by Justin | Oct 21, 2024 | Advent, Author: Justin Evans, Resources
Several years ago my wife and I were thinking about our Christmas traditions. We wanted to focus our family more on the true meaning of Christmas, and we decided to create a new “Christmas Countdown” tradition for our family. Our idea was to spend the...
by Justin | Oct 26, 2022 | Author: Justin Evans, Church History, Gospel, Reformation, Theology
Sola Scriptura means “Scripture alone,” and this belief is a foundational element of protestant reformation. Sola Scriptura is the fundamental belief that the Bible is the ultimate and highest authority. Of course, this is not claiming that the Bible is the only...
by Justin | Jan 26, 2022 | Author: Justin Evans, Christian Living, Discipleship, Gospel
Our world is centered around something (or someone). In our minds, all of life, all of history, and all of the known universe revolves and centers itself on something. What is it? What is the center? What is the center of life, and around what (or who) does all of...
by Justin | May 5, 2021 | Author: Justin Evans, Christian Living
What is the will of God in my life? How do I know how to find it? When I hear these questions, I instantly visualize several of my old pastors. They would draw a circle and place a dot in the center. Then while pointing to the small dot in the...
by Justin | Aug 26, 2020 | Author: Justin Evans, Gospel, Theology
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. – Romans 8:8 (ESV) Regardless of how well we behave, how closely we follow the rules, and how selflessly we attempt to live our lives, in the flesh it is impossible to please God. And unfortunately, this began long...
by Justin | Feb 12, 2020 | Author: Justin Evans, Biblical Study, Christian Living, Discipleship, Gospel, Missional
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. – Romans 1:16 (ESV) D. L. Moody once compared the Gospel to a lion with the chief task of the preacher to simply open...