I still remember the moment my wife and I finally decided it was time to write our will. We had two small boys at the time, both still in car seats, and I remember looking at her and saying, “So… who do we trust to raise our kids if something happens to us?” That is not the kind of date night question you want over tacos. But it mattered then, and it matters now. Estate planning is not just for the wealthy or older people. It is not about preparing to die. It’s about preparing your people … [Read more...]
Christian, don’t give up!
Do you feel like you’re barely hanging on? Maybe you thought you had figured everything out, only to run headfirst into unexpected hardship. Life was pleasantly coasting by until you careened over the cliff into heartbreak, sorrow, and pain. If you’ve recently felt weak, wounded, tired, and weary, Christian, I urge and encourage you—don’t give up. None of us prefer hardship, but we are reminded of its inevitability. Jesus promises that the world will hate us just as it hated him (John … [Read more...]
MBTS professor releases ‘Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers’ on Jesus, the church, heaven
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary celebrated the June 9 release of three new installments in the Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers children’s book series by Joe M. Allen III. Allen, who serves as assistant professor of missions in the Gary Taylor Endowed Chair of Missions and Evangelism at Midwestern Seminary, wrote and illustrated the new books, which teach the doctrines of Christ, the Church, and heaven to children four to eight years old. Midwestern Seminary President … [Read more...]
Glory in restoration
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. The glorified body of Jesus easily navigates a world still under the curse of sin. After his emergence from the tomb, Jesus eats, travels, speaks with befuddled eyewitnesses of his resurrection, passes through closed doors, transports himself instantly from one location to another, and finally launches from the Mount of Olives … [Read more...]
What is truth?
“What is truth?” I’ll never forget the first time I was asked that question. I was at a Christian University’s Welcome Weekend hosting a church booth and had a sign that said, “We’re serious about truth.” After the students and noise died down and I started packing my things, a janitor timidly meandered over to my table and asked me an unforgettable question—“What is truth?” How would you answer this epistemological question? To a certain degree, everything in life depends on our … [Read more...]
Glory in resurrection
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. The glory we experience now as Christ lives in us, and the glory we experience in death as our souls and spirits ascend into heaven, are partial works of glorification. But full glorification for followers of Jesus takes place when he calls our bodies from the grave and gives us incorruptible bodies like the body he bore when … [Read more...]
A pocket full of thanks
Why is it when someone compliments me on what I’m wearing, I’m uncontrollably compelled to offer at least one piece of trivia about it? “Thanks, I found it on clearance for $14.99 at that little shop on Main.” “Thanks, it’s got pockets!” “Thanks, I almost didn’t wear it because it’s dry-clean-only and I want pizza.” No one wants those details. It was a compliment, not a summons to testify in federal court. Yet I’m bound by some weird, irresistible law of the compliment/trivia … [Read more...]
Ancient mosaic’s connection to Council of Nicaea still relevant, NOBTS archeologist says
NASHVILLE (BP) – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Professor Jim Parker sees a recently-uncovered proclamation from early Christians as very much a current mandate for today’s believers. The Megiddo Mosaic refers to an ancient flooring discovered during excavations in 2005 near the Megiddo prison in northern Israel. Dating back to the third or fourth century, it included the phrase “God Jesus Christ,” thus predating Christianity’s official recognition as a religion. The … [Read more...]
Apologist: proclaiming the Resurrection needs to be consistent
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting by The Pathway. DALLAS/KANSAS CITY (BP) – Jeremiah Johnston says the seminal event in Christianity’s history should be raised up more often. “The Resurrection of Jesus is tragically under-taught, under-preached, and as a result, under-appreciated and under-applied by the vast majority of Jesus followers and pastors today,” Johnston, associate pastor of apologetics and cultural engagement at Prestonwood Baptist Church, told … [Read more...]
Our once and future glory
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. The Bible speaks of at least four phases of glory for Christians: glory now, glory in death, glory in resurrection, and glory in the restoration of the cosmos. We explore the first two in this column, and the final two in future columns. Glory now It’s our Christian duty to glorify God. As we honor the Father, Son, and Holy … [Read more...]
The simplicity of evangelism
Recently, I took Tara on a “date” to a hardware store. Doesn’t that sound romantic? Although it may not be how most define a date, we enjoy walking around Lowe’s or Menards and simply browsing the aisles, even when we don’t really need anything. On this occasion, we found something small to purchase, and as we checked out, a young employee noticed Tara’s sweatshirt and said, “I really like your shirt!” He was referring to a Scripture on her shirt, so he proceeded to share his testimony, … [Read more...]
MODR remains active; an Easter season prayer for protection
Missouri Disaster Relief (MODR) remains active this month. Not only are volunteer MODR teams still responding to the March 14th tornadoes, but they’ve been active in recent months responding to fires in California and last fall’s hurricane on the East Coast. They have worked, literally, from coast to coast. Then, early this month, tornadoes hit the state again. On April 4, MODR sent the following update about tornado response via email: “As many of you know, we’ve experienced significant … [Read more...]
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