15 Mar 2017

3/15/2017 DBTS Chapel: Mr. Brian Trainer

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Our dean, Brian Trainer, presents a message from the book of Ruth, encouraging us with three truths: God’s sovereignty and our initiative are not in tension, God’s grace leads us in the way, and when nothing is happening, something is happening Download and subscribe to our Podcasts here
14 Mar 2017

Can You Sneak Out Of Church?

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You casually hear another church member’s name in discussion and you realize, “I haven’t seen [that person] in ages.” You do a little Facebook stalking–but to no avail. Who posts about church on Facebook, anyway? (People post on Facebook in church, but not about being at church!) You ask a mutual friend who tells you,...
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9 Mar 2017

3/9/2017 DBTS Chapel: Pastor Ben Edwards

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How do Christians conquer worry in an anxiety-filled world? Pastor Ben Edwards preaches a comforting and reassuring message from Matthew 6:25-34. Download and subscribe to our Podcasts here
9 Mar 2017

Evangelical Theological Society Midwest Region

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While most people know about the yearly Evangelical Theological Society Conference, perhaps less know is that there is also a smaller, yearly meeting for each geographical region. This year the Midwestern Region is meeting in Wheaton, Illinois, and I have the pleasure of hearing one of our students present a paper. Jon Moreno entered his...
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8 Mar 2017

3/8/17 DBTS Chapel: Pastor Ken Brown

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The world is filled with worry. Mankind desperately seeks peace but only finds emptiness. Pastor Ken Brown speaks to us from Philippians 4 and shares with us the peace that only comes from God. Download and subscribe to our Podcasts here
7 Mar 2017

And Can it Be Another Post on Music?

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Music has been a controversial topic in nearly every generation since the beginning of the church. And while I don’t plan to solve anything with this post, I propose the following four principles as a baseline for what I think is acceptable music in a worship service: The music should be singable by a congregation...
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2 Mar 2017

Planning for Retirement, or Why Eschatology Matters

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I get the question a few times a year: “Why does it matter whether we get future right? Everything will get sorted out when we get there. What we need to worry about is the present—being what God wants us to be and doing what God wants us to do right now.” An interesting strategy,...
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1 Mar 2017

3/1/2017 DBTS Chapel: Pastor Juan Moreno

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Pastor Juan Moreno, alumnus of DBTS and pastor of Lake Orion Baptist Church, encourages us to “pray and not lose heart” from Luke 18. As we wait for Christ’s return, we must practice our faith in Christ by a life of prayer. Download and subscribe to our Podcasts here
28 Feb 2017

Is Christianity a Myth?

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Occasionally you may hear an objection to believing in Christianity because it is simply myth. Those who make this objection are largely behind the times (the scholarly consensus moved past the idea that Jesus could be explained by Greek myth almost 100 years ago.) The residue of this idea within more scholarly circles largely focuses on...
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23 Feb 2017

Providence, Sanctification, and the Substance of Faith

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The fact that Christ speaks regularly and with vivid imagery of faith as having dimension (it can be little or great and can grow) and even as having material properties (it can be the size of a grain of mustard) leaves some imagining that faith by its nature is an objective substance that must be...
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