Tag: Jesus

True Doctrine Doesn’t Wait

Randolph Jason

True Doctrine Doesn’t Wait by MARK GALLI for Christianity Today Without good theology, you can’t have Christlike love and compassion. In a recent email to me, a writer encouraged CT to pursue a new trajectory. He argued we should move away from orthodoxy, even if “beautiful,” and instead in a direction where orthopathy (meaning right feelings or emotions) and orthopraxis (right practice) are seen as “first-order issues responsive to the two great commandments and the mission of Jesus, and witnessed through love and unity.” This is a near-perfect summary of…

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Why the Church Must Invite God Back Into His Own House

Randolph Jason

Why the Church Must Invite God Back Into His Own House by DOUG STRINGER for Charisma News Note: This is part 1 of a two-part series. In Mark 11, we find a story about Jesus that is somewhat perplexing. But with a bit of background, we discover it’s actually a lesson for us in bringing God back in the church! On the next day when they had returned from Bethany, He was hungry. Seeing from afar a fig tree with leaves, He went to see if perhaps He might find…

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SHOULD INFANTS BE BAPTIZED?

Randolph Jason

SHOULD INFANTS BE BAPTIZED?  by Adriel Sanchez for Core Christianity Editor’s Note: In this article, Pastor Adriel lays out the argument for infant baptism. While Core Christianity holds to the view that infant baptism is Biblical, we are aware that within the family of God there are many who hold to other views on baptism and we warmly embrace them as brothers and sisters in the fellowship of the gospel.  When I first began going to church as a teenager, I assumed that only Roman Catholics practiced infant baptism. In the…

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5 Words That Strengthen Any Sermon

Randolph Jason

5 Words That Strengthen Any Sermon by Jason K. Allen for The Gospel Coalition Sermons are composed of words, and every sermon rises or falls on the words that preachers choose to deploy. The words preached come with the power of life and death, so the preacher must carefully choose his words. The point is not so much eloquence as it is intentionality. Over the years, as I have monitored my own preaching and observed others, I have come to realize how intentionally using a few key words will strengthen most any…

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4 WAYS TO READ THE BIBLE FOR PERSONAL APPLICATION

Randolph Jason

4 WAYS TO READ THE BIBLE FOR PERSONAL APPLICATION by David Powlison for Core Christianity God’s Word for You It is a marvel how personally the Bible applies. The words pointedly address the concerns of long-ago people in faraway places, facing specific problems, many of which no longer exist. They had no difficulty seeing the application. Much of what they read was personal application to actual situations they were facing. But nothing in the Bible was written directly to you or specifically about what you face. We are reading someone…

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The Book of Romans: The Resurrection Makes It Real (Video)

Randolph Jason

The Book of Romans: The Resurrection Makes It Real Video by Pastor JD Greear for Summit Church MP3 Listen / Download HERE>>> Death has been defeated! Amen! At the center of Christianity is not a new moral code or a new perspective on life, but an empty tomb that literally changes everything. ● I did hear about one young pastor (true story) who decided that if this was the only weekend certain people would ever come (and it’s true, 50%!), he was just going to tell them everything they need…

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Atheists Try to Plant Secular Church—Guess What Happens

Randolph Jason

Atheists Try to Plant Secular Church—Guess What Happens by JENNY ROSE SPAUDO for Charisma News Justina Walford loved God and church, but her life changed when she began to question how one religion could hold the keys to truth. Her doubts drove her away from organized religion–until she came across an atheist church. Little did she know it wouldn’t turn out the way she hoped. The Atlantic recently reported on Walford’s spiritual journey into Sunday Assembly, a secular community with meetings much like church services but devoid of God. The church…

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What If Charity Replaced Taxation?

Randolph Jason

What If Charity Replaced Taxation? by Jean Vilbert via Alt-Market GNN Note – When I was a child government didn’t provide welfare like it does today. The churches, community organizations and people helping people was the norm. It was a hand up not a hand out. When I was born my parents were living in what is known today as Section 8 housing – government subsidized. My dad was a fireman and my mom worked part time at the hospital. We, my parents and older brother, moved into a cracker-box…

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