On today’s Equipping You in Grace episode, Dave Jenkins and Flip Michaels discuss the importance of biblical truth in the Christian life and ministry, along with his book, Five Half-Truths; Addressing The Most Common Misconceptions Of Christianity (Christian Focus, 2018).

What you’ll hear in this episode

* The importance of Christian’s grounded their worldview in the authority of God’s Word and not in our opinion.

* How sound convictions about the Word of God help Christians face challenges to the Word of God.

* What separates biblical Christianity from every other religion.

* How Christians balance the attributes of God’s holiness with His love and His love with His holiness.

* What difference it makes that Jesus is fully God and fully man for our lives.

* Understanding the balance between faith and works and it’s importance for the Christian life.

* Flip’s personal testimony on how he came to understand the five critical biblical truths.

* The importance of theology in the Christian life.

* Learning to respond to those who believe lies about biblical Christianity.

* Why Christians are not anti-intellectual.

* The importance of standing firm for biblical truth while still speaking the truth in love.

* How the Church has wrestled with biblical truth and provided responses to many of the current issues in the Church in the creeds.

* The importance of the sufficiency of Christ in the Christian life.

About the Guest

Flip Michaels is an Associate Pastor at GraceLife Church outside of Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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Testimony promo: https://vimeo.com/309511079/5a5e43f9e0

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