Posts by Ken Brown
What Christians Know About Non-Christians
Christians are called to share Christ with their unbelieving friends and acquaintances (2 Corinthians 5:20), but very often we feel inadequate when presenting or defending our faith. However, if we understand what the Bible tells us about those outside of Christ, it should bolster our courage and move us to speak because there are many…
Read MoreThe Church is God’s Idea, Part II
In an earlier blog we saw that the Great Commission and the Church began at the same time – on the Day of Pentecost. But not only did the Church and Great Commission begin at the same time, they also move forward together. In fact, without the Church, there is no mission. Pentecost Was Only…
Read MoreThe Church is God’s Idea, Part I
I had the great privilege of growing up in church. My father was a pastor and our family attended church at least three times each week (Sunday morning/evening and Wednesday), often for marathon sessions. My parents emphasized the priority of the church by, among other things, insisting that nothing, including my beloved participation in hockey,…
Read MoreThe Supreme Importance of Worldview
Everybody has a worldview. However, most people obtain their worldview by unconsciously absorbing it from the culture rather than consciously adopting it from Scripture. Identifying and mastering the components of the biblical worldview will strengthen the faith of any believer, help us to detect and refute error, and live consistent with the way the world…
Read MoreAre You in the Wrong War?
I had the great privilege of being raised in Sunday School. Among the songs I still remember was “I’m in the Lord’s Army”: I may never march in the infantry Ride in the cavalry Shoot the artillery I may never fly o’er the enemy But I’m in the Lord’s army (Yes, sir!) [All done with…
Read MoreDo Everything Without Complaining
The first five days of Creation Week in Genesis chapter one have a cadence marked by the words “And God said”: “And God said, ‘Let there be light’” (verse 3) “And God said, ‘Let there be a vault between the waters’” (verse 6) “And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to…
Read MorePositive Holiness
I was raised in what is called a ‘holiness’ denomination (of the Pentecostal variety) which meant that our church took seriously the Bible’s commands to live distinctive lives (Leviticus 19:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Peter 1:16). While I am genuinely thankful for this emphasis and the character-shaping effect it had on me, unfortunately the form…
Read MoreThe Forgiven, Forgive
In His famous Sermon on the Mount Jesus taught that the forgiveness Christians receive from the Lord is to have a profound impact on our relationships with others, so much so that a refusal to forgive indicates you’ve never been forgiven: If you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your…
Read MoreTo Forgive is Divine, Failure to Forgive is …
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a series of short essays about Edinburgh, Scotland. In his Picturesque Notes of Edinburgh, he tells the story of two unmarried sisters who shared a single room. As is often the case when people share close quarters, they had an argument. But in their case the argument was over a point…
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