How to Deal with a Child Who Goes Astray
How do you help your children when they are troubled? The parable of the prodigal son gives us solid advice on how to handle these sticky situations.
How do you help your children when they are troubled? The parable of the prodigal son gives us solid advice on how to handle these sticky situations.
What is the good news of Jesus Christ for all people? In this Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Phil Meadows challenges our misconceptions about the gospel and re-aligns us to God’s love as an embrace and transformation of our entire person.
The miracle that happens at the wedding of Cana happens in the midst of desperation. In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Jessica LaGrone shows us how miracles in the Gospels are preceded by desperate situations, which points to the care and sufficiency of Jesus.
The practice of confession is the discipline of bearing ourselves before God and others for the sake of release from the power of sin. Watch this Seven Minute Seminary video with Dr. Kevin Watson as he shares an underrated and powerful spiritual discipline for the Christian life.
We all think we know everything there is to know about Jesus, but do we? Andrew Dragos shares seven things about the gospel of Jesus that might surprise you!
We talk about confessing the ways we have fallen short of God’s ideals. Some congregations even repeat a confession liturgy weekly or monthly. But, is confession enough? Keith Turner shares insight on confession and why more is needed.
The truth is that grace, or gift, was not a concept unique to the Christian faith in the first century. In fact, even pagan religion afforded grace a role in the relationship between the gods and their followers. What makes the grace of the Christian gospel unique? In today’s Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. John Barclay explains that it’s the nature of the recipients—us—that is so telling about the grace of God in Jesus Christ.
When we talk about the means of grace, we talk about them in terms of what we do. Leah Hartman shifts the focus from the what to the where. Could means of grace also involve places we go?
We all know God’s Word says that the truth will set us free. But, how does it set us free? Peter Bellini shares how the truth of God counteracts the lies we have believed to transform our lives and allow us to live the way God intended.
What is gospel hospitality, and why does it seem so radical in our world? In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, watch Dr. Amy Oden as she presents a beautiful picture for the gospel calling to welcome the stranger and the vulnerable of our society.
What is Christian Perfection? Can Christians really be made perfect in love, and does this mean that Christians will no longer sin? Watch this Seven Minute Seminary by Ryan Danker as he describes John Wesley’s doctrine of perfection and explains why its so critical of a vision for the church.
Like all structures, theological or otherwise, Wesley’s doctrine of prevenient grace can be dismantled and carefully examined in order to enrich our understanding. In today’s post, Brian Shelton offers two helpful distinctions to further our appreciation of prevenient grace.