Featured Articles Archives

• Is Religion Evil?  (June 2, 2010)
  The 2001 suicide attacks by Islamic fanatics on the World Trade Center in New York and elsewhere are seen by the "New Atheists" as surefire demonstrations of the intrinsic evil of religion. But is it true that lurking within every religious believer lies a potential terrorist and that if we get rid of religion the world will be a safer place?
• Where Is God?  (January 14, 2010)
  Some people?not all?have found in the greatest evil?the time of greatest sorrow?the greatest need for God and the greatest evidence of God.
• Does God So Love the World?  (April 26, 2010)
  Love is the best known but least understood of all God's attributes. Does the Bible teach that God loves all people alike? Is He compelled by some rule of fairness to love everyone equally?
• Don't put off praying  (June 19, 2000)
  Don't get discouraged with your prayer life. Here are some tips to energize it.
• The Mystery of Evil  (December 2, 2008)
  The classical problem of the existence of evil has been called the Achilles? heel of the Christian faith. But have philosophers proven that God cannot simultaneously be all-powerful, loving and good?
• A Healthy Church Member is a Biblical Theologian  (March 10, 2009)
  Perhaps the most compelling benefit for doing biblical theology is that it deepens our understanding of and facility with the gospel.
• The Race that is Set Before Us  (July 19, 2007)
  Hebrews 12:1
• Learning Evangelism From Jesus  (July 23, 2009)
  Studying Jesus? conversations with a diversity of people during his life, this director of the Francis Schaeffer Institute draws lessons and principles for modern evangelistic practice from the four Gospels, offering believers timeless wisdom in their approach to unbelievers.
• Sharpen Your Communication! Telling the Truth of the Gospel  (November 18, 2009)
  Understanding this one principle will go a long way to help make your communication clearer, and will keep you from getting frustrated with your listeners.
• Tapping into the Power of Prayer  (January 1, 2010)
  Yes, it should never be underestimated that Satan is powerful. But so is prayer. Satan is a murderer, and he wants to kill your witness? he wants to kill your reputation? he wants to kill your contentment. But our powerful God is for us and victory is His because of the shed blood of Jesus and the power of His resurrection.
• Do We Really Know Jesus? Adam Gopnik and the Gospels  (May 25, 2010)
  Even the most secularized classes, those whom Friedrich Schleiermacher called the "cultured despisers of religion," cannot leave Jesus alone. Not even The New Yorker.
• A Supernatural Faith  (May 29, 2008)
  The Christianity of the Bible is a religion that is uncompromisingly supernatural. If we take away the supernatural, we take away Christianity.
• The "Great Recession," Idols, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ  (March 4, 2009)
  We seem to have forgotten a simple but profound Christian truth that we cannot serve both God and mammon at the same time.
• Understanding English Bible Translation  (December 15, 2009)
  It remains a reality that the proponents of dynamic equivalence and essentially literal translations are bound to clash. Here, Ryken lays the groundwork for why he believes Christian translators should stick with an essentially literal approach.
• What's Your Name?  (March 4, 2009)
  A name is important to one?s identity. And that?s why in the story of our fathers and mothers God keeps changing people?s names.
• An Everlasting Picture: Pentecost and the Story of Ruth  (February 4, 2010)
  Scripture is clear that God is preparing a bride for his Son; this is what all of history is leading up to. Like Ruth, the bride of Christ begins as a foreigner from an immoral land steeped in idolatry; but in our desolation, we commit to him and he takes us in.
• Why I Am Committed to Teaching the Bible  (February 23, 2009)
  Faithfully preaching and teaching the Word must be the very heart of our ministry philosophy. Any other approach replaces the voice of God with human wisdom.
• God Talks: The Bible is God's True and Lasting Word  (March 11, 2009)
  Knowing that God is a talking God helps us understand better one of the most important and precious possessions we have in all of life--our Bible.
• The Ultimate How-To Guide: How to Display God's Character  (March 5, 2009)
  Imagine a son whose father journeyed to a distant country and then wrote his son a series of letters, instructing him on how he was to carry on the family name and how he was to conduct the family business. Yet suppose that the son never read his father?s letters. How would this son ever learn to represent the father and conduct the father?s business? He wouldn?t. And neither does the local church that ignores the Word of God.
• A Healthy Church Member is an Expositional Listener  (February 2, 2009)
  What would your response be if I told you that the most important thing you need to be as a church member is an expositional listener?