Christ Community Church recently invited Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski to preach in their sermon series "Questioning Christianity."
Watch his sermon as he shows how the Bible is good, true, and beautiful.
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This month marks a monumental anniversary. Five hundred years ago this month Martin Luther did something so radical that its effects are felt all over the world—no exaggeration—to this very day. He started his most revolutionary work, the one that above all else was the most dangerous, unleashing on the world a fire of ideas that still grows and burns out of control. In May 1521 Martin Luther sat down to translate the New Testament into his mother tongue, German. …
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Last month I sat down with Dane Ortlund to talk about his calling, his latest book Gentle and Lowly, and what is necessary in a good seminary education. View the conversation here.
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At the end of last year I sat down to talk with Gus Pritchard, Associate Pastor at Castleview Church, about the vision of ITS—to answer the big picture why questions—and share a bit of my own testimony and passions that have led in many ways to where ITS is today. It was such an encouraging reflection for me to think about God’s grace in my own life, and it trended in an interesting direction: how ITS results in missions! I hope you’re edified by the conversation as well. …
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In the American Civil War, what was the most lethal cause of death among soldiers? It wasn’t the rifle, the pistol, or artillery—it was disease. Before modern germ theory, sickness prowled battlefields and base camps to weaken and kill hundreds of thousands. What critical need does every army face in wartime? Not merely more soldiers, but more healthy soldiers.
And so it is with churches.
The critical need to fulfill the Great Commission is not merely more churches, but more healthy churches. …
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In recent months I’ve been encouraged to talk with a handful of pastors across the US to describe what ITS is doing and give suggestions how they can get a similar work started where they are. One such pastor was Cory Wilson of City Church in Cleveland. Cory is also a fellow with The Center for Pastor Theologians where he posted this very helpful reflection. In it Cory considers how vital it is to remember that, “Theology cannot be understood apart from the people of God, the church, [but] meant to be done by the church and for the church.” Such comments, and Cory’s entire post, resonate strongly with what we’re doing here in Indianapolis, so I’m glad to share it with you this month. Read Cory’s original blog here.
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Last week I had the privilege of discussing the importance of theological education—and specifically what ITS is doing—on Warp & Woof Radio with Drs. Mark Eckel and Clyde Posley Jr. Dr. Eckel is the President of the Comenius Institute, and Dr. Posley is the Senior Pastor at Antioch Baptist Church. Their weekly radio program airs live on Wednesdays 10am to noon on Radio Next, focusing on the “good works” going on around Indianapolis (taken from Titus 3:8, 14). …
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In the spring of 2004 I interned under Mark Dever at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. I had just finished my seminary education and thought I knew a lot (a common self-perception of recent grads!). But my time at CHBC, and engaging regularly with Mark, the rest of the staff, and other interns, concretized my learning and greatly broadened my perceptions of the pastorate, church membership, missions and discipleship. My ministry will always be marked by that time in DC. ...
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I teach theology because I love our triune God, I love the gospel, I love the Word of God, and I love helping others rightly understand how doctrine centers on Christ and impacts every area of life. More recently, I've been thinking about why I teach theology at Indianapolis Theological Seminary—a school that has over the last three years developed from a dream into a reality. ...
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