If someone asked you to define the term sanctification, would you have a comfortable and confident answer? Most might discuss the process of becoming more like Christ. A focus on the works and fruit of being a Christian could be a topic of discussion. Would you be concerned that your attempt to explain what it… Continue reading Sanctification – Progressive, Definitive, or Both?
Author: Charles McCallum
Charles McCallum is the Discipleship Pastor at Old Fort Baptist Church in Summerville, SC. He is a graduate of the College of Charleston (BA in Communication) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity in Christian Ministry) where he is currently working on a Doctorate of Education. Charles is happily married to Mary, with two sons (AJ and Micah).
Where Can I Go and Meet With God?
Psalm 42 opens Book II of the Psalms with the visual of a deer longing for streams of water as a great representation of how the psalmist longs for God.[1] Though most in America have never struggled with knowing when and where their next drink of water will come from, it is a very understandable… Continue reading Where Can I Go and Meet With God?
Teaching the Learner, Not the Lesson
One of the most important lessons a teacher can learn is that they have been given the responsibility to teach learners not lessons. Now, that is not to say that the lesson is not important, however the learner must remain a central focus of the learning process. If the student is not learning, then the… Continue reading Teaching the Learner, Not the Lesson
From Me to You: Teaching the Bible
In the 60’s, The Beatles released a song called “From Me To You.” In the song, the lyrics explain, “If there’s anything that you want. If there’s anything I can do. Just call on me and I’ll send it along, with love from me to you.” Each person receives and gives love in their own… Continue reading From Me to You: Teaching the Bible
The Makings of Your Testimony
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another. But when the goodness of God and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us – not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal… Continue reading The Makings of Your Testimony
Why Are We Still Here?
Generations upon generations of people have wrestled with understanding the meaning of life. Some believe they find hope, putting their trust in anything that brings some form of comfort. During the days Jesus walked the earth, the religious leaders of the day leaned on having a knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures, and trying to live… Continue reading Why Are We Still Here?
Slavery and the Gospel (Titus 2)
While continuing to work through the letter Paul wrote to Titus we arrive at a potentially controversial instruction by Paul as he writes, “Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, and be well-pleasing, not talking back or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior… Continue reading Slavery and the Gospel (Titus 2)
Who is Jesus? Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord?
Celebrating Easter often provides a reminder that Christianity proclaims some pretty unique and significant claims. This is a time each year where Christians celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of the one they call Lord. Christians celebrate that a man died on a cross to take away their sins, was buried in a grave, and… Continue reading Who is Jesus? Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord?
Why Sound Teaching Matters – Titus 2:1-10
Roadmap for the Christian Life Around this time last year, I took a mission team to Asheville, NC to help a church that had just launched in the area. Though I still remember the days of looking at maps in the car, or eventually printing out directions from the internet before leaving for a trip,… Continue reading Why Sound Teaching Matters – Titus 2:1-10
Transgender: A Review of Vaughan Roberts’s Talking Points Book
My wife is in the process of getting her passport renewed to go on an overseas mission trip later this year. On the required form, she is given two gender options: male or female. However, had someone desired to create a new Facebook profile, at one point they would have been given as many as… Continue reading Transgender: A Review of Vaughan Roberts’s Talking Points Book