8 Favorite Quotes From the Book “The Two Fears” (Chris Poblete)

Hello guys! Here’s some great quotes I got from a book I recently finished. The Two Fears by Chris Poblete is published by Cruciform Press and you can get your copy by following this link. Purchasing your copy enables you to support the author, publishing house and ministry to further push the gospel of Christ.

“For the Christian, the fear of the Lord does not diminish the gospel of grace; it amplifies it. This reverential fear makes his grace more amazing, his mercy more grand, his justice more right, and his love more astounding.”

8 Favorite Quotes From the Book “The Ten Commandments of Progressive Christianity”(Michael J. Kruger)

Hello guys! Here’s some great quotes I got from a book I recently finished. The Ten Commandments of Progressive by Michael J. Kruger is published by Cruciform Press and you can get your copy by following this link. Purchasing your copy enables you to support the author, publishing house and ministry to further push the gospel of Christ.

If the church is going to hold fast to “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3), then we must be able to distinguish the true faith from those things that masquerade as the true faith.”

(Interview) Wolves At The Gate on Church Support for Creatives

Believers are bestowed by God with talents. Each Christians has these gifts that, out of the abundant grace of God, are to be use to further the Kingdom of God. That can be found in the preaching of the gospel for unbelievers and to us, who repented and trusted Christ, as a means to be edify.

So now the question is: how do the body of Christ nurture these Christians who are given talents that resonates and influence others? What kind of support should the church give to believers to help them know utilize it to advance the message of the gospel?

I reach out to Steve Cobucci, guitarist and vocalist of the post hardcore band, Wolves at the Gate to know how their church gives them support as creatives.

Please tell us about your band and how did you came to know the Lord.

Our band has been around since 2008 when we started it in college. We started off playing house shows in town and then eventually got the opportunities to play venues in Ohio & the surrounding states. Eventually we put out our first EP “We Are The Ones” thinking it would be the last thing we would do, but it turned out to be the thing that got us a record deal.

8 Favorite Quotes From the Book “A Biblical Counseling Process” (Lauren Whitman)

Hello guys! Here’s some great quotes I got from a book I recently finished. A Biblical Counseling Process by Lauren Whitman is published by New Growth Press and you can get your copy by following this link. Purchasing your copy enables you to support the author, publishing house and ministry to further push the gospel of Christ.

“Biblical counseling can be a means for a counselee to flourish—and to truly flourish is to grow up in every way into Christ (Ephesians 4:15).”

Pilgrim’s Progress Hiking Society

Seclusion and fellowship might be polar opposite from each other. One has to deal with being alone with himself. The other one is connecting with others. It’s somewhat defiant to one another when we place them together. This is a paradox but in the Christian perspective, seclusion is fellowship and fellowship is seclusion. Let me explain.

Comicbook Review: “Samson: Rise” (Daryl Peninton and M. J. Baker)

Summary: This a gritty and dark re-telling of Samson’s life from Judges. As he was locked in a dungeon, he looks back to his life as a judge of Israel. He tells his rise and fall. On his final moments as the Philistines drag him to a party to be mocked, he asked God one last thing.

Pinoy Reformed Recap (September 2021)

This is that time of the month that we look back some social media highlights of Reformed/Calvinist individuals and ministries that you might have missed. These includes upcoming events, news, blog post, podcast, books and anything that is worth checking out. In case you miss out some of my post on this blog and on other website I contribute, I have that too here. See you after 30 days!

Pinoy Teolohiya –If your looking for a English-Cebuano theological blog, then click the link and enjoy this one.

Can You Separate the Preacher from His Bible?

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If we are people of the Book, then how do shepherds of the church under the guidance of our Great Shepherd, conduct themselves as they feed the flock with every Word found in that Book? If the Bible is the final authority of the Christian in life here and the next, what kind of diligence should a pastor conduct to make sure the believers under his care knows ultimately a book that means life and death to his soul?

(Interview) Obbie Tyler Todd On the Atonement of Jesus Christ

The word atonement is a key to understand the relationship with God and sinful man through Christ’s death. Without the atonement, what Christ accomplished is mere heroic deed. Atonement is the game changer when viewing deeply what the death on the cross really mean for the believers position before a holy God. Author Obbie Tyler Todd opened another view of this important doctrine, in his book The Moral Governmental Theory of Atonement which is, as the title suggest, moral governmental theory (MGT). I haven’t heard this view so I reach out and chat with him about this. He has another book also tackling MGT which is the latest, titled A Baptist at the Crossroad. So we chat about it plus upcoming works in this interview:

Would you consider A Baptist At The Crossroad as a sequel to your previous book The Moral Governmental Theory of Atonement?

Thanks for the opportunity to talk about the book. To answer your question, I’d say: this book is part 2 in a 3-part series! I’ll explain. I began writing this book first. It’s a revised version of my dissertation at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. My focus all along was Richard Furman, a neglected figure in Baptist history who I decided to study. I was introduced to him by Tom Nettles at Southern Seminary during my Th.M. years. However, when I began reading Furman’s writings, I discovered that in order to understand Furman’s doctrine of atonement, I would need to first master the moral governmental view of atonement because he seemed to integrate the theory into his overall view.

Church vs. Serial Killer

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The church is a beacon of hope to this world because of the task Christ gave to preach the gospel. As the fruit of the gospel and one of the reason we are saved, we are to do good works to magnify God. We are to extend it to the community. And if we look at church history we find instances that Christians shines. Call it a revolution, but indeed believers turned the world upside down. Through opportunities that God opens to us we can minister go people and share the gospel.

Churches may encounter crisis in like disasters or a pandemic, but how will you respond on a serial killer on the loose? How will you counsel the victim’s relative and most importantly, the whole neighborhood? Matt Horan and Seminole Heights United Methodist Church had a say on this predicament.