How Do We Respond To News? As I was reading through Mark 1:1-20, I remembered that when I had first begun to hear Jesus’ voice, the Holy Spirit would often lead me down different streets to [Continue Reading…]
I was talking with a friend the other day about how to pray. I figured the best way to explain it was to actually do it, and all the while, I was explaining what I [Continue Reading…]
The Transfiguration has for a long time been a confusing event. Questions such as, why was Moses up there? Why was Elijah up there? What did it mean? Why did Jesus only take 3 of [Continue Reading…]
I’m sure we all have at least one friend who thinks he/she knows everything, and who is always ready and insistent on sharing their knowledge with everybody. In this information-based era, it’s very easy, with [Continue Reading…]
Introduction: The reason that I decided to study the meaning of water baptism was because I had some questions about it myself. (I originally did this study November 9, 2000; Footnotes are listed at the [Continue Reading…]
What did Jesus mean when He said to Simon, “you are Peter”? Was He really building the church upon him? Matthew 16:13-19 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, when does somebody receive the Holy Spirit? I did some research on this, and in Acts 8:12-19, it says, “But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of God, and [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…]
Question: Hey Andy, what’s your view of baptism? Hi, wow, my view on baptism? OK, are you ready for a long answer? I’ve actually written a lot on this, but here’s what I believe in a [Continue Reading…]
Defending The Lord, 2017-2019