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Shameless: A Priest Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Faithfully

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:05-05:00November 8th, 2013|Categories: ACT 3, American Evangelicalism, Homiletics/Preaching, Missional-Ecumenism, Roman Catholicism|

Several years ago Father John Riccardo, a priest from Plymouth, Michigan, preached a sermon in [...]

“As Darwin Is My Witness”

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:05-05:00November 7th, 2013|Categories: Culture, History, Missional Church|

The title of my blog today was given to me by a new friend, Paul [...]

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama – The Legacy Lives (3)

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:05-05:00November 7th, 2013|Categories: America and Americanism, Church History, Civil Rights, Freedom, Gospel/Good News, Leadership, Missional Church, Personal, Race and Racism, The Church, The Future|

Birmingham pastor Fred Shuttlesworth (1922–2011) was known as a fiery preacher in the 1950s when [...]

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama – The Legacy Lives (2)

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:08-05:00November 5th, 2013|Categories: American Evangelicalism, Church Tradition, Civil Rights, Missional Church, Personal, Race and Racism, The Christian Minister/Ministry, The Church|

The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church calls itself: "A Bible-Centric Ministry." The Sunday bulletin proclaims, just [...]

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama – The Legacy Lives (1)

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:08-05:00November 4th, 2013|Categories: America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Civil Rights, Gospel/Good News, History, Personal, Race and Racism, The Church|

Organized in 1873, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was the first black church in Birmingham, [...]

My Encounter with Street Evangelists – Entrenched Darkness or Emotional Ignorance?

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:08-05:00November 1st, 2013|Categories: Evangelism, God's Character, Personal, Spiritual Warfare|

Engaging with darkness, or just entrenched spiritual and emotional ignorance, is not a hobby of [...]

Can You Interpret the Signs of the Times?

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:08-05:00October 30th, 2013|Categories: American Evangelicalism, Apologetics, Culture, Current Affairs, Missional Church, Social Networking, The Church, The Future|

Except for political debate, popular culture may elicit as many responses, both pro and con, [...]

Leisure, Popular Culture and the Modern Moment

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:08-05:00October 29th, 2013|Categories: American Evangelicalism, Biblical Theology, Culture, Current Affairs, Film, Games, Personal, Television, The Church|

Any serious thinking about popular culture must take into account the amount of time we [...]

Glorifying God in Our Cultural Pursuits

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:09-05:00October 28th, 2013|Categories: American Evangelicalism, Biblical Theology, Culture, Film, Kingdom of God, Television, Theology|

Last week I asked a much-debated question raised by the patristic theologian Tertullian: “What has [...]

The Danger of Gossip

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:09-05:00October 25th, 2013|Categories: Ethics, Forgiveness, God's Character, Love, Personal, Spirituality, Unity of the Church|

Which is worse, lying or gossiping? Have you ever bothered to ponder this question? I [...]

Silence is Often Golden – On Why I Should Not Use Social Media to Encourage Christian Disunity

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:09-05:00October 24th, 2013|Categories: American Evangelicalism, Apologetics, Biblical Theology, Current Affairs, Jesus, Love, Personal, The Church|

In the light of various posts last week regarding the “Strange Fire” conference hosted by [...]

“What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?” – An Old Question for Modern Christians

By John Armstrong|2021-07-02T06:15:09-05:00October 21st, 2013|Categories: Culture, Discipleship, Film, Philosophy, Spirituality|

Evangelical Christianity teaches people how to share the basics of simple faith and Christian living [...]

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