Posted Friday, May 04, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
I had the privilege of preaching here at College Park last Sunday on the challenging topic of contentment. I am convinced that contentment is a desire of all but a challenge to even the most devout in the faith. I think it has a lot to do with our view of kingdom. The notion of ...
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Posted Friday, Apr 06, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
Here we are. Soon we will celebrate Easter—Resurrection Sunday. That seems to be the hallmark of our Christian faith as it is the reality of Jesus victory over death and evil and the hope of eternal salvation for his creation. What a blessed and holy day for ...
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Posted Thursday, Mar 01, 2012 Dustin Crowe in Category Theology
THINK|12 is one day away. As you hopefully are aware, the topic this year centers around revival. Here are a couple Charles Spurgeon quotes where he is seeking revival, not for revival's sake but because he longs for a genuine work of the Holy Spirit in his congregation.
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Posted Friday, Jan 13, 2012 Dustin Crowe in Category Theology
One of the great benefits of the discipline of Biblical Theology, the method of reading Scripture as a storyline of God’s unfolding plan of redemption, is that both the unity and the progressive nature of the Bible is maintained. The unity of the whole Bible is important because we know ...
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Posted Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 Jeff Ballard in Category Theology
"And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" (Luke 1:34)
Simply put, Jesus is the greatest gift the human race has ever known. We can see this throughout the narrative of the birth of Jesus, but perhaps it is nowhere clearer than in the angel Gabriel's announcement ...
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Tags: christmas
Posted Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
Well, it is that time of year again. I head off to the annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). This year we are suffering in sunny San Francisco. I am in the Marriott most of the time so I do not see much of the city, but I did get out for lunch today and ...
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Tags: ets
Posted Friday, Oct 28, 2011 Jeff Ballard in Category Theology
How ought we to measure the success of a church, or even the success of the Church (universal)? Well, to answer this question we need to first understand what the mission of the Christ’s universal Church is. That is, we can’t even begin to define the criteria for success ...
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Tags: mission
Posted Friday, Sep 09, 2011 Dustin Crowe in Category Theology
Is the Lord’s Supper just another dry religious ritual we’re supposed to do as a church? Is the point of it just to remember how bad we are so we feel really guilty? Are the elements of bread and wine reminders of Jesus like a picture reminds us of an old friend or relative we ...
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Tags: communion, lord's supper
Posted Friday, Sep 02, 2011 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
Last weekend the east coast got hit with a hurricane. It was personal for me even as I live 700 miles away in calm Indiana. I have two daughters, two sons-in-law, and two grandsons that live on the east coast in Maryland and New Jersey. I have told them and told them that life is ...
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Tags: psalm 69
Posted Friday, Aug 19, 2011 Joe Bartemus in Category Theology
We have had several blog articles on justification on THINK|online. This past week at our monthly elder’s meeting, we spent over an hour discussing the topic. We had three young men who are on staff – Jeff Ballard (assistant for global outreach and graduate of Trinity ...
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Tags: justification