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Hope in Suffering
Matt Bodden has bright eyes; he is affable and frank. He is an evangelist at heart and his demeanor is warm and experienced without being hardened. Bodden has faced genuine adversity; his path to salvation was long and difficult and in 2016, Matt and his wife, Stacy, lost their third child to illness. Yet, for Bodden, the hope of the gospel has been not only a means to understand suffering but the driving force behind his evangelism.
The Gateway Journal of Theology Inaugural Issue
Gateway Seminary’s mission is shaping leaders who expand God’s kingdom around the world. As a theological seminary committed to biblical inerrancy, we cherish the words of Paul to Timothy: All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV).
Separating fact from conspiracy in Kirk assassination
It so tragic that we even have to go here. All the conspiracy theorists drive me crazy. Lord have mercy.
FIRST-PERSON: Separating fact from conspiracy in Kirk assassination
The Anti-Defamation League has reported more than 10,000 online posts blaming the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Israel. The New York Post and Jerusalem Post have also covered rising anti-Semitic conspiracies blaming Kirk’s tragic death on either Jews or the State of Israel. The conspiracy alleges that Kirk had made comments critical of America’s support of Israel and his assassination was retaliation for his criticism.
FIRST-PERSON: Positive ministry implications of the SBC resolution on IVF
The messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting in Indianapolis have affirmed a resolution titled “On the Ethical Realities of Reproductive Technologies and the Dignity of the Human Embryo.” In doing so, Southern Baptists have given local churches a helpful tool for thinking biblically about the practical implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
FIRST-PERSON: Positive ministry implications of the SBC resolution on IVF
The messengers at the SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis have affirmed a resolution titled “On the Ethical Realities of Reproductive Technologies and the Dignity of the Human Embryo.” In doing so, Southern Baptists have given local churches a helpful tool for thinking biblically about the practical implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issues 2024 annual report
Metadata: Topic(s): Religious LibertyFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its 2024 report urged the U.S. State Department to add 15 nations to the current list of egregious religious freedom violators, and recommended key policy guidance for the Biden administration.
15 misperceptions about ministry
Metadata: Format(s): Text Articles Share this post: Forty-three years ago last month, I began full-time ministry. Looking back, I realize now how many misperceptions I had about ministry then. Here are some of them—without much elaboration, since they’re usually self-explanatory: Everyone will listen to me when I preach. I know better now. For various reasons, some folks don’t listen. I can win over anybody in my church. Not always the case. My evangelistic zeal will never wane.
Baptist communicators trek to mission board headquarters
Metadata: Topic(s): SBC NewsFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: RICHMOND, Va. – Imagine, this is a story about a fairly nondescript building. Even so: “This is a holy place where missionaries around the world are supported and encouraged,” Sharon Mager said after being at the International Mission Board’s headquarters in Richmond for the Baptist Communicators Association annual workshop.
FIRST-PERSON: Lessons on the way to becoming a seminary president
(EDITOR’S NOTE – Adam Groza is the president-elect of Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention in Ontario, California.) I love being a Southern Baptist. Southern Baptists have given me a denominational home, a world-class seminary education and a meaningful ministry for the past 14 years at an amazing seminary filled with godly and gifted servant leaders. I wasn’t born into a Southern Baptist family or raised in a Southern Baptist church.
FIRST-PERSON: Lessons on the way to becoming a seminary president
Metadata: Series: First PersonTopic(s): Gateway SeminaryFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: Editor’s note: Adam Groza is the president-elect of Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention in Ontario, California. I love being a Southern Baptist. Southern Baptists have given me a denominational home, a world-class seminary education and a meaningful ministry for the past 14 years at an amazing seminary filled with godly and gifted servant leaders.
Adam Groza nominated as Gateway president
by Tyler Sanders/Gateway Seminary ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) – Trustees on Gateway Seminary’s presidential search committee have nominated Adam Groza, vice president for enrollment and student services, as the candidate to serve as the seminary’s next president. “After a thorough selection process, we are thankful to be able to unanimously present a candidate to the full board,” said J. Robert White, chair of the search committee.
3 reasons ‘Gay Christian’ is not a biblically acceptable identity
There is an ongoing debate about whether or not “Gay Christian” is a biblically acceptable identity for a Christian. Dr. Gregory Coles, for instance, has argued in favor of “Gay Christian” identity in his book Single, Gay Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity. The question of identity is one that every ministry leader needs to be prepared to answer.
Why MacArthur is wrong about religious freedom
By Adam Groza, Op-Ed Contributor | Saturday, March 06, 2021 Dr. John Macarthur recently spoke in opposition to religious freedom. As a pastor in California and a graduate of The Masters Seminary, this is a rare instance where I disagree profoundly with Dr. MacArthur. The essence of his argument seems to be as follows: False religion is bad. Religious liberty promotes false religion. Religious liberty is therefore bad and should not be supported by Christians.
Should churches comply with California's ban on singing?
by Adam Groza and Craig Vincent Mitchell, Christian Post Op-ed Contributors | 07 July, 2020 Unsplash/Haley Rivera California has issued a ban on corporate singing. How should churches proceed? Thankfully, there are biblical and historical precedents that help inform Christian leaders. The Apostle Paul commands every person to be subject to governing authorities (Romans 13:1).
