’re being mistreated [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, why does my family try to convince me to go to church when I am agnostic and I hate religion? Churches are like high school and there are cliques in churches too. I hate [Continue Reading…]
Can Baptism be Compared to Circumcision? I mean, when you look at the fact that both are sort of symbols of faith, as well as something that every believer must do, it is a good [Continue Reading…]
I was thinking the other day about a conversation I once had with an Evangelical-Lutheran Pastor once about Baptism. He told me of an interesting story that his Bishop had told him: Being In the [Continue Reading…]
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