Prayer & Hard Work
1 Thessalonians 5:12-18, “12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you,…
Read More301 Class : Presuppositional Apologetics : Week 5 : TAG
2 Corinthians 10:3-5, “3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against…
Read MorePerfect Your Skills
I know it is obvious that practice makes perfect, but I think with social media and the bombardment of people’s “highlight reels” on places like Facebook we sometimes forget the hard work behind people’s published victories. Take for example my gift of preaching- I’ve been preaching over 20 years, I listen to all my sermons…
Read MoreFaith & Love
In the introduction to Ephesus Paul was quick to acknowledge the great faithfulness to Jesus and love for God’s people the saints had at Ephesus. Their good fruit was reliably reported back to him by trusted leaders and he had witnessed it first hand in his travels and mission work in their region. Oh to…
Read MoreArgument for God from Warrant
Warrant is justified true belief without any known defeaters. See if this one makes sense; 1. PREMISE 1: Warrant entails proper function. 2. PREMISE 2: God is the grounds for proper function. Based on Colossians 1:2-3, “Namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” 3. CONCLUSION 1:…
Read MoreSin & Pleasure
1 John 2:15-17 (NIV) 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the…
Read MoreArgument for the Soul
Enjoy this transcendental goodie as to why you’re a non-material mind (or a spiritual soul); PREMISE 1: To deny your non-material mind with your non-material mind is absurd. Based on Genesis 2:7, “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man…
Read MoreArgument for God from Preconditions
Take a moment to wrap your mind around this transcendental (non-physical) goodie; PREMISE 1: God is the precondition for “X” (whatever you can rationally conceive, including rationality, proper function and logic). Based on Romans 11:36, “For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” Good…
Read MoreThe Church’s Worldview Problem
The stats don’t lie. Sadly, though many pastors agree with me that discipleship is important, they fail to use Jesus’ standards for discipleship. Therefore, we have “super duper” looking churches but “sickly saints.” Here is the hard evidence that these “mile wide and inch deep churches” have created a huge gap in Christian beliefs and…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #7: Correcting False Prophets
We open today’s program by looking ahead to our upcoming “back to school” outreach on the Westside. As we do so, we will also reflect back on our experiences doing inner city outreach over the years. We then look to the news as President Donald Trump announces a ban on transgendered personnel in the military.…
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