4 Keys for Battling Discouragement
1. Look how far you’ve come. God has brought you this far, hasn’t he? The prophet, Samuel rolled a great stone and set it…
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Advice for Preparing a PhD Research Proposal
In a previous blog, I shared some practical advice before starting a PhD program in Theology from my experience teaching research methods for the ORU PhD Program. Preparing to enter a PhD program is a daunting task. But if your goal is to become an exp…
Hebrews Study: The Need for Discernment :: By Sean Gooding
Hebrews 5:12-14 “12 For though by this time, you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for […]
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Is Torah for Everyone?
The Hot Topics Conferences happen when a few of our faculty join each other online to discuss a wide range of topics that are directly relevant to you now. Don’t worry if you have missed them, because a large collection of them are available t…
Is the command to pray for laborers in Luke 10:2 for all time?
It reads in Luke 10:2 (parallel is Matt 9:37-38):
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
I’ve en…
The Roman Context for the Jews
Israel Bible Center offers a wide variety of Roundtable Talks with world-renowned scholars. This week we highlight one talk about the culture and religious environment in which early Christ-following movement developed. How did the Jewish worl…
Holy Spirit Symposium 2023 – Call for Papers
The Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today will be hosting an academic symposium October 27-28, 2023. Theme: The Holy Spirit and the healing of the body. On behalf of the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today, we are inviting […]
A look at ministry dynamics for Latinos
A friend of mine, Pastor Eli Garza, recently shared with me some links about Latino evangelicals in the US. First up is a podcast from the National Association of Evangelicals. Their introduction is: “Hispanics make up nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population. They have played a major role in driving population growth in […]
‘Written for Our Learning’ :: By Paul J. Scharf
I wish I could say that I was one of those smart kids who always loved history. Yet, in one sense, I guess that I did—although perhaps without realizing it. I was always enthralled with old black-and-white television shows that whisked me to an earlier time that seemed both simpler and, yet, exhilarating. I found […]
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Tribulation Saints: Care for His Sheep :: By Lisa Heaton
In my previous article, Tribulation Saints: Unborn-Again Sheep, we allowed our hearts to consider those who would call upon the name of Jesus during the tribulation as our someday family. In doing so, they become real, living, breathing people to us rather than a group we safely call from a distance “the left behind.” Once […]
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Request for parallels between Psalms and Proverbs
Can someone either post themselves or give me a link to a somewhat detailed comparison between Psalms and Proverbs where fairly word for word parallels are found?
I am looking for all the instances where the author of a Proverb cites a Psa…
Encouragement For Today’s Pastors :: By Grant Phillips
Regardless of the name over the door, today’s churches have been experiencing a drop in attendance, and even more so since the COVID pandemic. Even the seeker-friendly churches have noticed a dip in attendance. Governmental mandates caused many of the churches to close their doors during the lockdowns of the COVID episode of 2020-21. Even […]
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