What’s so big about church?

In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says to 12 men that he chose to follow him and be his students,
I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The word “church” used throughout the New Testament is the Greek word “ekklesia“.  This word is used upwards of 130 times and has a [...]

A tale of two Gospels…

In some ways it depends how you tell the Bible story.  There is a version that runs something like this:  “God made you to know him, but you have rejected God.  Your sin cuts you off from God and brings you under his judgment.  But God sent his Son to  die in your place and [...]

You might NOT be a Christian if…

Two weeks ago at Believer’s Church, my message (which is now up on our website) was entitled “You might NOT be a Christian if…you’re not part of a local church.”  It’s important to catch what I’m saying.  I didn’t say, “You’re NOT a Christian if you’re NOT part of a local church”, but rather “You [...]

Priscilla, Aquila and Biblical manhood and womanhood

Men and women are equal, let’s just go ahead and get that out there.  The question however is whether or not distincions should be made between the roles men and women play based on gender?  The audio from Sunday’s message is now online here.  Listen along as we seek to wrestle with this issue.

Helpful stuff for a new year

Even though we’re well into the second week of 2009, here’s some resources to help you grow spiritually in the days ahead:

Plans to help you read through the Bible in a year.  This is something I’ve always wanted to do and never done.  Even though I’ve always said Bible reading is about quality (what you’re [...]

Deficient Christmas Carols

Recently the guys over at Resurgence did a post about how “cheap” many worship songs are;  neither glorifying God nor edifying people.  This is not only true with many contemporary songs within Christian worship music, but also with many traditional  Christmas hymns or carols.  Stop and think about it for a minute…what do many of [...]