If you are telling David’s story with Goliath, much better to have a stone in your hand than to be wearing authentic shepherding garb from 1000BC.

“Resources are getting scarcer and no doubt the local churches and its members will have to take on a heavier financial responsibility in the future”, explains Parish pastor Haakon Kessel. 

The fact of Jesus’ death for us is an objective truth that should grip us and reassure us. Was I wanted? Most definitely, yes. The cross has proven that!

Protestants find it difficult to come to terms with this Marian dogma. This is due to not finding even a hint of evidence for this belief in the Bible.

“Church planting is a business here”, Dan Huffstutler, director of East Africa Baptist School of Theology, denounces.

Representatives of 11 countries met in the Czech Republic to discuss the present and future of theological education in Central and Eastern Europe.

If we could all just affirm that everybody worships the same God, would there be much more peace in the world? Dr. Andy Bannister, Director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity gives answers.

The study shows that the growing churches “held more firmly to the traditional beliefs of Christianity and were more diligent in things like prayer and Bible reading."

Four Differences between Justification and Sanctification.

We should be more careful when pointing to the evangelical churches of Colombia as the promoters of the “no”.

“The aim of the JDDJ is to find commonalities, not differences. But with that comes a lopsided methodology that obscures those differences”, says theologian Michael Reeves.

Because of the paradoxical relationship between God’s freedom and human freedom, Christians need a robust “theology of surprise”.

Many celebrate #ReformationDay worldwide. Martin Luther was not aware of how his 95 theses would change Germany and the rest of Europe.

Just how well do you know the Wittenberg Reformer, Martin Luther?

“The issues that gave birth to the Reformation five hundred years ago are still very much alive in the twenty-first century for the whole church”, says a document published ahead of the 500th anniversary. More than 50 evangelical leaders have signed it.  

How can we work towards a new Reformation?

Where is the Roman church headed After Vatican II? An interview with Leonardo de Chirico.

How to build an Emergent Church in 30 easy steps.

What are the key differences between the three main schools of eschatological thought?

A brief genealogy of Theological Liberalism.

Seven theological differences between Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Karl Barth.

There is a Catholic understanding of justification just as there is a Protestant view. These two perspectives are mutually exclusive. 

Issues of social justice are discussed at the Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. The meeting is hosted on July 4-9 in Vancouver.

Don’t let your homiletical skill get ahead of biblical and theological awareness. People will praise a public speaker, but they need a preacher who is biblically and theologically healthy.

The week-long course was made up of twenty-one sessions which were delivered by Leonardo De Chirico, Gregg Allison, Greg Pritchard and Mike Reeves. “This week has been something of a dream come true.”