George MooreThis piece will explain best practices for one-on-one discipleship, but before we get there, we must first lay out the importance of discipleship. Jesus’s leadership plan At the age of thirty, Jesus of Nazareth embarked on a mission that would...
Dana HarrisAs someone who has done lots of home improvement projects in the past few years, I have come to realize how valuable proper tools are. But as with most jobs, there isn’t one tool that works on every project. The right tool makes all the...
Richard HarveyWhen we started the London Messianic Congregation in the 1970s, there were almost no books on Messianic Judaism. There are now thousands of Messianic congregations around the world, and hundreds of thousands who identify as Jewish disciples of...
Sean McGeverAs a theology professor, summers often allow me to shift my focus away from my classes. Not this summer. Like many educators, I’ve known in the back of my mind I need to consider making changes in my assignments because of one thing: AI. If you are...
Steve AuldAs encouraging as our church’s numerical growth has been in recent days, the real growth I long to see is spiritual growth. I long to see my people hunger and thirst more and more for God; I long to see them beholding and becoming more like Jesus; I...
Ryan LyttonThe doctoral landscape has changed significantly in recent decades. In the past, earning a research doctorate often meant relocating to a Western institution for years of expensive, immersive study. Today, prospective doctoral students have an array...
Chase KrugIn the opening chapters of Acts, Luke offers what is likely the most comprehensive description of a healthy church in the New Testament. And yet, while it’s easy to think that the Jerusalem Church was nearly perfect, Luke disabuses us of any such...
Steven WedgeworthMany churches are discovering the practice of reading from a lectionary. Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican churches have historically used formal lectionaries, but the practice is growing in other Protestant church bodies. I’d...
Ben HicksWhen will I actually use this? It’s a fair question asked by many a Greek student. Preachers-in-training spend hours and hours memorizing verb charts and vocabulary; learning participle, infinitive, and genitive uses; and trying to grasp the grammar...
Which social media platforms should we use? What is a catchy name? Where do we stand on audio/visual equipment? Where’s a good location to meet? Who can we get to help out? How many people do we hope will show up? These are very good questions that...
Glenn ButnerEven the youngest Christians are usually aware that Jesus was born a baby to save us, lived a holy life, died on the cross for our sins, and rose again from the dead. However, if you ask many Christians to explain why it is that Jesus’s birth...
Kirk E. MillerWhat is the mission of the church in the world today? In this episode of Logos Live, Kirk E. Miller sits down with author and missiologist Dr. Ed Stetzer to trace the mission of God from Genesis to the Great Commission. Whether you are navigating...
Jessica LaGroneWesleyanism is a vibrant movement of Christianity that traces its roots to the eighteenth-century ministry of two brothers, John and Charles Wesley. Emerging initially as a renewal movement within the Church of England, it sought to restore what its...
Thomas BoehmFor nearly two thousand years, devotion to the God of Israel has unfolded along two largely diverging paths that we now recognize as the religions of Judaism and Christianity. Yet this separation too easily obscures the historical reality that the...
Chris BrunoIn his last letter in the New Testament, St. Paul reminds Timothy that a central part of his ministry as a pastor is to raise up and entrust the gospel message to others who would then, in turn, entrust that message to others still. In other words...
Joseph HarrodBaptist colleges, universities, and seminaries prepare students to serve Christ and fulfill his mission in the world. This guide orients readers to a list of ten major Baptist institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada. If your...
Michael F. BirdYou should study Jude and 2 Peter. Jude is often called the “most neglected book in the New Testament.” David deSilva laments, “If Bible publishers stopped printing Jude, it might take years for some people to notice.” Yet, while Jude’s epistle may...
Does James contradict Paul? In this episode of What in the Word?, host Kirk E. Miller sits down with pastor and theologian Mark Jones to tackle James. They explore the apparent tension between Paul’s doctrine of justification by faith alone and...
JoAnna HoytThose of us in Christian academia (whether students or professors) find ourselves in the awkward position of devoting ourselves to the academic study of the Bible. This sort of study thrives on deadlines and technical details. However, we are also...
Does human unbelief have the power to limit the all-powerful God? In this episode of What in the Word?, Kirk E. Miller sits down with theologian Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen to tackle the startling claim in Mark 6 that Jesus “could do no mighty work” in...
Curt LeonardPastoring can feel discouraging when the size of the church feels more like a Bible study than a church service. Learn to see the small size of your church as an asset, not a liability, with these six tips.
Since we no longer have the original manuscripts, is our text of the New Testament reliable? Given the magnitude of variations between manuscripts, can we reliably reconstruct the original? Premier New Testament text critic Daniel B. Wallace joins...
Andrew M. DavisTwo trees once lived on my property. Both are no longer there. The first was a loblolly pine over twenty feet tall. On the night of December 5, 2002, there was a terrible ice storm in North Carolina where I live. A deluge of freezing rain covered...
Chris PalmerMy doctorate came with a diploma—and imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is the feeling of being a fraud, undeserving of your achievements. At any given moment the shoe is going to drop, and you’ll be exposed. It doesn’t help that you have an...
Teaching the biblical languages can be a great joy and a great challenge. Watching new students learn how to read the Bible in its original languages and gain confidence in their new abilities is wonderful. But teaching the same grammatical concepts...
Psalm 137 ends with one of the Bible’s most scandalizing lines: a prayer that an enemy’s infants would be dashed against rocks. It understandably troubles believers, and for skeptics, it’s a classic case against the Bible’s goodness. Does this...
Theological method, sometimes called theological prolegomenon, is a formal account of how to do theology that pays attention to the objectives, categories of evidence, subdisciplines, and techniques of theology. While this definition may sound dry...
Have you ever tried to explain the Trinity and accidentally committed a heresy? You are not alone. The usual suspect, perhaps, is Modalism. Modalism may sound right to many believers. However, it critically misunderstands the nature of God as...
Matthew KimWhile the landscape of theological education has changed significantly over the last decade, with fewer people pursuing a master of divinity degree (MDiv), there seems to be a steady increase in the number of people who are seeking a doctor of...
Christopher HutchinsonWe want to bring zeal to the pulpit. When we meet with people, we want to be in tune with God’s Spirit. We want to have wisdom to offer. When we lead meetings, we want to know the joy of the Lord and facilitate them with gladness and confidence. But...