Choosing a Good Bible Translation
Posted January 22nd, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
In translating the Bible into English, three general categories of translation are most common. Word for word translations, thought for thought translations, and paraphrases. The same three options are also used in the translation of other ancient books into English. Word for word translations make a special effort to carefully interpret each word from their […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources, Theological issues
Article on Christians and Doubts
Posted October 19th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
The front page of this past Sunday’s St. Louis Post Dispatch had a good article titled “Church Takes on Atheism by Embracing Doubters” (click here to link to that article). The article is about the Journey Church here in St. Louis, one of our fellow Acts 29 churches, and their efforts to engage skeptics with […]
Posted in Living the Gospel, Pop Culture, Suggested Resources, Theological issues
“In His Steps” Free Download
Posted September 2nd, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
Sometimes life is too random to be random. Yesterday, I referenced the book In His Steps by Charles Sheldon in my message. Today I found out that Christianaudio.com has the book available for free download on their website. I check this website monthly, because they provide excellent audio books for download, which allows me to […]
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Pilgrim’s Progress available for free audio download
Posted June 17th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
The book Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is one of the great, and most read books of all time. The novel is an allegory of the Christian life written by an English Christian while in prison for his beliefs. The story is of a man who journeys through life seeking to find his way from […]
Posted in Family Life, Suggested Resources
Resources for talking about God and the things of God
Posted May 13th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard
I mentioned that I would publish a blog with some suggested resources for families as they seek to engage their kids in spiritual conversations. I cannot tell you how much I believe that the primary place for the spiritual formation of children and teens should be the home. The church is here to assist what […]
Posted in All About Life, Family Life, Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources