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Learn more »Believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover. Prayer: Dear God, I’ve tried hard to fix and control my life’s hurts, hang-ups, and habits. I admit that, by myself, I’m powerless to change. I need to begin to believe […]
Every one of us at one point or another will have to stand and face our Goliath. The moment you decide to step out of the crowd and follow Christ not only as a disciple but to publicly declare the message of the cross, you enter a battle zone. There […]
You cannot read the New Testament apart from some tradition. Even the most jiving and thriving of Pentecostal churches has a normal way of doing Sunday morning worship that does not jump directly from the pages of the New Testament. This normal way of doing worship, how they organize everything […]
Evangelicalism is known for at least two words: gospel and (personal) salvation. Behind the word gospel is the Greek word euangelion and evangel, from which words we get evangelicalism and evangelism. Behind the second word salvation is the Greek word soteria. I want now to make a stinging accusation. In […]
I became something else, something other than what I naturally would have become, by becoming an evangelical pastor. Do not underestimate the difficulty of the task. While I generally agree with evangelical theology, I am at odds with the evangelical subculture and its version of holiness. The office of pastor […]
We’re not just wanting to keep Christians happy and growing. We aren’t attempting to lure believers from other churches by having glitzier services and better programs. We’re starting with hard-core skeptics and trying to transform them into zealously committed disciples of Jesus. And that’s really hard! To be truthful, most […]
