Through Surrender No short cuts No formula No bypass Through Surrender Not solo Not easy Not by effort but with discipline Through Surrender No pride No fear No blame Through Surrender Not fake Not instantaneous Not for me alone but for others Through Surrender Captured by His Glory Amazed by His Grace Grateful for His …
Author: Steve
I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges.
Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
Thinking Theologically–It starts with God
Thinking Theologically–Part 2, (this could be like the Rocky movies, many many sequels) In Romans 1:18-32 Paul moves from declaring that in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, to declaring that the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness. There are a number of theological and practical issues raised in this passage, …
Draining or Invigorating
We live in the age of busyness. A couple of years ago I made the observation that when I first entered ministry when I would ask someone, “How are you doing?” They would politely respond, “Fine.” Now when I ask someone, “How are you doing?” People are more likely to respond, “Busy.” And I find …
Thinking Theologically
Questions about thinking theologically Do we know how to think theologically? Do we know how to teach others to think theologically? What’s the difference between indoctrination and teaching? In an ever changing society how to each teach so that people are able to engage society with boldness yet humility, with clarity and integrity, honesty and …
Simplicity and Depth
John 3:16 Simplicity and depth. My family has the opportunity this summer to travel with a group of teens from our church to the Dominican Republic for ministry. One of the elements of training, along with a global mission perspective and cultural sensitivity, will be to train each students to share their faith. One of …
“For the sake of Your Name”
Daniel 9 is best know for the prophetic picture it paints. But one of the most amazing, convicting aspects of the chapter is Daniel’s prayer. In response to the study of God’s Word as revealed through Jeremiah (verse 2), Daniel begins to entreat God to do what He said He would do. He acknowledges the …
The Church, Theology and Culture
(I was going to title this, The Church, Theology and the ETS President’s conversion to RCC, but it grew) Over the last several months (more intensely this past month) I have been doing some reading and study (not nearly enough of either) and have become more concerned over not only the biblical illiteracy that I …