Jefferson Vann shares a section from his new book: Devotions from Mark’s Gospel.
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In “A devotional on Leviticus” Jefferson Vann shares a section of his new book.
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Despite having believed the gospel for decades, over time I had begun to love a works-based self-righteousness that I had accumulated over years of faithful labor as a Christian, a church member, and a pastor. There are many tear stains on my copy of “Dangerous Calling,”, and some of the first of those tears came at the end of the very first chapter, where I wrote in the margin, “I compete for righteousness through theological and Biblical literacy and accuracy.”
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Jefferson Vann shares an excerpt from his recent book Devotions from Exodus
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Jefferson Vann shares some excerpts from his latest translation of the book of Genesis.
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Three of the biggest reasons people dechurched wasn’t because they lost their faith and belief in Jesus. The most common causes of people to dechurch included the church’s focus on politics (both left and right), parents being uncharitable and hateful towards those who disagreed with them, and the church not actively serving community needs.
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Briefly, what is Juneteenth? First, it’s the day we honor the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln’s directive that all African American enslaved people in the Confederate states were free from slavery.
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Faithfulness to Christ stands at the center of good Apologetics. “In a world come of age, the purpose of the church is to contradict the world’s understanding of itself.”
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I don’t know about you, but I tend to think, like most people, that bigger is better….
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Jefferson Vann celebrates the completion of his translation of the Bible, and highlights some of his unique renderings in Revelation.
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A few days ago, while scrolling through my Facebook feed, I noticed several of my friends who are either progressive “Christians,” or seem to have left the faith altogether had all shared a very passionate post that has, as of my writing this article, been shared over three and a half thousand times…
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Historicism is an oft forgotten distinctive with a strong past in the Advent Christian tradition.
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Catch all the sessions from the Pastors & Church Leaders Conference right here on ACV! Featuring Chris Date, Justin Nash, and others discussing conditionalism and leadership in the Advent Christian church.
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“If you don’t do anything else, spend time with people in your community. Care for them, love them, champion them, and learn about them. Find out what is important to people. What do they love and care about? What brings them joy and what are they afraid of? What do they believe? Can you articulate what they believe in a way they would affirm?“
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The dechurched are those who once attended church at least once a month and now attend church services a couple of times a year or less. Why did they leave? What will bring them back?
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Editor Tom Loghry’s outline for an Advent Christian reset.
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There it an important upcoming conference hat could help sort our Advent Christian identity….
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I am responding to those who asked questions and made pertinent comments about my previous post on ACV’s Facebook page. I do not have a Facebook account and was not able to respond on that platform. ..If faith is genuine and saving then when it is presented with the truth of Christ being the Great I Am, who, as the Word, became flesh, in order to save sinners, such faith will welcome this glorious truth and not oppose it.
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Loosening our grip on some of our distinctives would only amount to extinction if we are a movement, not a church. Movements must be steadfast in maintaining their niche points of concern, but churches need not…If the Advent Christian church shifted to positions of neutrality on certain secondary doctrines we would remain the church no matter the degree to which we redefine Advent Christian identity.
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I am writing this as an appeal to my fellow Advent Christians who personally hold to the full deity and humanity of Christ in his one person but who do not want to challenge those in our ranks who have no conviction regarding this teaching or who actually oppose it. Before I make the particular appeal let me state some assumptions and offer two points for you to consider.