Paul's letter to the Philippians is famous for its strong emphasis on joy. While encouraging this mindset is not Paul's primary purpose, it is nonetheless a major theme in the letter and his life. Much of his joy derives from promises about heaven and the hereafter. This seminar will examine these themes in Philippians to encourage our perseverance in heavenly minded joy in the midst of our own hardships.

Dispensationalists often get accused of being escapists from the present evil age -that we don't live boldly for Christ or seek to influence the culture. In this live recording for the Do Theology Podcast, Jeremy Howard and Kenn Chipchase will discuss what escapism is, why we shouldn't be escapists, and how the hope of Christ's pre-tribulational return for His bride spurs us on to boldness.-Kevin

There is a strong impulse among Evangelical and Reformed Bible expositors to read Scripture through a Christocentric interpretive lens. Despite that this principle of interpreting Scripture arises from a sincere desire to honor Christ, it nevertheless undermines the normal grammatical-historical hermeneutic. Thus, Christocentric interpretation is almost certain to wreak devastating results and risks leading even the most well-meaning biblical expositor to commit hermeneutical malpractice.

Many evangelicals do not know if the Roman Catholic Church represents a huge mission field made up of 1.3 billion precious souls that need to be evangelized - or a Christian denomination that shares a common faith. Mike's message will expose the false and fatal gospel of Catholicism and show how we can effectively evangelize the many who are on the broad road to destruction using his 31 years of ministry experience. Catholics will never know they are deceived until they are lovingly confronted with the truth of God's Word.

This side of heaven, grief is a frequent visitor. We as ministry leaders need to process grief in a healthy way themselves, and we must also prepare our ministries for seasons of grief and lead wisely through those times of loss. While some aspects of processing grief are influenced by the culture around us, other elements of grief are common to us all as humans made in the image of God. How can we see gospel-growth take place in seasons of loss--