Imagine the following statement being made from the pulpit of your church by a guest speaker: “Our mission is to make this nation a Christian nation.” What is your reflexive reaction in this hypothetical situation? Perhaps you have noticed the lack of context in this thought experiment. Regardless of what context you may have added […]
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Imagine the following statement being made from the pulpit of your church by a guest speaker: “Our mission is to make this nation a Christian nation.” What is your reflexive reaction in this hypothetical situation? Perhaps you have noticed the lack of context in this thought experiment. Regardless of what context you may have added […]
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On the field we often hear a missionary say something like, “We’re meeting with a few pastors today and want to cast vision.” Or maybe at a yearly training meeting, a leader might remark from the pulpit, “Meet with your disciples and cast vision for soul winning to them.” I don’t know the history of […]
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Why should I care? You should care about missions because God cares.The subject is important to God; because God’s own glory is important; and God’s glory is the overall theme of the Bible. 1. The whole Bible is about God’s … Continue reading
خدا (Khoda) or الله (Allah) ?? Updated: July 21, 2023 Originally written here in 2010 at Beggar’s All. In Ergun Caner and Emir Caner’s book, Unveiling Islam, in the chapter on Allah (chapter 6 – “Allah: Names of Terror and Names … Continue reading
Dan Philips has an excellent article on Matthew 28:19 at Pyromaniacs. Please read it carefully; the details about Grammar and Syntax (the relationships of words with each other in sentences) are very important. Dan has actually taken the time to write … Continue reading
Why do we evangelize? Why do we support those in the mission field? Why is missions so important to the church? All of these are important questions especially that first one. Some Christians feel intimidated when they share their faith. Some witn…
Another well done video about how Turkey became Muslim. Originally the land what is known as Turkey today was mostly Greek – Part of the Byzantine Christian Empire. It was not “Turkey” in NT days nor in church history until … Continue reading
The Great Commandment—love God and love others perfectly and perpetually—sums up all the law and the prophets.
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The lovable Disney film Moana, tells the story of a young girl who lives on a Polynesian island and is the daughter of the chief. Like many fathers, the chief is overly protective of his daughter, and also of the people he rules.
As a result, the peopl…
Religion is an indispensable component of the public square.[1] Since the public square is encapsulated by the ideas of human beings, and since religion is an idea at the forefront of man’s mind,[2] any suggestion to the contrary would necessarily entail the public square ceasing to be the public square. Stated differently, you can’t have […]
Contending for Our All Part 1 Contending for Our All Part 2 Where Biblical Truth, Theology, Church History, Missions, & proper Contextualization come together. We continue our series on Athanasius (lived from around 300-373 AD) statement “Contending For Our All”, … Continue reading
For Part 1, see here. I would encourage you to go back and read Part 1 and refresh the issue in your mind. Piper shows how the things that Athanasius stood for in his day, are amazingly relevant for today’s … Continue reading
(Photo of ancient church ruins in Philadelphia of Revelation 3:7-13 & a Mosque in between) Even Philadelphia eventually left it’s first love. (see Rev. 2:4-5) The ruins of columns of an ancient Byzantine church in the ancient city of Philadelphia, now … Continue reading
It’s easy to be against something. Within any wrong system (i.e., Church Planting Movements theory), we find much fodder for articles on why a particular method isn’t biblical. But it’s … More
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It’s easy to be against something. Within any wrong system (i.e., Church Planting Movements theory), we find much fodder for articles on why a particular method isn’t biblical. But it’s … More
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One way to judge the vitality of a culture is by the state of its men. Where its men are weak, sin-addicted, and passive, the society will decline. Why? Because … More
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A few years ago Alan Nelson used a phrase that briefly set SBC Twitter ablaze. He wrote, “take the ship” and ol’ Dave Miller, who suffers from a debilitating case of thalassoharpaxophobia fell on his fainting couch moaning. The Guinea hens that circle his website heard the commotion and sounded the alarm. And thus a […]
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Is truth dynamic or static? Does objective truth even matter anymore? Does a transcendent standard for interpreting reality still exist? Or is our relationship to reality so subjective that our … More
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During the sixteenth century, German monk Martin Luther (1483–1546) stood against the authority of the Church of Rome and the pope by elevating the Word of Christ above every other … More
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Christian love across lines of differing convictions are essential to the missionary task of the church. To make disciples of all nations invariably involves flexing, adapting, and bending to an … More
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Kyle Whitt has released a video with several specific and distressing claims about the doctrinal fidelity and inner workings of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board discovered during his two years working to plant a church in Washington state. From Whitt’s Reddit post: For the past two years I’ve been working with NAMB […]
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CR:V has received the following document from Danny De Armas, current Chairman of our North American Mission Board (NAMB) Trustees. As you will see, the document articulates NAMB’s approach to planting churches, complementarianism, and women pastors. We are thankful for the work of NAMB planting healthy churches as well as their commitment to the clear […]
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Renowned church historian and Southern Baptist Dr. Tom Nettles recently spoke with the Church History Matters podcast about the founding of the SBC’s Domestic Mission Board in 1845 and how that decision reverberated through the Convention. This is a great reminder of the importance of The Cooperative Program as a mechanism for funding missions and […]
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I recently installed an app on my phone that prompts me to pray for revival at the local, sate, and federal levels twice a day. It’s a great habit, even … More
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Yesterday we released an article describing concerns over egalitarianism in NAMB church plants. Since then, the most frequent question we’ve received is whether or not these are current NAMB churches. Each of these churches was verified on the NAMB church plant database prior to publication. Each church was re-verified today and that is documented below. […]
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The recent news about North American Mission Board church plants identifying women in their congregation as pastors may have piqued your interest in what the process is like for those interested in planting. Some insight can be found on the Southern Baptist subreddit on Reddit.com in a thread named “Church planter in residence at an […]
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