What is the Gospel?
This is Question #1 in Matthew W. Bates’s The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King.
Matthew W. Bates
Matthew W. Bates
Introduction to The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King
Author Matthew W. Bates introduces his book The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King and gives an overview of the book.
Matthew W. Bates
Matthew W. Bates
Ted Lasso, Cancel Culture, and the New Persecution
In the third episode of the second season of the 20-time Emmy-nominated Apple TV comedy series, “Ted Lasso,” we see a unique insight into cancel culture. For those who haven’t seen the show yet, the main character is Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), who is an American football coach recruited to coach an English Premier League soccer team, AFC Richmond. With...
Chad Harrington
The Gospel Precisely Author Q&A – Matthew Bates with Bobby Harrington
Join Matthew Bates and Bobby Harrington as, through a mix of fun and serious questions, they discuss Bates’s new book The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King.
Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led
AN INVITATION TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD YOUR LIFE Imagine you were given the choice between two doors: one marked “The Study of the Holy Spirit” and the other “The Holy Spirit Is Here.” Which door would you choose?…
David Young
What Does It Mean to Be Baptized for the Forgiveness of Our Sins?
This is Question #5 in Michael Strickland and Anessa Westbrook’s New Birth: Conversion and Baptism.
Michael Strickland
Michael Strickland
Your Reconstruction Story as Told by Jesus
Back in high school I used to ask myself, How can I make disciples like Jesus if I don’t literally walk everywhere and have people follow me as I walk? Over the years, that has morphed into wondering what it looks like to make disciples as much like Jesus as possible—without thinking that I can...
Karl Halverson
A Weird Way We Win
I was mildly frustrated with a friend of mine as we were playing tennis the other day. He would barely bop it over the net, forcing me to sprint with all my might right up to the net in order to hit it back before it bounced twice. He did this again and again. Though...
Daniel McCoy
What Does It Mean to Confess Jesus as Lord?
This is Question #4 in Michael Strickland and Anessa Westbrook’s New Birth: Conversion and Baptism.
Michael Strickland
Michael Strickland
What Does It Mean to Repent?
This is Question #3 in Anessa Westbrook and Michael Strickland’s New Birth: Conversion and Baptism.
Anessa Westbrook
Anessa Westbrook
Habitual Sin: Do We Want to Get Well?
“One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” (John 5:5-6) The topic of this article is habitual sin—an uncomfortable topic which can take many different forms....
William Butt
Disciple Making: The Core Mission of the Church
The early church did not approach church the way most Western churches do today. If they had, the church would not still be around today. Many churches today are producing church attenders, but Jesus called us to produce—and reproduce—disciple makers.…
It’s Easy to Fall Short of Faith
It’s scary easy to know your Bible, live an exemplary life, be impressed with Jesus… …and still fall short of what the Bible calls “faith.” Just ask Nicodemus. In this excerpt from Mark E. Moore’s new release Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition, we meet someone who… Knows the Bible well Lives an...
Renew.org
Preview of Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition
Since we are saved by grace through faith, then wouldn’t it be a good idea to be clear on what biblical faith is? In this sneak preview of Faithful Faith by Mark Moore, you will explore what faith is according to the Bible.
Mark E. Moore
What Does It Mean to Place One’s Faith in Jesus?
This is Question #2 in Anessa Westbrook and Michael Strickland’s New Birth: Conversion and Baptism.
Anessa Westbrook
Anessa Westbrook
Book Review: When Doctrine Divides the People of God by Rhyne Putman
Editor’s note: At Renew.org, we have a way of organizing the various elements/doctrines of Christianity into the categories of “essential,” “important,” and “personal.” (See Chad Ragsdale’s book in the Real Life Theology series called Christian Convictions for an explanation of these categories.) While the book being reviewed here offers a different way of organizing Christian...
Jonathan Ciecka