A Neo-orthodox Theology Applied: An Analysis of the Hermeneutics of Christian A. Schwarz’s Natural Church Development Christian Schwarz is the head of the institute for Natural Church Development (NCD) in Germany.1 Schwarz, and an increasing numbers of denominational leaders, church growth practitioners and ministers, believe that he has devised a system that measures the relative health of churches. He claims this system grew out of a research study of one thousand… Read More
The Gift I Did Not Want Became The Gift I Will Always Treasure Just before I met my wife and while we were dating God was working mightily in my heart. After we had been dating for a few months I began going to church with her. I was learning to be a churchgoer, but the changes I needed to make deep within my soul had not yet… Read More
Living with Grief My Dad passed away sometime during the night fifteen years ago today. To say that I would desperately love to see him today is a gross understatement. My dad came to know Christ late in his life. It is on days like today that I most think about the day I lost him. There are… Read More
The Theology of Emil Brunner Introduction Emil Brunner was a man of deep conviction with a personal passion for his Lord Jesus Christ. His hair was white, and his manner animated when in 1946 he visited Southern Seminary. With perfect English and a British accent he answered questions from students while pacing the platform and sipping water, as he put… Read More
Book Review: Satan: His Personality, Power and Overthrow Many of the works of E.M. Bounds are still in print today, but three books, one which was among the only two published during his lifetime, have not been reprinted. Bounds, Satan: His Personality, Power and Overthrow,1 published after his death is one of his books not currently reprinted. In Satan, Bounds is interested in… Read More