Dana Dill
Where do good works fit into your Christian life?
Having a hard time articulating an answer? You’re not alone. A lot of Christians don’t know how to think or feel about good works. We at least know they should somehow be a part of the Chr...
Brett Kunkle
I hear a lot of talk about mystery in the Church but I don’t hear it carefully defined. When most Christians talk about mystery in relation to God they mean something like “that which ultimately cannot be known about God.” As a result, ...
Dana Dill
I have heard a lot of preaching. As a Youth Pastor, I trained multiple interns to teach the Bible and listened carefully to all their messages. As a Professor, I teach a course on teaching the Bible where I evaluate dozens of students’ tea...
Dana Dill
Have you ever thought about all the things we are denied access to?
We are denied access behind the counter at retail stores and various shops.
We are denied access to country clubs we don’t belong to.
We are denied access to hotel pool...
Brett Kunkle
Knowledge, not just belief, about God leads to spiritual transformation. So what is knowledge, and how do we get it?
I don’t want you to merely believe true things. That’s a good start, but it’s not enough. I want you to have knowledge...
Dana Dill
It seems almost everybody likes Jesus. He honored in pop culture, revered in every major religion in the world, and honored even among the most irreverent. You’ll be hard pressed to find people who don’t like Jesus or see him positively in...
Dana Dill
Humility is something Christians often praise, but often fail to possess in our daily thoughts, feelings, or actions. It’s something we love in other people. Like a beautiful gem in the earth, it’s rare and regularly disregarded by passers...
Brett Kunkle
If the bones of Jesus were found tomorrow, would you walk away from Christianity? You should. Why? Because faith in a dead Jesus is worthless. Even the Apostle Paul says so. In I Corinthians 15:14, he writes, “If Christ has not been rai...
Brett Kunkle
An important, even indispensable, source of belief is testimony. It’s undeniable that we come to many, if not most, of our beliefs through testimony. Alvin Plantinga highlights its importance: “Testimony is the source of an enormously l...
Brett Kunkle
The fulfilled prophecies, unity, and impact of the Bible all point to a divine Author.
Fingerprints are one of the best forms of evidence. If a detective finds fingerprints at a crime scene, he has a vital clue to help identify the per...
Brett Kunkle
I want to lay out a 5-step method I use to study Scripture. I’ll apply it to John 15:1–8 to illustrate the method. It’s not the only method, and it’s not an exhaustive method, but I hope you find it helpful as a tool in your personal st...
Brett Kunkle
A Summit student once asked me, “If Christianity is true, why do we need faith?” It's a good question. What is faith? Mapping out the distinction between belief-that and belief-in provides a helpful way to answer this question.
The tra...
