Sometimes, those who think they are courageous, aren't, and those who think they're not cowards, are. Courage is a Christian duty that is often neglected and cowardice is a damnable sin that is often committed. To Kill a Mockingbird has a great line about courage: “I wanted you to see what real...
In this series of Greek exegesis articles, we take a passage of the New Testament and analyse the Greek to see what insights we can draw from the text that may not be obvious in our English translations. These articles tend to be a bit more academic in nature (including footnotes and commentary...
This last article in this series considers now how do we form a distinctly Christian worldview. This is part of the “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” from the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20) that Jesus gave to us. This implies the formation of a distinctly Biblical and...
Why trust the Bible? Both Christians and non-Christians ask this question, and we should be equipped to give a clear and compelling answer. In the first article, we looked at the question of “How do we give an answer?” and saw that our answer must be Biblical, Simple and Conversational. We defined...
In the last article, we made a case for a Family Integrated approach to church. Let’s move next to consider the Christian Education of children. Now, I admit that this section deserves a more in-depth and nuanced treatment than I can do here, and we may come back to it at another time to consider...
https://youtu.be/82l6BefU8Tk Listen to the audio here: https://theotivity.com/podcast-player/2704/is-kids-ministry-actually-biblical-a-biblical-case-for-family-integrated-worship.m4a One of the topics that people can get really touchy and sensitive about is how to raise kids. Everyone’s got a...
https://youtu.be/x5YlPV4u0Io These days we've been seeing quite a shift happen in many Evangelical churches. I've spoken with pastors and churchmen in my circles who all observe the same thing. Many people are leaving or switching churches over various issues, some of which are theological. Even...
Listen to an audio version of this article here: Wisdom is so vital to life. History is riddled with examples of people who have wasted their lives and lived foolishly. As I grow older, the more I realize the importance of wisdom and avoiding the way of folly. As I contemplated this, I remembered...
Listen to the audio version of this article here. Little boys just want to conquer and fight something. Boys are rambunctious and full of energy. They have the uncanny ability to make anything into an imaginary weapon or a gun: a stick, a pot spoon, their sister’s curling iron. My godson, Aaron,...
You can listen to this article here. In our last article, we defined wokeness and showed the danger of it infiltrating the Church today. What we are seeing is the outworking of a new religion displacing the old Christendom upon which our societies were built. As our societies have secularized, a...