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Jarvis Williams: Redemptive Kingdom Diversity and Apologetics

13th July 2021

For the first time ever, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast reveals the future! It’s the last episode of season 2, and it’s quite possible that your mind won’t be able to handle everything that takes place in this thrilling season finale. Your intrepid cohosts turn out to be not only pastors and […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, Books, featured, History, Learn, ministry, music review, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, racism, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: African American, African-American church, apologetics, Baker Academic, Bible, black, black church, critical race theory, critical theory, CRT, diversity, ethnic diversity, gospel, grace, Jarvis Williams, multicultural, multicultural church, multiethnic, multiethnic church, New Testament, prophecy, race, racial reconciliation, racism, redemptive kingdom diversity, SBTS, social justice, Sojourn Church, Sojourn Community Church, Southern Seminary, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Village Church, Village Institute

Josh Chatraw: The Apologetics of Blaise Pascal + “Superstition” (Stevie Wonder)

29th December 2020

Faith happens, and this week’s episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast is all about how faith happens. In the first half, Garrick and Timothy are joined by Josh Chatraw, the apologist extraordinaire who has been freshly forgiven for his many missteps when it comes to being conversant in the art of […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, History, Learn, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, Solve, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Blaise Pascal, church history, epistemology, gospel, history, Josh Chatraw, Pensees, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Telling a Better Story

Apologetics: Were the Stories of Jesus Based on Pagan Parallels?

12th November 2020

Pagan parallels to Christianity! Is it possible, as some people claim, that the stories of Jesus were based on Pagan myths? It’s an accusation that’s been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a philosopher named Celsus charged, “The […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Christmas, Easter, gospel, Gospels, Mithras, myth

Study: Read through the Greek New Testament in a Year

17th December 2019

After a few years of using other Bible reading plans, I’m returning in 2020 to a plan that I’ve used in the past to read through the New Testament in Greek each year. The plan that I’ve found most useful for that is one from Denny Burk, which is based on a plan prepared by […]

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Filed Under: Blog, In the News, Learn Tagged With: canon, church history, gospel, Gospels, Greek, history, New Testament

Rob Plummer: The Perplexing Problem of When Quirinius Governed Syria + “The Living Years” (Mike + the Mechanics)

16th December 2019

This week’s episode covers the birth of Jesus, death, resurrection, and everything in between! It’s only a few days until Christmas 2019—a celebration which, this year, Timothy has very helpfully renamed “The Star Wars: Episode IX After Party.” At some point between now and Christmas Day, millions of people throughout the world will hear these words […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: death, error, gospel, Gospel According to Luke, Gospels, governor of Syria, immortality, Luke, Mike + the Mechanics, Oscar Cullmann, Plummer, Quirinius, resurrection, Rob Plummer, Robert Plummer, The Living Years

Apologetics: An Overlooked Difference between the New Testament Gospels and Gnostic Gospels

19th November 2019

Richard Bauckham points out a distinction between the New Testament Gospels and most of the Gnostic Gospels which—while rather obvious when one reads the Gnostic Gospels—is frequently overlooked: The [New Testament] Gospels are biographical narratives whereas most of the Gnostic Gospels are post-resurrection revelations. Typically in Gnostic Gospels Jesus appears to the disciples after the […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, History, Solve Tagged With: Gnosticism, Gnostics, gospel, Richard Bauckham

PROOF: Martin Luther on Beards and Human Depravity

31st October 2014

There’s nothing we can do to change our sinful nature. From time to time, we may have calmed our consciences by pulling the plug on a sinful habit or two. Perhaps we flushed a few pills down the toilet, vowed not to gossip so much about our coworkers, or made a New Year’s resolution to […]

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Filed Under: Blog, PROOF Tagged With: Ephesians, gospel, Jesus Christ, Martin Luther, PROOF, Total Depravity

PROOF: What Is Outrageous Grace? #4DaysUntilPROOF

23rd May 2014

An excerpt from the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace God’s choice to adopt certain sinners as his children solely on the basis of his own good pleasure is sometimes known as “unconditional election.” In the simplest possible terms, unconditional election is God’s eternal choice of some persons unto […]

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Filed Under: Blog, PROOF Tagged With: election, Ephesians, gospel, grace, Jesus Christ, PROOF

PROOF: God Doesn’t Need You—and That’s Good News

28th April 2014

  A little more than a decade ago, my wife and I sat at a table in a cramped office that reeked of scorched coffee and mildewed carpet. While social workers shuffled around us, we pored over page after page in a file that never seemed to end. “Cruelty to animals.” “Persistent patterns of theft […]

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Filed Under: Blog, PROOF Tagged With: adoption, gospel, grace, Jesus Christ, predestination, PROOF

Apologetics: Did Christians Create Their Faith Or Did the Faith Form Christians?

