Frederick Fyvie Bruce, more commonly called F.F. Bruce, was a highly respected theologian and frequent author, penning more than thirty-three books and serving as editor for some theological journals. He was the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester. Bruce was known as a distinguished scholar on the life of [...]
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Conclusion Augustine experienced a great many things throughout his life. He knew the joy of conversion, and he knew the sadness of death. He experienced the admiration and adulation of his friends and cohorts, and he experienced the rejection of being from the wrong background. He felt the love of one parent, and the disinterest [...]
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Experiencing the Divine What did Augustine experience that caused him to write his Confessions? He experienced a saving knowledge of Christ, one that changed his life and forever marked who he was. Having been one to so deeply experience sin, be that sin lust, pride, gluttony, or any of a number of things, he was [...]
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The Life of Augustine Augustine experienced a great number of differing viewpoints throughout his life. From his birth to the time he was a bishop, he moved through several different systems of belief, including Platonism, Manichaeism, and astrology, until coming to Christ at the age of thirty-two. Many have claimed that he was the “greatest [...]
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Thesis Statement Augustine was a prolific writer, theologian, and thinker in the early Christian church. Having come from a background of philosophy and Greek thought, he was able to experience the love and pull of God as few who are raised in the church do. While Augustine’s faith contained logic and depth, he also drew [...]
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Bibliographical Entry Reid, Alvin L. The Radically Unchurched. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2002. Author Information Alvin L. Reid is currently the Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He received his M.Div and Ph.D from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, majoring in evangelism. Reid is a prolific [...]
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Bibliographical Entry Thompson Jr., W. Oscar. Concentric Circles of Concern: Seven Stages for Making Disciples. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Author Information W. Oscar Thompson pastored in various churches for 20 years becoming a faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. He specialized in the study of evangelism. During [...]
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The journey from your mind into your hands is shorter than you’re thinking. Be careful if you think you stand, you just might be sinking. – “Slow Fade”, Casting Crowns The hard thing about trying to be a good, moral person is that you’re constantly being pulled towards those things you know you shouldn’t be [...]
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Bibliographical Entry Fay, William. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 1999. Author Information William (Bill) Fay provides his own background story in Appendix 5 to his book. He recounts his testimony of how he came to be a Christian out of a life of money, greed, gambling, and selfishness. He was raised into [...]
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For so many years people who have been called to ministry did a few simple things. They attended some kind of training, be it seminary, berean learning, or something else. They graduated from that training. They then went off to practice their calling and only their calling, not needing to have other employment in order [...]
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