Definitions: Gospel and Persuade
By J. Mack Stiles | 09.19.2014The gospel is the joyful message from God that leads us to salvation.
College Students and Church Membership
By Dave Russell | 09.17.2014Should college students join a local church by campus if they have a church membership “back home”?
The Drama of Preaching
By Murray Campbell | 09.11.2014What are we signifying when we preach the Word of God to God’s people?
How Should We Define Evangelism?
By J. Mack Stiles | 09.05.2014Evangelism is teaching the gospel with the aim to persuade.
Pastors’ Forum: Evangelism and Discipleship in the Local Church
By A. Duty, D. Furman, E. Bancroft, J. Rinne, J. Smuts, J. Worsley, M. Hoskinson, N. Knight | 09.03.2014How can a pastor encouarge evangelism and discipleship in the life of the local church?
Mobilizing the Church To Evangelize the College Campus
By Dave Russell | 09.02.2014We want churches to have an impact on campus, and for the campus to be present in the local church. But how?
Steve Jobs and the Goal of Preaching
By Matt McCullough | 08.28.2014Jobs said it’s not enough to offer customers what they already think they need. He wanted Apple to be a transformational influence, exposing and then meeting needs that customers didn’t realize they had.
Should I Tell My Spouse about Struggles with Sexual Purity?
By Garrett Kell | 08.28.2014Regardless of where you land on the spectrum, it is important for husbands and wives to develop a plan to help each other fight sexual temptation.
What Does “First Among Equals” Mean on an Elder Board
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014The answer to this question depends on combining both the revealed wisdom that God gives to all of us in his Word and the situation-specific wisdom that he must give individually.
What a New Pastor Doesn’t Know
By Matthew Hoskinson | 08.28.2014If you’re getting ready to enter a pastorate, you might have your list of changes ready. Can I encourage you to tuck that list away for a while?
Six Principles For Youth Ministry
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014Here are a few biblical principles that we should heed no matter what, and my sense is the many youth groups don’t heed them.
Evangelism: Teaching the Gospel with the Aim to Persuade
By J. Mack Stiles | 08.28.2014Walking an aisle, raising a hand, or even praying a prayer may tell us that evangelism has happened, but such actions are not what evangelism is.
Imagination, Church Reform, and the Art of the Impossible
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.28.2014Imagination draws the line between what one can and can’t conceive. So we could say that an increasingly biblical imagination involves faith expanding your view of the possible.
Stretching the Pastor’s Imagination
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.28.2014Here are a few suggestions for stretching and strengthening pastors’ imaginations.
“Open Membership” for Baptists? No Such Thing
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014What do we call objective symbols without the subjective realities behind them? Falsehoods.