Sep 18, 2018 | Christian Living, College Tips
This past weekend Houston Baptist University hosted hundreds of people on campus for our annual Family Weekend. It’s always heartwarming to see students introducing their parents to new friends and showing parents around campus. As I watched this familiar scene, I...
Jun 4, 2018 | Christian Living, The Bible
Reading Time: 3 minutes I know a man who attends a small group at a large church in a huge city. He is curious about the Christian faith, but he hasn’t yet committed his life to Christ. When asked why he hesitates, the man answers, “I’m not ready to give up my life.”...
Apr 3, 2017 | Christian Living, HBU Faith & College Series, The Bible
The Christian worldview starts with the one true and living God, who is good and purposeful, who keeps His word, and who is the creator of all things: The God of Scripture. As soon as we invoke the notion of Scripture, we are beginning to talk about the big story of...
Dec 7, 2015 | Christian Living, Culture, The Bible
You don’t have to look far to see that there is a serious moral decline in our families and in our culture. American Christian revival movements have historically happened within a certain context that is no longer present in the United States—a cultural base of...
Nov 30, 2015 | Christian Living, The Bible
What is your church’s agenda? What function does it serve? What are its goals? Paul’s Goal as an Apostle In Colossians 1 Paul divulges his goal, his agenda, what his total program is about as an apostle. Surely the purpose and function of the church ought to be...