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Simply Joyful Podcast: Behind-the-Scenes with Jon Erwin, Director of I Can Only Imagine

By Danny Avila December 5, 2018Culture / Society, Encouragement, Parenting, Simply Joyful, Worship

I couldn’t be more thrilled than to have none other than Jon Erwin, co-director of the I Can Only Imagine movie, on my first ever Simply Joyful Podcast: Video Edition!

Ask Pastor John: Should I Ever Go Through the Motions in Worship?

By Danny Avila December 4, 2018Ask Pastor John, Church Dynamics, Discipleship, Equip, Theology, Worship

Can going through the motions of worship produce in us the sort of heart that would bring forth the same worship spontaneously?

First Liberty Briefing: Government Actions Violating the Free Exercise of Religion Require Heightened Scrutiny

By Danny Avila November 19, 2018Culture / Society, First Liberty Briefing, Politics, Worship

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act protects all of our religious liberty and requires heightened scrutiny regarding government actions.

5 Minutes in Church History: Church History in Stained Glass

By Danny Avila November 7, 20185 Minutes in Church History, Church Dynamics, Theology, Worship

The stained glass windows inside Santee Chapel at Lancaster Theological Seminary are not just beautiful works of art; they also teach us about our past.

5 Minutes in Church History: Medieval Art

By Danny Avila September 26, 20185 Minutes in Church History, Culture / Society, Education, Theology, Worship

Dr. Stephen Nichols walks us through the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its collection of medieval paintings, sculptures, and manuscripts.

5 Minutes in Church History: Primož Trubar – the Slovenian Martin Luther

By Danny Avila September 19, 20185 Minutes in Church History, Church Dynamics, Evangelism, Missions, Theology, Worship

Dr. Stephen Nichols takes us back to 1508 and introduces us to Primoz Trubar, the founder of the Slovenian language and national hero.

First Liberty Briefing: Animal-Rights Group Targets Jewish Ritual before Yom Kippur

By Danny Avila September 17, 2018Culture / Society, First Liberty Briefing, Politics, Theology, Worship

The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos may not like it, but the First Amendment is a high bar protecting even peaceful, minority religious rituals involving chickens. That bar should not be lowered unless there is a clear, compelling reason to do so.

5 Minutes in Church History: Deserted Island Top 5 with Kevin DeYoung

By Danny Avila August 29, 20185 Minutes in Church History, Equip, Theology, Worship

Dr. Stephen Nichols asks Dr. Kevin DeYoung to share what five books he would want on a deserted island.

5 Minutes in Church History: Bonnie Banks and Communion Tokens

By Danny Avila August 22, 20185 Minutes in Church History, Church Dynamics, Worship

Bonnie Banks and Communion Tokens | Stephen Nichols explains why church members in Scotland had to present these little metal coins to take the Lord’s Supper.

Ask Pastor John: Piper’s Reflections After a Mainline Church Service

By Danny Avila August 21, 2018Ask Pastor John, Church Dynamics, Culture / Society, Theology, Worship

I wanted to know firsthand what those in the progressive — that’s the word they would use: progressive, inclusive, open — mainline churches actually do in their services; and what I witnessed was the once dominant and now fading mainline Protestant tradition in America.