OverviewIn this 9-session study, you’ll learn about the Christians in Philippi via the Book of Acts and Paul’s epistle. This study guide examines important topics such ...
Those who were raised in the Christian faith may have trouble narrowing down when exactly they first believed. From the time of their earliest memories, Scripture and church teachings ...
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When our discussions turn to talk about God's love, so many of us want to say, "Yes, but . . ." We want to make sure that sin isn't minimized and that ...
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Many people look at the Old Testament and see an angry God of vengeance who would crush you under his heel for even a minor offense. Then they turn to the New Testament and ...
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Leslie Leyland Fields has discovered a growth industry over the last several years: "Dozens of authors have called for readers to see the Scriptures as narrative and particularly ...
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Scholar Philip Harrold has noticed a problem in our evangelical churches—that too many of us don't know what we say we believe. And Harrold is far from the only ...
Good Friday and Easter are the very essence of Christianity. There is no more important observance or celebration in the Christian calendar. Yet what do the Cross and the Resurrection ...
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Christians seeking to introduce others to the Savior must walk a fine line. They must connect with their audience but not distort scriptural essentials of the gospel. This ...
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Mark Twain once famously said that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. We could say the same thing about Satan, in reverse: Reports of his life have been greatly ...
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In the second century after the coming of Christ, Marcion, a ship owner and son of a bishop, began spreading a doctrine that seemingly reconciled the vengeful wrath of God ...
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Christianity, while inspiring some of the greatest religious and philosophical thinkers in history, isn’t primarily a philosophy. Nor is it simply a means to come into ...
Unless we clearly understand Christ and his mission, we miss the core of Christianity. The center of the gospel is Jesus Christ. But what does that mean? This group of studies hopes ...
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Doctrine is not a four-letter word, though you might think so judging by how the larger culture and some evangelicals respond to it. Darren C. Marks says, "The word conjures ...
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In the Christianity Today article "The Jesus We'll Never Know," author Scot McKnight points out that we all tend to remake Jesus in our own image. Depending on ...
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One of the hallmarks of evangelical faith is that we are cruci-centric, or "Cross-centered." And that's not a bad thing. Rather than focusing the Christian life ...
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Evangelical New Testament scholars (and their students) seem to be divided into two main camps: those who emphasize Jesus and the kingdom, and those who focus on Paul and ...
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In the prosperity gospel, health, success, and ever-soaring profits in business are coveted, cherished, and publicly flaunted as signs of God's favor. In this new type of ...
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The gospel of moralistic therapeutic deism is running rampant in the church. In an interview with Mark Galli, theologian Michael Horton says we are tempted to live a Christless ...
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A popular idea in our pluralistic times is that Jesus is no more special than Muhammad, Buddha, and or any other religious leader. This runs counter to what Jesus said about ...
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Who is God? Sometimes our conceptions of God fall into one of two unfortunate but common stereotypes. Is he the commanding God of the Old Testament or the forgiving God ...
