TEAM Cross Training: Tactical Evangelism
This event was held at Southern Evangelical Seminary. Topics addressed how to do evangelism, what evangelism is, and how to engage people in a relevant and meaningful way. PDF decks can be found here.
The Importance of Theology and Apologetics for Church Leadership
“I don’t need seminary training to be a minister.” At least, that’s what I told myself when I was in high school as I was considering my place in church. My Sunday school teachers had no official training. Most of the pastors I knew (which were shockingly few) had no training. God could use me just […]
Voting: The Christian’s Duty
By Dr. Richard Land, [1] I have been asked quite often over the last few decades variations of what is basically the same question: “Should Christians vote? Should we become involved with politics? In the end, do our votes make any difference?” When I first started hearing those questions, I was a seminary student in […]
Some Brief Thoughts on Application in Biblical Interpretation
By Dr. Thomas Howe, Every hermeneutics book concludes with a section on Application. Everyone makes some observation like the following from Grant Osborne: “The static study of the original meaning of a text dare never be an end in itself but must at all times have as its goal the dynamic application of the text […]
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and the Populist Uprising of 2016
By Dr. Richard Land, At the end of 2014 Patrick Caddell, former President Carter’s pollster and a well-known political analyst and pundit, identified and attempted to explain the anger and frustration he was observing among tens of millions of Americans. He predicted that the maelstrom of social-political turmoil he was encountering across the land was […]
Snowballs and Scripture: The Importance of Structural Integrity
By Dr. Hugh Ross, For a kid in Canada, snow meant snowball fights. After watching several of these battles from a safe distance, I figured out the key to winning—the design and sturdiness of one’s snow fort. Therefore, while other kids in our neighborhood tried to make the best snowballs, I experimented with my fort’s […]