#35 Romans
Paul begins the letter to the Romans with an introduction: “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God” (Rom. 1:1).1 He immediately identifies himself as the letter's author and establishes genuine authority due to his apostleship and purpose as a minister of the Gospel…
#31 Kansas City Korean Baptist Church
My good friend Samad, who is ethnically half Korean and half Pakistani, invited me to visit Kansas City Korean Baptist Church. While it was preferable to attend a church that worships in English, I did not want to pass upon the opportunity to hear the saints worship in a language that I did not speak…
#30 Gisbertus Voetius: Missiological Protestant Pioneer
Gisbertus Voetius, a pioneer in Protestant missiology and a Dutch Reformed theologian, served the Lord from AD 1589 to 1676. He was a minister, theologian, and professor during a vital time in European Christianity called the Dutch Second Reformation or Further Reformation, a continuation of the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands…
#27 Baptist Ecclesiology
This short essay will concern itself with the ecclesiology of the Baptist denomination. However, it will follow Scriptural prescriptions and doctrines found within the Bible. It will examine the church’s views on its purpose, membership, disciplinary action, leadership, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, its relationship with other churches, and its relationship with the state and politics…
#25 Mission and Evangelism
Before Jesus ascended to the right hand of God, He said something significant to His disciples: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:19-20)…
#17 Evaluation of Church Offices
Scriptural texts like 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 14, and Ephesians 4 make it clear that the body of Christ comprises various parts. These parts are due to different gifts the Lord gave His people…
#11 Resolved to Be Like Jesus
There are many characteristics of a Christian leader. Leading as a Christian requires humility, service, candor, ambition, balance, intentionality, and many other characteristics. However, to explain Christian leadership through characteristics in a short essay is a tremendous task. Therefore, Christian leadership explained succinctly can best be seen in the life, death, and ministry of the Savior, Jesus…
The Gospel
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)…