by Brian | Mar 30, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
Have you ever been told you’re arrogant because you: claim to know the truth about God and life? say there’s only one way to know God, or that Jesus is the only true God? think you can rightly understand the words of scripture and get real facts about God...
by Brian | Mar 22, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
I recently finished listening through two courses of lectures on the life and thought of Francis Schaeffer. If you’re interested in listening yourself, you can find the courses on iTunes U or the Worldwide Classroom website. In the “Later Years”...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
I saw this on another blog the other day and it stirred me up. This is a great call to action for all of us in the “young adults” age group–we are perfectly positioned in our culture to affect the way people see the world, one person at a time. Our...
by Brian | Jan 12, 2012 | Biblical History, Culture
I just finished a unique little book. It is 90 pages of excerpts from ancient Latin, Greek and Jewish writings surveying how people felt about crucifixion around the time Jesus was alive. The author’s name is Martin Hengel, and it’s titled Crucifixion (in the Ancient...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2011 | Culture, Spiritual Life
Ran across this interesting sermon excerpt from D.A. Carson. Aside from some of his out-of-date comments about the economy (and it was only 2007!), he looks at the call of the prophet Ezekiel and makes some good observations on what it means to be called (as we all...
by Brian | Dec 5, 2011 | Culture
This post follows one from last month where we looked at a common misconception about Jesus. I was reading in Mark the other day (it’s what we’re teaching in the high school here at CCA) and ran into a story that made me think of another misconception...
