- Tue, Dec 22, 2009
- Prolife
Abortion May Not Be Off-Limits For Christians?
I have come to the conclusion that abortion may not be as off limits for Christians as the church professes it to be be. I have laid out my argument below. What do you think?
Resources: church
- Thu, Mar 04, 2010
- Christian Life, Persecuted Church, Suffering and Evil
By What Death Will You Glorify God?
September 1, 1999 Fresh Words Edition
When John wrote his gospel, Peter had probably already been killed by the Roman emperor, Nero. So when he recorded the words of Jesus about Peter’s coming death he was able to look back and interpret the symbolism Jesus had used. Here’s what Jesus said to Peter, with John’s interpretation.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where ...
- Mon, May 03, 2010
- Prolife
Can pastors address the abortion issue in their churches? (audio)
Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Can pastors address the abortion issue in their churches," in an interview with Verite Studios.
- Fri, Mar 05, 2010
- Culture and Worldview, Sexual Purity
Can you give me some resources for understanding homosexuality and how the Church should respond?
I’d recommend a book called Informed Answers to Gay Rights Questions, by Roger Magnuson. I’ve read it and its helpful. Also, a book by R. F. Lovelace, called Homosexuality and the Church.
I haven’t read Homosexuals in the Christian Fellowship by D. J. Atkinson, which is out of print but may be in a school library. Not sure if it takes a biblical approach or not, but it seems to relate to subject area. I see reference to an article by D.F. Wright in Evangelical Quarterly 61, 1989, p. 291-300, called “Homosexuality: The Relevance of the ...
- Sat, Feb 20, 2010
- Persecuted Church
The Church Was Spoken Against Everywhere
Can the gospel spread, and thousands be converted, and churches grow, and love abound where Christianity is continually spoken against?
- Thu, Feb 04, 2010
- Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology, Prolife
A Church’s Position Statement on Abortion
Circulated on Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
I was asked to write this statement to be printed in my church bulletin on Sanctity of Human Life Sunday in 1998. Both believers and visiting unbelievers were in mind as I wrote it. You are welcome to use it in part or in its entirety.
This week is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in America in 1973.
Not just our society, but our church has been deeply affected by abortion. In our Sanctity of Life service last year, over fifty of our people ...
- Wed, Apr 21, 2010
- Prolife
Do you have to fall back on religion to be prolife? (audio)
Randy Alcorn answer the question, "what about the idea you can't be prolife without falling back on religion?"
- Fri, Mar 26, 2010
- Money and Giving
Does our drive toward big churches handicap giving? (video)
Randy Alcorn answers a question about big churches and giving.
- Tue, Jan 12, 2010
- Christian Life, Prolife
Early Church Teachings on Abortion
Compiled by Randy Alcorn
“You shall not kill an unborn child or murder a newborn infant.” — Didache
“You shall love your neighbor more than your own life. You shall not slay the child by abortion.” — Barnabas [c. 70-138], Epistles
“For us [Christians], murder is once and for all forbidden; so even the child in womb, while yet the Mother's blood is still being drawn on to form the human being, it is not lawful for us to destroy. To forbid birth is only quicker murder...He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always ...
- Wed, Jan 27, 2010
- Missions, Money and Giving
Giving and the Great Commission
The apostle Paul gave us our top priority: “What I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3).
- Wed, Jan 27, 2010
- Christian Life, Money and Giving, Randy's Books
Giving to the Local Church
Giving should start with your local Bible-believing, Christ-centered church, the spiritual community where you’re fed and to which you’re accountable.
- Thu, Mar 18, 2010
- Culture and Worldview, Missions
How Can We Help Churches in the Soviet Union?
Randy Alcorn traveled to the Soviet Union in 1991.
"The book of Acts." That's what kept going through my mind. I've never seen greater spiritual hunger and works of the Holy Spirit than in the Soviet Union these lasts few weeks. I got home yesterday and my mind is still spinning.
Lenin is the false God, the antichrist of Marxism. Note the biblical ring to this Russian saying: "Lenin was, and is, and evermore shall be." Lenin promised a thousand-year reign of communism, and the death of Christianity. It's been seventy years, and the people are sick ...
- Fri, Mar 19, 2010
- Christian Life, Church
How do you find a church that understands there is a spiritual reality beyond what we can see?
God is changing many perspectives in my life about Him and reality. He is basically opening my eyes to the fact that this world is not all there is, but there is a true spiritual battle going on. I’m looking for a new church. I believe I want to be somewhere where people are living in the reality of the spiritual realm and not just saying they believe it but then living like only this is realty. What cautions/advice do you have to offer?
I would like to see more vibrancy in churches, more purity, more abandonment, more ...
- Wed, Apr 21, 2010
- Prolife
How does a pastor address the issue of abortion? (audio)
Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How does a pastor address the issue of abortion?"
- Mon, Mar 22, 2010
- Christian Life
How good it is to thank the Lord: Why Scripture commands us to sing
Enjoying good music makes us smile. It’s part of what makes us human. And one recent TV show drives the point home in an unexpected and astounding way.
At BreakPoint’s blog, The Point, we had a lively debate over church music—especially the now-common practice of bands performing during Sunday worship.
Much of the debate focused on contemporary music versus traditional hymns. But one of our bloggers invited readers to consider another question: Does God intend us to merely listen to music—or to sing ourselves?
Theologian T. M. Moore answers this question in an article he wrote ...
