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If I Could Say A Few Words To Andy Stanley

If I Could Say A Few Words To Andy Stanley Ican’t decide if Andy Stanley is just being needlessly provocative, or if the doctrine he believes is just running off the biblical rails. A year ago Stanley caused a ruckus by teaching that Christians need to “unhitch themselves from the Old Testament”, which he referred [...]

By |2019-01-15T08:52:45-08:00January 15th, 2019|Bible, Christian Doctrine, Theology|Comments Off on If I Could Say A Few Words To Andy Stanley

One Of The Best Bible Teachers Today Might Not Even Be A Christian

One of the areas of focus in the new ministry I’m getting off the ground – Train Yourself Ministry – is the area of biblical literacy. It’s my conviction that the knowledge and practice of the Word of God is simply the best foundation on which a person can build his or her life. For [...]

By |2018-05-22T12:12:38-07:00May 22nd, 2018|Bible, Culture, People, Theology|Comments Off on One Of The Best Bible Teachers Today Might Not Even Be A Christian

Maybe More People Should Be Unhitching Themselves From Andy Stanley

I absolutely love the Old Testament. Its unforgettable stories have fired my imagination and inspired my heart since I was a boy. Who is not mesmerized by the epic moral landscape found in the tales of Noah and the Flood, Joseph and his brothers, Moses facing down Pharaoh, David going mano a mano with Goliath, [...]

By |2018-05-16T17:31:43-07:00May 16th, 2018|Bible, Christian Doctrine, Theology|Comments Off on Maybe More People Should Be Unhitching Themselves From Andy Stanley

Three Proven Ways To Have More Friends

We live in a world today of so many connections, but so little friendship. Social media links us as never before with hundreds of people who are only a click away - and yet study after study shows that we are lonelier than ever. While pondering this enigma recently, I came across the story in Scripture [...]

By |2017-05-20T18:37:08-07:00May 11th, 2017|Bible, Life Skills|Comments Off on Three Proven Ways To Have More Friends

It’s A Da Vinci Code World

The power which art possesses to shape culture is unmistakable (which is why I am so passionate about summoning Christians to enter the arts at every level.) The following article is based on a sermon I preached in 2004, when Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” was first the talk of the town. Looking at [...]

By |2017-05-20T18:37:08-07:00April 24th, 2017|Arts, Bible, Sexuality, Theology|Comments Off on It’s A Da Vinci Code World