What’s It Take for a Revival?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments Off

Recently, I was listening to some teaching by Chuck Smith on the work of the Holy Spirit. The teaching was excellent with lots of great stuff. But I wanted to specifically focus on something he pointed out within the first few moments of the audio. I don't recall the name of the work he was quoting and, sitting here at the computer, I don't have the audio with me to re-listen to it (though I may ...

Consigned to Damnation

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Evangelism | Comments Off

I was listening to a podcast the other day of a discussion on the "Destiny of the Unevangelized" from Reclaiming the Mind Ministries' "Theology Unplugged" series. This particular podcast was a cross-over with their "Conversing with Scholars" program and they were talking with Rob Bowman, the new executive director of the Institute for Religious Research. One particular thing really stood out to me during their discussion. At one point, Bowman was describing some common types of ...

It’s All Greek (or Latin) to Me

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | 1 Comment »

Have you ever wondered about all those fancy Greek and Latin terms that some Christians throw around? Perhaps not. If you're not one of those people who wonder what the heck people mean when they say things like "hypo-static union" or "orthopraxy" then you'll probably not find much interest in this. If, however, you do have some inkling of curiosity about those things, you might be interested in this post. While this is not going to ...

Happy Resurrection Day!

Sunday, April 12th, 2009 by Ty Wallace posted in Miracles | Comments Off

The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid ; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. "He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying." Matthew 28:5-6

Transitions and Steadfastness – Part IV

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living, Evangelism | 2 Comments »

As a final entry in our list of scenarios for transitioning (or not) between Christianity and atheism, we'll take a look at the idea of atheists becoming Christians. This type of thing always brings joy to the church community for many reasons. One, perhaps somewhat "worldly," reason is that it helps us to validate what we already believe to be true. Somehow, it seldom works the other way around, though. There are, as is usually the ...

Transitions and Steadfastness – Part III

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living, Evangelism | Comments Off

Today, we get further into looking at the four different scenarios relating to transitioning or remaining Christian or atheist. Once again, these same four scenarios could easily be argued by other faiths, but Christianity is being treated here. Now, we're going to get into some of the more touchy areas that might, perhaps, have a bit more controversy or, at least, be a little more complicated and hopefully thought provoking. First, in order to make sure we're ...