by Mark Lafler | Aug 26, 2011 | authentic christianity
I was driving in the car on a Saturday afternoon a while back and heard one of those short ministry talks on the local Christian radio station. You know the ones that take about a minute or two. They tell a little story and then go straight to a thought-provoking...
by Mark Lafler | Aug 22, 2011 | book reviews
The Drama of Ephesians (IVP, 2010) is an intriguing book that author Timothy Gombis suggests, “Most books (on Ephesians) are either popular treatments or inaccessible scholarly works. My hope is that this book fills that gap between commentary and popular exposition”...
by Mark Lafler | Aug 19, 2011 | authentic christianity
I have heard it time and time again. “Well, one goes into business to make money” or “People got laid off because, well, the business is there to make money.” The business is there to make money. Well, I don’t know if I agree anymore. At...
by Mark Lafler | Aug 5, 2011 | theology and worldviews
[serialposts]Now that we have briefly covered the essentials of the three major millennial views let’s analyze the views in three ways. First, I will give a quick evaluation of the three (strengths and weaknesses). Second, my opinion on why I adhere to one in...
by Mark Lafler | Jul 29, 2011 | theology and worldviews
[serialposts]So what is amillenialism? The amillennialist believes essentially that there is not a literal thousand year reign of Christ on earth. The “a” in amillennialism signifies the belief that there is not a millennium (as understood in the previous...