If you're new here to Servants of Grace, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Evangelicals take their name form the koine Greek word euangelion, translated into English as “good news” which is also known as the evangel. It is from the evangel that evangelicals derive their identity. In the past fifty or so years, cracks have appeared over what it means to be an evangelical, which is why The Four Views On The...

Everyday people are faced with decisions—some big, some small. As Christians, we believe that we need to submit to God’s Word in all things. Many people struggle with discerning God’s will. Many more struggle with fear and or confusion about whether God guides them, how they will know when He does, and even moreso, on what happens when they make a mistake. God’s Will Finding Guidance for Everyday Decisions by J.I. Packer and Carol...

It seems every few years or so some term becomes a buzzword in contemporary Christianity complete with supporters and critics. It wasn’t too long ago everyone was exploring what ‘emergent’ was or wasn’t and the same is happening with the word ‘missional.’ While the idea/concept has been around for some time, it wasn’t until the past month or two that I really began reading about this term. As I read...

Much has recently changed in my life with accepting in the last month or so a pastoral internship at my local church Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Nampa, Idaho. On May 11th, I will graduate with my Masters of Divinity after five years of Bible College and seminary. In addition to this, in the past month, I started re-reading books on pastoral ministry that I read over a decade ago. In the past few weeks I have read Test, Train, Affirm and...

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was a professor of Theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. He is rightly considered one of the greatest if not the greatest American born theologians America ever produced. B.B. Warfield’s ministry continues to influence evangelicals today through the work he did across a variety of theological topics, but in particular his well-known work on the doctrine of Scripture and the person and work of...

Introduction “Apologetics” is a mouth full. It sounds more like a disease than a theological discipline. Although its popularity seems to be gaining both in print and on the web, it’s a relatively neglected field in pastoral ministry compared to Christ-centered biblical theology, gospel-focused ministry, etc. Even those who are somewhat familiar with apologetics may see it as important only for those who regularly deal with...