The first time I heard the expression Reformed theolgy, I was not much attracted to it, writes the author. What came to mind were abuses done in its name. My mind was changed over a period of time,…
In Actuality, discover why the best sermon illustrations come from real life, from the actual experiences of trouble and grace in your own life as a preacher and in the lives of your congregants. L…
Charles Wesley is widely remembered as a significant hymn-writer, especially among Methodists, but he is not often regarded either as a major poet or as an important theologian. He quite often take…
Encourage Me offers tender insight into the needs of the human heart and how God wants to meet those needs through the gift of encouragement. Swindoll says, "Encouragement is awesome. Think about i…
The Old Testament prophetic books arguably are amongst either some of the more overlooked books of the Bible or the most misunderstood. Filled with symbolism, historical accounts, vivid imagery, an…
Engaging Scripture Proposes that Christians must read scripture theologically, redressing the recent domination of professional scholarship in this area by historical-criticism. Drawing on the best…
The status of the apocryphal (or deutero-canonical) books has been one of the long-standing areas of disagreement among various Christian traditions. The author, however, that whether one views the…
James K. A. Smith suggests that the answer is a reaffirmation of the belief that Jesus is Lord over all. Smith traces the trends and directions of Radical Orthodoxy, proposing that it can provide a…
Is contemporary art a friend or foe of Christianity? Art historian, critic, and curator Daniel Siedell, addresses this question and presents a framework for interpreting art from a Christian worldv…
Sherwood Lingenfelter is a well known author in the field of Church and culture. In his book Transforming Culture, he writes about "social and cultural systems" which exert "powerful pressure" both…