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Am I a Christian? Jerry Nelson Have you noticed the answers you hear when you ask evangelical Christians how they know they are Christians? At least in my social circles, I have heard such answers as, “I believe in Jesus,” “I received Christ,” “I asked Jesus into my heart,” “I went forward when I was […]

I Got it Right – Reflections on 50 years in Ministry Part 2 Jerry Nelson In other “parts” of this intended series, I write of how I got it wrong. See Part 1 as an example. This time I will write about how I got it right. Expositional Preaching: In my early theological training at

I Got It Wrong: Reflections on 50 Years of Ministry  Part 1 Jerry Nelson In 1960 the Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive. Within 24 months over 1.2 million American women were using “the Pill.” (AMA Journal of Ethics) I was married in June of 1964 and my wife and I considered

What Kind of God Do We Believe In? Jerry Nelson February 2023 The following is addressed to Christians who struggle with the concept of what happens to unbelievers when they die. This is not for those who do not believe in God or do not believe what God has declared in the Bible. The Problem:

“Human love, Martin Luther claims, is reactive: it responds to something intrinsically attractive in an object, which consequently draws it out. In other words, human love is attracted to what it first finds lovely. When a husband recalls the moment he fell in love with his wife, he remembers that he saw something intrinsically attractive

SGC History 1978-2009  

“The Lord our God be with you, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave you or forsake you, that he may incline your hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. Let these words of mine,

If God Elects, Why Pray for the Unconverted? The answer to that question is not as direct as I could wish.Several statements bring us to a conclusion: We are commanded, encouraged, and privileged to pray – to make petitions of our God (I Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray continually!” and other verses) We are told that prayer

Public Prayer in our Public Worship Dr. Jerry Nelson www.soundliving.org It was over 30 years ago that Gordon MacDonald changed my understanding and practice on the subject of public prayer in worship (“The Cleansing Power of Public Prayer” in Leadership, Winter Quarter, 1987).   Since then I have read a number of books and articles on

  The Public Reading of the Scriptures in WorshipDr. Jerry Nelsonwww.Soundliving.org What happened to the public reading of God’s Word in Worship? A visit to many “evangelical” churches will confirm how few give serious attention to this biblically mandated part of corporate worship. Maybe some would suggest that in a highly literate culture where most