16th April 2014

  What factors actually formed the New Testament and the faith of the early church? Conspiratorial reconstructions suggest that church leaders selected texts that preserved and expanded their own political powers. If so, what shaped the early church were books and theological beliefs that were chosen with the goal of control. The problem is, the […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, Easter, gospel, Gospels, New Testament, resurrection

PROOF: The Beauty of a Plan that Never Fails

14th April 2014

An excerpt from the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace: It’s perfectly possible for you or me to have a plan and pay the price but then lack the power to make it happen. That’s why we sometimes need a vacation to recover from our vacations. That never happens […]

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Filed Under: Blog, PROOF Tagged With: gospel, grace, Jesus Christ, PROOF, sovereignty

Family Ministry: Training to Launch Your Church’s Family Ministry

2nd April 2014

  Have you ever wondered how to promote a family ministry model in your church? Perhaps you’re just curious about what family ministry is all about. Whether you’re ready to dive in or just testing the waters, RightNow Media and I have partnered together to provide a practical online course to help those who might […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: christian family, family, family ministry, gospel

Family Ministry: How Paul’s Teachings About the Family Apply Today

31st March 2014

Not long ago, I shared with Christianity.com some thoughts about how Christians can apply Paul’s teaching in their homes. Paul established a priority-changing paradigm for marriages and families in Ephesians 5 and 6. He invited parents to view their task not simply as behavioral management but as gospel proclamation, viewing their children not only as […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Ephesians, family, family ministry, gospel, New Testament

Family Ministry: Growth, Retention, and Gospel-Motivated Ministry

10th February 2014

Sometimes, when a ministry makes much of Jesus and the gospel, the results do include numeric gains or stellar retention rates. Seven weeks after Jesus erupted alive from a garden tomb, three thousand women and men confessed Jesus as the risen Lord, and the congregation still kept growing (Acts 2:41–47). Before long, well over five […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: church growth, family, family ministry, gospel, youth ministry

Apologetics: What Blinds People to the Gospel?

15th January 2014

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, gospel, The Church at Brook Hills

Church History: What Are the Gnostic Gospels and Why Do They Matter?

18th September 2013

Christianity.com: What are the Gnostic Gospels?-Timothy Paul Jones from christianitydotcom2 on GodTube.

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Solve, Video Tagged With: church history, gnostic gospels, Gnosticism, gospel, Gospels, history

Church History: What Did Francis of Assisi Mean When He Said, “If Necessary Use Words”?

30th October 2012

You’ve probably heard the quotation at least a few times, most likely in a sermon encouraging people to live their faith in the world. “‘Preach the gospel at all times,’ Francis of Assisi said. ‘If necessary, use words.’” It’s a heartwarming sentiment with two flaws. First off, St. Francis never said it; second, even if […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: 30 days, church history, Francis of Assisi, gospel, history, preaching

Family Ministry: Gut Feelings, the Gospel, and the Big Lie About Nine-Out-of-Ten

4th September 2012

“So, tell me,” I ask, “why do you want to transition your church toward family ministry?” “Well,” the pastor begins “nine out of every ten kids are dropping out of church after they graduate, aren’t they? Evidently, what we’re doing right now isn’t working.” “Mm-hmm,” the children’s director agrees. “Eighty-eight percent is what they said […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Learn Tagged With: children's ministry, church growth, family ministry, gospel, youth ministry

Apologetics: Gospel-Centered Apologetics

6th April 2012

So much can depend on the answer to a single question. “Will you marry me?” “Did he get the job?” “Was I accepted into the program?” “Did she survive?” “Will you forgive me?” Sometimes, everything comes together—or falls apart—in the shadow of a single question. The Christian faith is that way. In the case of […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, gospel, Gospels, resurrection

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