by chaplainshawn | Nov 30, 2024 | Theology
“Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you,” says Dallas Willard. A disciple has no higher ambition than to glorify God with their life. Jesus instructed all believers to make disciples. (Matthew 28:19-20) But we can’t make disciples...
by chaplainshawn | Nov 30, 2024 | Theology
by chaplainshawn | Nov 30, 2024 | Theology
A church is more than a building with a steeple. When Christians speak of the “church,” they refer to both people and a building. If that isn’t complicated enough, there are two different types: the visible or local and the invisible or universal church. The visible...
by chaplainshawn | Nov 30, 2024 | Theology
Calvinism is a Protestant denominational position that adheres to the theological traditions and teachings of John Calvin (1509-1604) and other preachers of the Reformation era. Although he was a second-generation Protestant Reformer, John Calvin was the first to...
by chaplainshawn | Nov 30, 2024 | Theology
Virtually every Christian denomination, fellowship, or church practices some form of baptism because that is what Jesus told us to do, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and...
by chaplainshawn | Nov 30, 2024 | Theology
The dictionary defines atonement as “reparation for wrong or injury.” In other words, it is making things right with someone you somehow injured. Atonement is God’s plan for returning us to a relationship with him. In a remarkable juxtaposition, biblical atonement is...
