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Category Archives: Main problem
Meet the citizens of heaven
It might surprise some to meet the true citizens of heaven. Many religious leaders “shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (Matthew 23:13). Jesus said of them, “You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. ….You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are” (Matthew 23:14-15). Jesus said to these religious leaders, “religious leaders “shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (Matthew 23:13). Jesus said, “You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. …Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you” (Matthew 21:31). Continue reading
Posted in Afraid to die, Afterlife, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Blessed by God, Born again?, Christian worldview, Christianity, Cliches, Comfort, Cross of Christ, Cross of Jesus, Crucifixion, Death of Christ, Depravity, Disciple-making, Elentics, Eternal life, Eternal security, Evangelism, Faith, Fear of death, God's Heart, God's Love, Godly sorrow, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, Greatness, Heaven, Human depravity, Humility, Jesus Christ, Justification, Legalism, Main problem, Matthew 7:1-6, Meekness, New Creation, Pharisees, Poor in spirit, Proud, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Religion, Religion-not the answer, Repentance, Salvation, Searching, Security of salvation, Seeker Services, Seeking God, Selfishness, Sin, Spiritual inventory, Teaching of Jesus, The cross of Christ, Unbelief, Walking with God, Witness, Worldly sorrow
Tagged How to know if you're going to heaven, Religion-not the answer, Who will be in heaven?
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The human need for change
Politics, culture, and the role of law are agents of change but these means offer limited solutions to our problems. We have a deeper need that cannot be addressed through these agents of change.
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Posted in Addiction, Anthropology, Atheism, Behavior, Change, Character, Christian life, Christian worldview, Church and State, Common grace, Counseling, Earth, Evil in the world, God's Love, God's power, Gospel, Government, Guidelines for living, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Main problem, Politics, Regeneration, Salvation, Sin, Spiritual growth, Spiritual transformation, Worldview
Tagged deeper change needed, help me change, limits of politics
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Two versions of reality
Why do humans everywhere throughout all of history intuitively feel a pervasive longing for meaning, morality and destiny? Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Afraid to die, Afterlife, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Christian worldview, Christianity, Eternal life, Evil in the world, Faith, Fear of death, God, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Imago Dei, Main problem, Manifesto, Meaning of life, Morality, Nihilism, Philosophy, purpose, Relativism, Religion-not the answer, Seeking God, THeo-phobia, Theodicy, True Christianity?, Truth, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Atheism, God, Meaning of life, Naturalism, Philosophy, Worldview
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The gift of peace in four dimensions
Why do we fill the Christmas season with so much stress and busyness? One Christmas tradition I enjoy happens at the close of our Christmas Eve service. As we light candles and quietly sing Silent Night, the peace, at least … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Conflict, Government, Hope?, Human depravity, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Main problem, Peace, War, Wisdom
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The dignity and worth of human beings
Viktor Frankl endured three years of anguish in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After his rescue, he became a professor of Psychiatry and Neurology in the University of Vienna. Frankl recounted his horrific experiences and some lessons to be learned in his book, … Continue reading
Posted in Annihilation, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Call to ministry, Christian worldview, Christianity, Common grace, Culture, Depravity, Despair, Evil in the world, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Hamartiology, Holistic ministry, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Identity, Imago Dei, Main problem, Meaning of life, Nihilism, Origin of Sin, Philosophy, Postmodern, Problem of evil, Progressive?, Self esteem, Self love, Self-deception, Selfishness, Sin, Social work, Theology, Wisdom, Worldview
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If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why…?
The late Chuck Colson suggested that, “No question poses a more formidable stumbling block to the Christian faith than this, and no question is more difficult for Christians to answer. Yet the biblical worldview does have an answer, and it accounts for universal … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Anthropology, Atheism, Atheists, Bible, Christian worldview, Culture, Democracy, Evil in the world, God, Government, Hamartiology, Hope?, Human depravity, Humanism, Justice, Law, Main problem, Meaning of life, Origin of Sin, Peace, Questioning God, Republican, Restoration, Sin, Worldview
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Social idealism or a Savior?
After his horrific experience in the Gulag, the Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn acknowledged that, “The victims hated their victimizers with the hatred by which they were victimized. And as hatred beget more hatred, the whole world became a concentration camp imprisoned and … Continue reading
Posted in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Anthropology, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Christian worldview, Christianity, Culture of Honor, Death, Depravity, Discernment, Evil in the world, God's Will, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, History, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Jesus Christ, Main problem, Manifesto, Narrative, Nihilism, Origin of Sin, Pain, Problem of evil, Progressive?, Reconciliation, Religion-not the answer, Restoration, Salvation, Social work, Suffering, Victory, War, Wisdom, Worldview
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A truncated view of sin?
After many years of studying Scripture, I developed a growing concern over the possibility that the reformed tradition has articulated its doctrine of depravity from the wrong starting point. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Christian worldview, Cliches, Counseling, Depravity, Doctrine, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Hamartiology, Holistic ministry, Human depravity, Human dignity, Imago Dei, Main problem, Origin of Sin, Problem of evil, Reformed Theology, Salvation, Sin, Theology
Tagged depravity of man, doctrine of sin, Sin, Theology, total depravity
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Thinking Deeply About Spiritual Transformation
You might want to get another sip of coffee before venturing with me into this post! If you’re brave enough, I am inviting you to think deeply about matters that have been the object of far too much superficial reflection. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Behavior, Change, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church, Church growth, Church membership, Community, Creation, Cross of Christ, Culture, Depravity, Ecclesiology 101, Emerging Leaders, Encouragement, Family life, God's Will, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Holistic ministry, Holy Spirit, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Justification, Law, Love, Main problem, Meaning of life, Mercy, Mind Renewal, Narrative, New Book, Politics, Promises of Bible, Reconciliation, Restoration, Resurrection, Salvation, Sanctification, Social work, Spirit filled, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, True Christianity?, Victory, Walking with God
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Faith in nothing
As modern men and women – to the degree that we are modern—we believe in nothing. We hold an unshakable, if often unconscious, faith in the nothing. Our religion is one of comfortable nihilism. “We live in an age whose … Continue reading
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