This question is triggered by this essay on Dave Black Online, which is quoted on our Energion Publications blog. Let’s look at the question from three angles: 1) Should the gospel commission be supreme? 2) Is it supreme in your church and mine? 3) How could it be made supreme and what would that look…
David Alan Black Known for his love for New Testament Greek and passion for teaching, Dave Black is a husband, father, professor, author, preacher, lecturer, web journalist, and (above all) a sinner saved by God’s sovereign grace. Dave is a political iconoclast who takes his constitutional ideals seriously. He is also committed to challenging the…
Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected theses and so have shipwrecked their faith. 1 Timothy 1:18-19 (NIV) Erin McClellan, youth director, wife,…
Editor’s Table More prophets – More pastors – More evangelists – More teachers – More apostles? Paul says that God gave us these to build His kingdom (Ephesians 4). He also said that we have been given gifts to help each other; these gifts are not just for ourselves (Romans 12). I believe that one…
BSP: When and how did you initially become connected with the people of Ethiopia? BeckyLynn: Very shortly after my birth 🙂 Before I was walking, my parents loaded me and some large metal barrels with our stuff onto a freighter in New York, bound for Yemen, and then from there to Ethiopia by airplane. Until…
“Are you on vacation?” A million responses flew through my mind the first time I was asked while on a road trip for the Lord. The simple answer, “Why, yes. And what a great vacation it has been!” I never knew how important places were to God until the Holy Spirit started taking me to…
We have added BuddyPress to this site to enhance the discussion possibilities. There may be a few setup glitches as we get things going, but it looks like it’s working pretty much as planned. You can link your Twitter updates to Energion.net and vice-versa. We’ll post more on this topic here soon.
Come! NOW is the time! It is my prayer that this area of the webzine will primarily be created and written by the age group for which it is intended. I invite youth and young adult leaders and peers to bring devotions and articles that will minister to each other. When I was a teen,…
Editor’s Table: Finding Answers in my Life I have tried to put this piece on a back burner and let it come at a later edition – but it will not let me rest! Within my family we are wrestling with major decisions and freely admitting that we want God’s answer because we are clueless…
Dateline: Panama City, FL Greg’s Fishin’ Hole On an unassuming street, a mile or so as the gull flies from the white sugar sand beaches of Panama City, Florida, is a place where everyone could come to know your name! It is known as The Fishin’ Hole. Greg May, saved Christian, husband, father, grandfather, postman,…