The Christian life clearly has costs. Jesus made this very clear in various places in the Gospels. He said that for Christians in this “world you will have tribulation” (John 16:33). He emphasized that a Christian must “deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24) and that anyone “who does not […]
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Half a century ago, in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the castle-church door in Wittenberg, which kicked off the modern Protestant movement that, among other things, clarified the gospel and helped to get the Bible into people’s everyday vernacular. To mark this […]
My wife Cindy and I live in the Phillips neighborhood located within a mile of Bethlehem College & Seminary and our church Bethlehem Baptist. Phillips is a beautiful, older, Minneapolis neighborhood, and given its proximity to my work and our church, it’s very beneficial to live here. We love living in Phillips! However, the neighborhood […]