- 05/29/2010
More Grieved by Bad Theology or Division?
It depends on the degree and nature of the division compared with the degree of seriousness to the theology mistaken.
- 05/18/2010
Should Pastors Get PhDs?
If you're already a pastor, I wouldn't get a PhD. It's a lot of work, and the payoff is really small. Really small.
- 05/12/2010
Is It OK to Drink Alcohol?
I sense a lot of young guys who don't want to be legalistic and want to spread their wings and know gospel freedom are just not very realistic about the world in which we live.
- 04/26/2010
If God Wants Me to Be Happy, Why So Much Suffering?
God wants you happy. But he doesn't do it with circumstance. He does it with himself.
- 03/22/2010
Christians Can't Drink or Smoke?
If a person drinks or smokes, does that mean they're not a Christian?
- 03/02/2010
Preachers Must Make Plain Their Sermon is Christian
It's important that every sermon from a Christian preacher be a Christian sermon, that is, a sermon that, if a Jewish or Muslim person heard it, they wouldn't like.
- 03/01/2010
Do You Accept 'Old Earth' and Evolution?
If by "accept" you mean, "Are there people on our counsel of elders who hold to the old earth theory?" then, Yes.
Tags Evolution - 02/22/2010
Confidence vs. Presumption when Risk-Taking
What's the difference between confidence and presumption when it comes to God's provision in risk-taking?
- 02/06/2010
Train Ministers at Church or Send Them to Seminary?
Should local churches support and equip young men in their congregation who feel called to ministry, or should they be sent to seminary?
- 01/07/2010
Why Do You Think Christianity is True?
You can come at the truth of Christianity through several angles of apologetics and reasoning. One would be historical.
- 12/21/2009
Why Should I Want to Be a Christian?
All of our wants are either toward something or away from something, aren't they? In other words, I don't want pain and I do want pleasure.
- 12/10/2009
Why Require Unregenerate Children to Act Like They're Good?
If mere external conformity to God's commands (like don't lie) is hypocritical and spiritually defective, then why should parents require obedience from their unregenerate children?
- 12/02/2009
Does Being Totally Depraved Mean We're Always Sinning No Matter What?
My fallen human nature — redeemed and adopted and loved and forgiven as I am — my fallen human nature that remains and that must be put to death day after day inclines me to like the approval of man.
- 10/27/2009
What Should a Pastor Think About Marrying Non-Believers?
In our culture the governments have defined pastors as legally able to sign marriage certificates. I can marry anybody I want.
- 10/22/2009
Should Christians Say That Their Aim Is to Convert Others to Faith in Christ?
Christian conversion is the act or process of being changed (without coercion but through our own volition) into a person who believes and treasures Jesus Christ, his saving work, and his promises above everything else, including all that we were believing or treasuring before conversion.


