For six weeks starting on February 3rd at Calvary Chapel Des Moines, I facilitated a class of nine people using the DVD, Tactics in Defending the Faith; a video-based course taught by Stand to Reason's founder -- Greg Koukl. Though the video series was originally created in 2006, its teaching is timeless and much needed... Continue Reading →
This is an answer to a question I received recently. "Is it okay to have anger about other people being slandered or called names?" Feelings get a bad rap in Christianity because Christians are told that feelings are either unimportant or part of the flesh. But God gave us the ability to feel emotion and... Continue Reading →
For the sake of the topic relating to Christianity, a journal is a chronological record of changes you experience to archive the work of God in your life. It can account for daily events, a notebook to record insights into Scripture, a list of prayer requests, theological musings, or venting frustrations, emotions, and pouring your... Continue Reading →
Several years ago, my wife and I were invited to a Christian brother’s home for some fellowship and dinner with a couple who travels the United States proclaiming the gospel. It was a great time to get to know them, share thoughts, and “talk shop.” They asked us to share our testimony that night how... Continue Reading →
In a previous article, I asked the question: Can You Be Lukewarm and a Christian? This is pertaining to the lukewarm church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-21. There were many reasons why I thought you cannot be both, and explained my findings through Scripture. This struck a sour note with some people who expressed their... Continue Reading →
Last week during the Superbowl, the world watched as the first of two ads by the He Gets Us campaign released their annual Superbowl commercial shortly after the game started. While the spot aired, I was in the kitchen getting a snack. Before I took my seat back in front of the television, my phone... Continue Reading →
This was probably one of the most important questions I have ever been asked. I have been to several churches in which the preaching was spot on, but the people who listened had blank stares with not an open Bible in sight. It is necessary that we view this in light of the Bible and... Continue Reading →
Whoever said that you would never use math again after High School? Arithmetic is at the very center of culture and human history. Without math, there would not have been an industrial age, problems would not have been solved, and we would still be living in the stone age. Our entire world is built on... Continue Reading →
Last November my wife, Lisa, attended a women's conference at a Calvary Chapel in Kansas City with a few select ladies from church. When I usually drop her off to be carted away for the weekend, she comes back in a better state than when she leaves, but this time, it was in a much... Continue Reading →
The previous article, Methods of Personal Evangelism, I highlighted the six methods of personal evangelism; one of which is a direct approach known as Confrontational Evangelism. But what happens when brothers and sisters in Christ push back on your evangelism method? What do you say to a Christian that disagrees with how you approach people... Continue Reading →
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