Joel Osteen vs The Puritans
Popular prosperity preacher Joel Osteen writes in his book, Your Best Life Now, “Start calling yourself healed, happy, blessed and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains…Start declaring ‘Everything I…
A UNIVERSE OUT OF NOTHING? Meet Lawrence Krauss
Imagine the following conversation 200 years ago on a farm in rural Iowa. A little boy says, “Grandpa, where did the world come from?” His pensive grandfather responds, “Oh, it just popped into existence out of nothing.” Difficult to imagine…
GOD and GENOCIDE in the BIBLE: What Do We Do with the “Texts of Terror”?
What do we do with the passages about genocide in the Bible? There are quite a few of them. We can’t just ignore them. They are difficult passages to say the least with God directly killing people, or ordering His…
IS MORMONISM A CHRISTIAN RELIGION?
I’ve had the privilege of going to Utah on two different occasions to share the gospel of Jesus door to door with Mormons. Some have wondered why I would do such a thing. They ask “Aren’t Mormons already Christians?” It…
SHOULD WE PREACH ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES?
Should pastors address controversial topics from the pulpit? Should they address subjects like abortion, LGBTQ issues or divorce and remarriage? And if so, should they tiptoe around these kinds of topics or hit them head on? In short, should we…
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