The power and importance of personal conviction for leaders
By Adam Groza, Op-Ed Contributor | Sunday, October 25, 2020 Courtesy of Adam Groza In the book Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality, author Jonathan Aitken describes Thatcher in the early days of her premiership as “the personification of Edmund Burke’s dictum ‘one man with convictions is a majority.’”[1] While Thatcher came to power in 1979 amidst a political culture driven by consensus, she would transform a country by leading from conviction.[2] Burke is right, and history bears this...
Should churches comply with California's ban on singing?
(Unsplash/Haley Rivera) California has issued a ban on corporate singing. How should churches proceed? Thankfully, there are biblical and historical precedents that help inform Christian leaders. The Apostle Paul commands every person to be subject to governing authorities (Romans 13:1). What are Christians to do when governing authorities at local, state, and national levels issue conflicting directives and send mixed messages?
Should churches comply with California's ban on singing?
By Adam Groza and Craig Vincent Mitchell, Op-ed Contributors | Tuesday, July 07, 2020 Upsplash/Haley Rivera California has issued a ban on corporate singing. How should churches proceed? Thankfully, there are biblical and historical precedents that help inform Christian leaders. The Apostle Paul commands every person to be subject to governing authorities (Romans 13:1).
Jesus matters
By Adam Groza, Op-Ed Contributor | Sunday, June 28, 2020 Quite a year, we’re having. Pandemic, recession, police brutality, civil unrest, and a presidential election that is likely to be the most contentious, in both the campaign and outcome, as any election in the last century. Get The Christian Post newsletter in your inbox.
Sharing the Gospel with an atheist? Here are some questions that might help
By Adam Groza, Op-Ed Contributor | Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Witnessing to someone who believes that God doesn’t exist (an atheist) can be challenging. A person who doesn’t believe in God will not believe in such things as the resurrection, the Bible (as God’s Word), the deity of Jesus, or any number of other essential Christian doctrines. Reasoning about the Christian faith is difficult when a person rejects the Divine Being who is the foundation of the Christian faith.
The persistent (and dangerous) myth of overpopulation
By Adam Groza, Op-Ed Contributor | Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Unsplash/mauro mora In 1968, Stanford entomologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, warning that the earth was overpopulated and that millions of people would starve to death. His doomsday warning did not come true. Starvation has occurred on much smaller scales, due largely to government mismanagement and corruption, not overpopulation. Yet the myth of overpopulation persists.
FIRST-PERSON: The collegiate mission field
Copyright (c) 2019 Baptist Press. Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention. The original story can be found at http://www.bpnews.net/53643/firstperson-the-collegiate-mission-field Tags: evangelismcollegiate ministry ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- When you think of the mission field, what comes to mind? Perhaps a foreign country or exotic locale, plane tickets and passports?
FIRST-PERSON: Global citizenship = global disaster
ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- During recent protests over immigration, some have claimed global (or world) citizenship. The idea seems to be that if we are all citizens of the world, then no one is illegal, and borders are either not important or are meaningless. Claiming to be a citizen of the world might appear altruistic and cosmopolitan, but it is unbiblical, unethical and unreasonable. In the Bible, citizenship is a positive thing.
FIRST-PERSON: Spurgeon, personal integrity & beards
ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Over the past few years, perhaps you've noticed the proliferation of beards among young/er/ish pastors in the SBC. Aside from being fashionable, I was recently reminded of an important point about personal integrity and beards from the Prince of Preachers (and beards) himself, Charles Spurgeon.
3 Fatal Flaws in the “Gender as Social Construct” Position
Can you spot the problem? If gender is a social construct, then playing with dolls and preferring pink instead of blue doesn’t count as evidence of some individuals having a different gender identity than their biological sex. Assuming what the transgender community would have us believe about gender as a social construct, dolls and pinkness aren’t essential components of femininity, nor do G.I. Joe’s and blueness represent essential marks of masculinity.
FIRST-PERSON: The problem of evil -- for atheists
ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- In his book "The Cross of Christ," John Stott said that the "the fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the single greatest challenge to the Christian faith." The ages-old problem of evil is the apparent conflict or contradiction between the existence of evil and suffering and the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing and ever-present God who is also perfectly good. As the problem goes such a God would stop evil and suffering, if He existed.
Gay men in the NFL
ONTARIO, Calif. – ESPN recently published a story in which Kansas State offensive tackle Scott Frantz identified himself as a gay man. CNN quickly seized upon the story, prognosticating that the NFL would soon have its first openly gay player. The media was similarly entranced with Michael Sam, who became the first openly gay man ever drafted by the NFL in 2014. Clearly those who seek to normalize homosexuality see a gay man playing in the NFL as the next Obergefell v.
FIRST-PERSON: Gay men in the NFL
ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- ESPN recently published a story in which Kansas State offensive tackle Scott Frantz identified himself as a gay man. CNN quickly seized upon the story, prognosticating that the NFL would soon have its first openly gay player. The media was similarly entranced with Michael Sam, who became the first openly gay man ever drafted by the NFL in 2014. Clearly those who seek to normalize homosexuality see a gay man playing in the NFL as the next Obergefell v.
Seeking unity in the Southern Baptist Convention
From the ERLC Executive Committee Our country has come through one of the more challenging political cycles in recent history. Evangelical Christians, and Southern Baptists in particular, faced difficult issues and decisions, which, at times, frayed and threatened even to tear the fabric of our civic and denominational unity. It is in this difficult context that Dr. Russell Moore has exercised leadership with integrity and with boldness. We affirm Dr. Moore in his leadership of the ERLC.
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