Guaranteed Inheritance
Don’t be deceived by lukewarm Christians and believe you’re only meant to be a disembodied spirit in heaven singing songs around the throne of God. Certainly, worshipping God is part of the purpose of mankind, but we were not created in heaven to be angels, we were created on earth to have dominion and judge…
Read MoreJesus Never Said
Jesus didn’t say… Go into all the world and watch Christian TV. Go into all the world and share Christian memes on social media. Go into all the world and publish New York Times Bestselling books. Go into all the world and charge people to attend worship concerts. Go into all the world and charge…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #5: Defending the Faith
Today’s show is based on our third distinctive, “apologetics.” In the “About Us” time we discussed the biblical command for apologetics from 1 Peter 3:15-16. Then we made it practical by sharing the times we’ve debated in our ministry; highlighting our engagements with Mormons, Muslims, IDMR and Black Israelites. Next, for our “In the News”…
Read More301 Class : Presuppositional Apologetics : Week 2 : Understanding Presuppositional Apologetics
1 Corinthians 1:18, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” Click here for today’s notes in pdf. I. Understanding Presuppositional Apologetics Apologetics is, “giving a defense of the Christian faith to unbelievers.” And a “Christian Apologist” is…
Read MoreMarked & Sealed
Jesus promised that He wouldn’t leave us as orphans but that He would send another Helper, the Holy Spirit, to live in us. And where the Holy Spirit would abide, there the Father and Son would be too. Paul continued in this theme in Ephesians and taught the saints that the Holy Spirit had marked…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #4: Disciples that Make Disciples
Today’s show focused on our heart for discipleship. Reading from a passage in his book, “Discipleship Based Churches,” Joe laid out the moral crisis taking place in our nation, and identified the primary cause as a lack of discipleship in American churches. In giving “A Word from the Word” Joe provides the answer to the…
Read More301 Class : Presuppositional Apologetics : Week 1 : Introduction
This course will study presuppositional apologetics to be a better witness for Jesus Christ. The textbook used will bring to light the presuppositional method with its most important parts. The student will learn how to know what they believe as a Christian is true and how to show the faulty assumptions of those without a…
Read MoreThe Gospel, Part 2
How do you chose a plane? When you go to the airport with your purchased tickets, how do you pick a plane? Do you walk around and look for a plane with your favorite color? Or the biggest one or maybe the “newest” one? Do you look in the lines and find where the most…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #3: Fishers of Men
Today’s show was evangelism heavy. Pastor Joe taught from the word about the biblical mandate to “preach the gospel to all creation” from Mark 16:9-20, and then spoke from the heart about evangelism in the life of the church. We believe evangelism is the mission of the Church, and a command to every disciple of…
Read MoreThe Gospel
On Paul’s second missionary journey he preached the gospel in Ephesus for around three years. During that time, despite great opposition, a large number of people were saved and discipled (Acts 18:19-19:41). Here is a summary of what God did in Acts 19:8-11, “8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months,…
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