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Unfortunately, the problem is a result of the "Modern Gospel". (God is love, come to Him and He will fix your broken marriage, drug problem, financial woes, etc.) The Gospel as told in Scripture is not even close to what's being preached by most Evangelical Churches today. (That we're sinners who have offended God by our selfishness, disobedience, and ...

Your question can be asked using the theological terms of complementarianism and egalitarianism. The crux of the question is this - Did God make all humans the same or did He give each "separate but equal" roles to uniquely fill within the church? This, like most real issues of substance, is not one where a single proof verse can answer it. (Although, ...

Though I personally tend to favour expository preaching in practice, topical preaching certainly has its place. Scriptural Basis A case could be made from Scriptural example... Jesus's Preaching Jesus's recorded preaching was purely topical - as far as I know, he never took a passage from the Old Testament and expanded on it. Rather, he chose topics ...

By going to church. Period. As one who has preached for a long time, I can tell you that fancy oratory, glitzy aids, cool programs, and all the best homeletics in the world cannot make up for a pastor who knows you like a shepherd knows his sheep. Want to know why I stopped going to mega churches? Because I realized it was too easy to hide. I could be an ...

I was a little surprised in finding the answer to this question, from a Catholic perspective at least, kind of reversed the tradition of parishes representing a contiguous geographical area. One of the precepts of the Catholic Church is to provide for the needs of the church, the church being the universal church, the diocese and the local parish where ...

I don't think that by the definition of "Christianity" provided by this site, all Christians could agree with your assessment of faith's role in prayer. However, speaking from a Baptist tradition, I am inclined to agree. Christ prayed in the garden that if it was His Father's will, that the cup would pass from Him. Concerning the conditional "not my will ...

In a nutshell, systematic expository preaching ensures that the Word is preached, the whole Word is preached, and that the pastor has less of an opportunity to rehash his own opinion or stick to a "canon within the canon." Bryan Chapell, author of Christ-Centered Preaching (which is probably the best preaching text since John Broaddus), says: The thing ...

Most of today's conservative churches interpret these passages as a prohibition on women preaching to men. Far from being a prohibition on women ever giving sermons, women are not merely allowed but actually commanded to teach younger women: The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much ...

Great question. For starters, I encourage you to read @Affable Geek's response about slavery in the Bible here. In his response, @Affable Geek says: As stated, slavery was a fact of the Ancient World, and so when the Bible addresses the topic, it should not be compared against the sensibilities of the modern world, but rather against the sensibilities ...

I think nearly everyone believes you should play to your strengths... or in biblical terms, that you should use your "gifts"... and preaching is definitely included among the spiritual gifts. Apply that to this question, and it follows that if it's permissible for a woman to preach, then it is required of some women that they should do so. You can't simply ...