by Brian | Nov 17, 2020 | Academic, Culture, Humanity
I just listened to a podcast with an interview by Carl Trueman called “Making Sense of Transgenderism and the Sexual Revolution.” Trueman can be a little academic at times, but I really encourage those of you in any kind of college, or workplaces where...
by Brian | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
The next week after he taught 1 Timothy 2:1 to his church, John Chrysostom picked up in verse 2 of the same chapter (he taught verse by verse), and read: “That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the...
by Brian | Nov 10, 2020 | Practical Spirituality
Yesterday I posted a section from a sermon by John Chrysostom. I thought it was worth sharing one more section from that sermon today. Here is how he ended his teaching to the church. After strongly encouraging them to pray for their government, he said: It is not any...
by Brian | Nov 9, 2020 | Culture, Current Events
As Pastor Joe has recently been pointing out, sometime in the mid to late first century AD, when an autocratic pagan emperor ruled the Mediterranean world, the Apostle Paul wrote this instruction to Timothy, who was leading a young christian church Asia Minor:...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2020 | Culture
A friend named Kelly sent me two screen shots of (I think) Twitter posts from this week. One said: “As a pastor, I want to encourage folks to avoid toxic theology today (and every day). “No matter what happens, Jesus is King” is a form of faith that...
