Thesis Statement The clash between Christianity and culture has existed ever since the beginning of the church. Sometimes Christians have had great influence on the culture, other times culture has greatly influenced Christianity. This constant tug-of-war between faith and “the world†defines the struggle many people of faith face every day. A more thorough knowledge [...]
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Over the next few days, I will be posting sections from my research paper for my Systematic Theology class at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. I’m pretty proud of this one. It is one of the few papers that I had done well before the due date, and because of this, I was able to let [...]
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(This was a book critique I wrote for my Systematic Theology class at LBTS. Got a 98 on it. Needless to say, I’m happy about it.) Introduction In God In The Wasteland, David F. Wells argues that we have transitioned “from a world in which God and his truth were accorded a central and often [...]
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Going undercover at the nation’s largest Evangelical Christian university is no small accomplishment. For a person who was born and raised a liberal, sometime Quaker, it must be nearly impossible. Kevin Roose managed it, spending a semester as an undergraduate student at Liberty University. He just happened to be writing a book about his experiences, [...]
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Have you ever been surprised by what you find in the Bible? Has God ever given you a revelation through the study of His word? Well, that happened to me this week and it was such a wonderful gift from above. This summer our home group has been having a phenomenal study on spiritual gifts. [...]
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The Noticer tells the story of a man named Jones who helps people change their perspective and notice small details around them. While written as fiction, the book leans more toward the self-help genre. Honestly, I didn’t like this book all that much. It seems that the main character, known only as Jones, is just [...]
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“Make a lampstand of pure gold and hammer it out, base and shaft; its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms shall be of one piece with it. Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms [...]
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At first glance, the table doesn’t appear to be anything of significance. It’s a table. It doesn’t contain the rod of Aaron or show off the Ten Commandments. It seems little more than an surface to hold the various items. However, the table and what it contains is a substantial part of the Tabernacle and [...]
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(This is part two of a series. Remember, you can read all the articles in this series by going here.) Nothing like starting out with the big fish, is there? What is the Ark of the Covenant and how does it relate to worship in our time? What did the Israelites use it for and [...]
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The LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram [...]
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