In October I celebrated 15 years of pastoring Cornerstone Bible Church in Forest City, PA. A lot of people don’t know that this is unusual. Pastor turnover rates are high for much of the country. The average tenure of 3.5 years is now around 6.5 years, depending on the study you read. An improvement, but… Continue reading How to Keep a Pastor for 15 Years
God’s Word is powerful and encouraging. Here are five Bible verses that will remind you of this and carry you through the new year. All of these verses are best studied in their context, so take time to look at the surrounding verses. Psalm 31:23-24 Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves… Continue reading 5 Verses to Start the New Year
Every year we like to let you know what interests your fellow Maddening Theology readers. We put together a list of the 5 most read articles of 2022. #5 Friendship is Different than Christian Fellowship #4 Did Everybody Love Jesus? #3 4 Ways to Serve Others like Jesus Served You #2 What is Christian Legalism?… Continue reading The Year’s Most Read Articles
We traditionally take the week of Christmas to say, “Merry Christmas!!!” We appreciate all of our readers, and hope that we have blessed you with “attempting to make simple the deep things of God.” May you enjoy this week celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! Merry Christmas The Staff at Maddening Theology Thanks… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Maddening Theology
Most people end up going through a crisis of faith at some point in life. A time when they are going to decide if they will stay in the faith or not? This may come through believing God is Who He says He is, or through obeying God the way He says to obey Him.… Continue reading 5 Ways to Handle a Crisis of Faith
For centuries Christians have gathered to sing Christmas songs. One of the many reasons I love Christmas is the music that we sing. Have you seen the 1887 painting by Hans Bachmann, entitled, “A Christmas Carol in Lucerne?” As a child I have many fond memories of singing Christmas songs from the church hymnal, in children’s… Continue reading Christmas Music as Weapons of War
Atheists and other anti-Christian groups love to attack Scripture. It makes sense. They are not Christians so they try to find any chink in the armor to justify themselves and their lifestyles. One such area they think they’ve achieved this is within Christian marriage, or better yet – how women are treated within Christian marriages.… Continue reading The Atheist-Twisted Lie About Christian Marriage
There is a current mindset among woke Christians that winsomeness is the highest virtue. They believe the way to win people to Jesus is to get them to like you and only speak well of you. What this often leads to is not confronting people with their sin, therefore not preaching the gospel of Jesus… Continue reading Did Everybody Love Jesus?
Christians have a plethora of reasons to be thankful. Thankfulness should be in our spirit every day, not just once a year. As we focus on being thankful, here are five reasons Christians can be thankful this Thanksgiving. #1 Be thankful that everything is a gift from God. I Timothy 4:4 “For everything created by… Continue reading 5 Reasons Christians can be Thankful this Thanksgiving
In the book of Galatians the apostle Paul spends most of the book talking about grace. He tells us how we receive it, the fact that we cannot earn it, and how we should live in light of the fact that salvation is by grace. However, in the first chapter of Galatians, he makes five… Continue reading The Apostle Paul’s 5 Gospel Declarations
