Perfectly Preserved? Modern Qur’an Research and Muslim-Christian Apologetics
By Adam Francisco
06/08/26
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Perfectly Preserved? Modern Qur’an Research and Muslim-Christian Apologetics

Christianity does not ultimately rest on the assertion that God delivered a perfectly dictated text whose divine origin can be demonstrated by claims of flawless transmission.
A Prayer for My Teens
Karen Stenberg
Karen Stenberg
06/05/26

A Prayer for My Teens

I pray my children see God’s faithfulness not in the riches of this world, but in the riches of grace through Christ Jesus.
There's No Such Thing as a
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
06/03/26

There's No Such Thing as a "Bible-Believing Christian

Calling oneself a “Bible-believing Christian” fails to account for the fact that every belief system, knowingly or unknowingly, arises out of a particular history.

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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/28/17

The Worrisome Gospel

True faith, saving faith that receives the good news about the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is a faith created in us by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel (Eph 2:8-9).
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
03/24/17

Do We Evangelize or Proselytize?

If you don’t believe Jesus Christ—that is, God in the man born of the Virgin Mary—died for the sins of the world, then you can’t evangelize.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
03/02/17

The Gospel: No Strings Attached

I don't remember the first time I heard the gospel, but I do remember the first time I began to understand it.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/01/17

The Only Free Lunch We'll Ever Get

We just can't stop ourselves from putting the brakes on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/24/17

The Church of Chicken Little

On a recurring basis, Christians spot news headlines that signal yet one more moral collapse in society, the growing paganization of the cultures in which we live, the spread of antipathy toward the faith.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
02/13/17

Joy Has No Expiration Date: A Story of Love Worth Waiting For

Their love story was a long time in coming. He was 82 and she 74. And this was the first, and the last, marriage for both.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/01/17

A Matter of The Gospel

A Christian is justified—saved from sin, death, and hell—by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/27/16

Where There Is No Gospel...

Can one still find a church that teaches that Christianity, and the Christian life, can be summed up as: "We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone?"
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
12/09/16

Spending Advent in God’s Winter Garden

So it is with my little garden as well; dead, so it would seem. Nothing. Barren.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
12/08/16

Our Story is a Beautiful Disaster

He finds the woman and the man in the Garden and fought back for the identity of His people.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
12/01/16

Death And The Gospel

A while back, my wife and I attended the wake and memorial service of a friend from a prior church we attended.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/22/16

It's OK to Be Godless, So Long As You're A Christian

"What do you mean, 'Confess that I don't believe in God?' I'm a Christian. Of course I believe in God!"
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