The End of “Religion”?

Christians have been hit with disturbing news over the past few years. We have realized that our culture is “post-Christian.” “In general Western culture is deeply post-Christian,” says Dr. William Lane Craig. Any observer would have to agree that, in its expressions of music, movies, television, or the written word, Western culture does not even … Continue reading The End of “Religion”? →

Discipleship Minute #3

Read Romans 6:1-11.Some of you were baptized as children. Others, like me, were baptized as teenagers or later. For the new believer, baptism is an essential step in obedience to Jesus Christ. Jesus even included this in what we called The Great Commission, His call to make disciples of all people.Why this act of immersion … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #3 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 17)

Satan, the embodiment of rebellion against God and evil, is present in the Garden. His task is to entice the first humans to enter into a state of rebellion and sin.Adam has one thing not to do. This is precisely what he did. Eve was tempted by Satan first and then gave the forbidden fruit … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 17) →

Important Ministry Announcement 2020 #3

How can we communicate in a better way with unbelievers who challenge us about the Christian worldview? Beginning on Wednesday, February 5, Bruce Hennigan and I will begin an eight-week series called Apologetics 2020. The series will take place at Brookwood Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana each Wednesday beginning at 6:15 in Room 213. There … Continue reading Important Ministry Announcement 2020 #3 →

Discipleship Minute #2

Read Luke 19:1-10Most of us are familiar with the children’s song about Zacchaeus. He was a “wee little man,” but he was also a tax collector in league with the Roman occupation. To the Jewish people, this would make Zacchaeus a pariah in the community. But, he wanted to see Jesus. Perhaps it was curiosity … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #2 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 17)

Important Ministry Announcement 2020 #2

A theologian and philosopher from the thirteenth century is regarded even today as one of the greatest theologians ever produced by the church. What ideas and works made him so great? At the monthly meeting of the Shreveport Chapter of Reasons To Believe, we will continue our Classic Christian Thinkers series with Thomas Aquinas: The … Continue reading Important Ministry Announcement 2020 #2 →

Discipleship Minute #1

Read Luke 5:1-11.Jesus had borrowed one of Simon’s fishing boats in order to teach the crowds. He then asked Simon to put out his nets into a deep part of the water. The catch was phenomenal! It almost sank the boat.Simon had heard Jesus’s teaching, but now he saw Jesus’s power. The experience drove him … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #1 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 16)

The Hebrew word that is used here is Muwth (04191). The word is used over eight hundred times in the Old Testament and its meaning almost always has to do with death in some form.It is also interesting and significant to note in the passage that Adam does not ask for clarification about the meaning … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 16) →

I Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself 2020 #1

“The deepest issue facing the church today is this: Are its main creeds and central teachings items of knowledge, or mere matters of blind faith, privatized personal beliefs, or issues of feeling to be accepted or set aside according to the individual or cultural pressures that come and go?”J. P. Moreland, The Soul: How We … Continue reading I Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself 2020 #1 →