As a “Christian” I am never confused by what God is doing, yeah right. This two part series explores some answers about being faithfully confused. – Mike A Theology of Confusion: How Faith Responds When God’s Ways Don’t Make Sense Pt. 1 A Theology of Confusion: How Faith Responds When God’s Ways Don’t Make Sense … More A Theology of Confusion:
Ancient Purple Threads Discovered in Israel Confirm Biblical History A colleague of mine, while looking for Civil War artifacts near his home, once found a brass button from a Union Army uniform. What made his discovery even more amazing was the bright blue jacket thread still attached to the button, even after 150 years. That’s … More Ancient Purple Threads Discovered in Israel Confirm Biblical History
It’s Not About the Manger As you enjoy Christmas in the company of friends and family, be sure to reflect on how the babe in the manger reveals to us God’s wonderful love. But even more, as Chuck Colson explained over a decade ago, remember the cosmic implications of the incarnation… that God would indeed … More It’s Not About the Manger
Today’s BreakPoint: Joni Eareckson Tada Calls Intercessors to Knees in Prayer for the Nation Several months ago, I asked friends and ministry leaders to help us pray our way through the upcoming election season. For weeks now, each Wednesday morning at 10:30 eastern time, thousands have joined us on Zoom and Facebook Live to pray for the … More Joni Eareckson Tada Calls Intercessors to Knees in Prayer for the Nation
Today’s BreakPoint: QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, & the Church Faith and Fear Don’t Mix JOHN STONESTREET WITH SHANE MORRIS At a press conference a few weeks ago, a reporter asked President Trump about the conspiracy theory QAnon. Started a few years ago by an anonymous user on the message site 4chan, QAnon claims, among other things, that a ring … More QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, & the Church
“In this moment of national crisis, rather than fighting over the optics around the Bible, we’d be far better off reading, hearing, and applying what it has to say.” Why the Bible is Not a Prop JOHN STONESTREET Presidents and politicians using the Bible or Christian symbolism for political ends is nothing new. Some, as … More Why the Bible is Not a Prop
Passover and the Discipline of Remembering JOHN STONESTREET WITH MARIA BAER – Friday 10 Apr 2020 It doesn’t happen every year, but this year it did. Yesterday, Maundy Thursday fell on the first full day of the Jewish Passover. What makes this an especially poignant convergence is that the meal we remember every Maundy Thursday, … More Passover and the Discipline of Remembering
Biblical History in Broken Jars Why the Bible “Sweats” the Details JOHN STONESTREET WITH ROBERTO RIVERA Stop me if this sounds familiar: Archaeologists digging in Israel discover artifacts buried for about three millennia. Upon close examination, their find either confirms the biblical narrative or at least undermines a long-accepted dismissal of a biblical claim. Okay, … More Why the Bible “Sweats” the Details
I think most of us have her of George Frideric Handel , but prior to reading this I had no knowledge of Charles Jennens. – Mike Handel’s—and Jennens’s—“Messiah” Apologetics Through Art As one wag put it, “In the orchestra world, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is every bit an annual Christmas tradition as eggnog and overworked shopping mall Santas.” … More Handel’s—and Jennens’s—“Messiah”
Why Christianity Requires Your Mind by: John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” That stinging first sentence opens Mark Noll’s game-changing book, “The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind,” which was published 25 years ago this month. In the book, Noll takes American Christianity to … More BreakPoint: Getting Back to Which Jesus?
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