Author Archives: Noble Berean II

The article “What I Had Wrong About Evangelism” posted on TGC website, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/wrong-evangelism/, provides a refreshing second look at the call to personal evangelism in the NT. It is based on the Christian’s identity and God’s provision externally as well as internally to conduct His mission to build His kingdom and reach the lost. ItContinue reading “Personal Evangelization by the Book”

The recent ICR post, “Should Creationists Brook Loss of a Trout?” (https://www.icr.org/article/should-creationists-brook-loss-of-a-trout/), is not about fishing stories and the one that got away, but posits a seemingly innocuous question that is used to unveil the corrupted underlying motis operandi and some insideous consequences of evolution in contrast to creationism: “Should a freshwater stream be restoredContinue reading “True Environmental Stewardship Cannot Come from the Evolutionists”

The ICR devotional article in Days of Praise, “Preaching the Ressurection” (see https://www.icr.org/articles/type/6), highlights the truth of how Christ’s apostles preached a message of the bodily ressurection of Jesus and were convinced enough to sacrifice their own lives for that scriptural truth. That alone is solid enough evidence that could stand up in a courtContinue reading “Maintaining the Core Truths: The Ressurection of Christ”

Creation still declares the glory of God, even in unintuitive places, such as paleo-genetic science, as evinced in the ICR article DNA in Sheep and Dinosaurs. This article presents the solid case that can be made for the young age of dinosaur fossils by comparing the preservation of the genes in an ancient lamb carcass withinContinue reading “What of the DNA in Sheep and Dinosaurs?”

Contending for the Faith in a Confused Culture https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/contending-faith-confused-culture/ by Justin Dillehay, posted on The Gospel Coalition website, is a must read for all Christians facing the tremendous pressures of social degeneration and the  downward slide into utter moral bankrupcy currently underway in our post-Christian western culture. The results of a Ligonier survey cited inContinue reading “Maintaining the Faith Once Delivered Against Cultural Erosion in our Times”

Israel Soong, on The Gospel Coalition website, presents a book review titled “Look! God is in Ordinary Stuff” https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/god-all-things/, stating, “This idea, that our universe of things points to God and proclaims his glory, is the foundational thesis for Andrew Wilson’s book God of All Things: Rediscovering the Sacred in an Everyday World. Wilson, a teachingContinue reading “Seeing the Glory of God in Creation”

This article from TGC provides a sound biblical perspective on this controversial subject in Christianity today: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/physical-healing-atonement/. It also helps answer the oft-asked question of why is there suffering and death if God is so good, loving, and kind?

This part is the conclusion of the series addressing John 3:16. Here we mine the precious truths from the last phrase of the verse and bring it all together. The verse thus ends, “but have eternal life.” It conveys a very positive conclusion and promise that is the outcome of God providing His only SonContinue reading “The Supreme Gift of The Ages – Part 4”

Martin Luther made a pivotal stand in history before the Holy Roman Emperor, King Charles V, 500 years ago, for the defense of the scriptural teaching of the Gospel message. Here is a link to several articles presented by TGC reflecting on this momentous event: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/luther-stand-worms-anniversary/

Continued from Part 1 The concept of Jesus as Messiah needs to be explained more fully at this point. Messiah means the Anointed One and speaks of the anointing with the Holy Spirit that was prophesied of God’s Messiah in the OT (Isaiah 61:1ff, Luke 4:16-30). The term ‘Christ’ is Greek for the ‘Anointed One’Continue reading “The Supreme Gift of the Ages — Part 2”