Category: Bible

  • Who is Paul? And why it matters. Studying Galatians 1:1

    Who is Paul? And why it matters. Studying Galatians 1:1

    The defense of the gospel I begin this post by asking you to consider two questions.  First question: who is Jesus?  Second question: who is Paul?  That’s the most important question that anyone can answer. Is he a good teacher? Is he a good philosopher? Is he a good idea? Is he a good role…

  • Evangelism Training Podcast interview: Thad Bergmeier

    Evangelism Training Podcast interview: Thad Bergmeier

    The newest episode of the Evangelism Training Podcast is now available. In this month’s episode, Josh talks to Thad Bergmeier. Thad visited us in February and helped with the MyCircle evangelism training. In this episode, we revisit the subject of evangelism training and talk about some of the challenges with evangelism as well as the…

  • Healing on the Sabbath. John 5:1-9

    John 5 begins with a miraculous healing from Jesus.  Jesus travels to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish feasts. In other words, it’s one of the Jewish holy days. We don’t know exactly which one. John talks a lot about the feasts in this gospel. He mentions three Passovers, mentions the feast of booths, among…

  • Evangelism as a way of life

    Evangelism as a way of life

    Jesus calls all of his followers to make disciples, to follow the Great Commission, to share the good news of the gospel. To those with whom we share the gospel, there will be some who will want nothing to do with it but there will also be those who are drawn to the message. We…