Topical Studies Archives

• Making Room for Atheism  (May 17, 2012)
  An informed biblical worldview supports pluralism, democracy, and freedom. Christians should neither tolerate coercive secularization of the government, nor should they aim to establish a theocracy.
• Defending the Unstoppable Gospel  (May 16, 2012)
  In all our talk about defending the gospel, it's possible that we might think of the good news as fragile and vulnerable. God forbid!
• What Do You Believe About the Bible?  (May 15, 2012)
  Heaven and earth may pass away, but the word of our God shall stand forever.
• Hannah?Faithful in Prayer  (May 14, 2012)
  Many people become adept at crisis praying. However, God desires an ongoing relationship with communication on a daily basis.
• Beyond Sunday: Another Kind of Holiness  (May 13, 2012)
  No one can explain the phenomena of Israel and the Holy One of Israel adequately without realizing the fundamental distinctive of Yahweh's transcendence.
• There is a Way to Be Happy, Even in Sadness  (May 10, 2012)
  Neither Jesus nor the Holy Spirit has ever sinned. But both have grieved. Both have been sorrowful. Therefore, godly sorrow is possible.
• Three-Dimensional Jesus  (May 9, 2012)
  Matthew gives us three clear statements about Jesus's mission. If we miss one of them, we will only follow a two-dimensional shadow of the real Jesus, and when it comes to following Jesus, two out of three is very bad indeed.
• Mother?s Day and Mixed Emotions  (May 8, 2012)
  Mother's Day can bring mixed emotions. The idyllic imagery of motherhood often doesn't match up with the reality that the relationships involved are often far more complicated than we wish. If Mother's Day is bittersweet for you, here's some encouragement from God's word.
• Staying in His Love  (May 8, 2012)
  I am amazed at how certain people will think that, because they were privy to a special time of blessing or a notable time in church history, they are somehow exempt from living the Christian life in the present day.
• Beyond Sunday: Rehearsing Glory  (May 6, 2012)
  The gratitude of the church is lasting as well as deep. On her tablets are memorials of great deliverances, and, as long as she shall exist, her sons will rehearse them with delight.
• Christ in You  (May 3, 2012)
  When Christ dwells within us we enter a new life path. Prayer and Scripture study help us discover and apply the principles of life in Christ.
• Finding the Timeless Truth  (May 2, 2012)
  Somewhere in the process of sermonizing the preacher must turn up the heat on the passage and himself and discover the timeless, universal truth that remains
• Learning to Pray? Again  (May 1, 2012)
  I suspect that most Christians are burdened by their lack of prayer and the seeming ineffectiveness of prayer. We read ?pray without ceasing? and it becomes ?guilt without ceasing.?
• Fence Your Heart, Not Just Behavior  (April 30, 2012)
  Have you fenced your heart? Have you tried to stay inside of behavioral boundaries only to have climbed over them again and again?
• Beyond Sunday: Content in All Things  (April 29, 2012)
  Christ gives us the strength to be content in any and every circumstance. This isn't carte blanche power to conquer every problem the world throws our way...
• God and the Ideas of Man, Part 2  (April 26, 2012)
  Let us observe some of the steps of the process, the stages through which the man and woman went after they were bemused by the dogmatism of Satan.
• God and the Ideas of Man, Part 1  (April 25, 2012)
  There is no doubt at all that judged from almost any angle you like, Genesis 3 is one of the most important chapters in the entire Bible.
• Seven 'Last Days' Passages You'll Rarely Hear Pastors Preach On  (April 24, 2012)
  When was the last time you heard a "last days" sermon from the Old Testament?
• Walk Thru the Life of Peter: Growing Bold Faith  (April 23, 2012)
  We are in a relentless, violent spiritual battle against an enemy who doesn't want us to fulfill our calling, either individually or corporately. Whether we have been persecuted like Christians in a hostile culture or not, Peter's words to the persecuted still ring true for us.
• Beyond Sunday: Is Union with Christ Mysticism?  (April 22, 2012)
  Paul's teaching on union with Christ has often been labeled as Christian "mysticism." This is an appropriate term if understood in a qualified sense.