Greg Johnston

What Does Acts of the Apostles Teach Us When We Pray for Boldness? Be careful what you ask for. “That’s the story of Acts – they pray for boldness in the beginning, they practice boldness throughout, and it ends on the note that the Gospel continued going forward boldly without hindrance.” ———————————————— This project turned out to be longer (i.e., more long-winded) than I first envisioned. But once I got into it, it was too…

Sometimes I know the answer. Sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I just have a lot of questions. Wrestling with the Word of God I’m doing a bit of research for an ongoing project. I am wrestling with the meaning of the phrase, “the Word of God,” especially as it relates to the ministry of the Word within our Restoration Movement churches. I would like to throw out a few questions to see if any of you…

Does a sermon have to have an application to rightfully be called a sermon? A pastor of a church in Portland, OR attempts to establish that every sermon ought to have application. He concludes that “a sermon unapplied is no sermon at all, but merely a Bible lecture.” Are We Listening to the Same Sermon? My first reaction is that he and I have a much different experience listening to sermons. I can’t remember ever…