Theology for Everyone

The Apostle's Creed: In Jesus Christ

Tim Bertolet

Apr 21, 2018

This ancient creed, confessed in the early centuries of the church, is still valuable to us today. As we make this confession of Christ we are connected to Christians down through the centuries who have believed the same things, living and dying for this faith. One day, we too, will stand with a...Continue reading.

The Apostle's Creed: God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth

Michael Roberts

Apr 13, 2018

When we speak of God as our Father, it is immediately plain that we are expressing a belief that is unique to the Judeo-Christian tradition. Of course, to the extent that other religious or philosophical systems maintain that the world owes its allegiance to some kind of deity, in a very general...Continue reading.

The Apostle's Creed: I Believe

David Smith

Apr 5, 2018

The Christian school student began his argument with an unassailable assertion: “I feel like I knew the answer.” Funny, though, he marked an incorrect answer. In fact, the question was about a factual statistic recorded in the text we had read; hardly in the gray area of opinion. Yet, according to...Continue reading.

The Apostle's Creed: An Introduction

Jeffrey Stivason

Mar 27, 2018

Many have known the Apostle’s Creed from youth. Likely, it is the most popular creed in Christendom. The Anglican Prayer Book simply calls it, The Creed, like Thomas simply called Aristotle, the Philosopher. It has primacy of place.Continue reading.

Teach Me To Pray!: Ask to be Kept from Doing Evil

Grant Van Leuven

Jan 18, 2018

The essence of the sixth petition, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Matthew 6:13), is seen in how our Lord Himself prays in John 17:15 for us to be kept in the world but out of its evil (James 1:27 calls this real religion). Following both our Lord’s Prayers, we too...Continue reading.

Teach Me To Pray!: Forgive Us Our Debts

Tim Bertolet

Jan 13, 2018

In this series, we are examining how the Lord’s prayer shapes our prayer life. In this post, we want to apply the phrase “…Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors…” How does this statement in the Lord’s prayer shape our prayers? Continue reading.

Teach Me to Pray!: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Amy Mantravadi

Jan 7, 2018

When I was in high school, I heard my Bible teacher say “To pray ‘Your kingdom come’ is to pray for judgment.” He excitedly told us how the Israelites had found a legitimate red heifer that might allow them to restart the sacrificial system, should the Tribulation come upon us soon. We had just...Continue reading.

Teach Me to Pray!: Our Father

Jeffrey Stivason

Jan 4, 2018

The morning air was still cold when Martin Luther entered the shop of Peter the barber. Peter was not only the local barber but a surgeon able to perform minor surgeries like bloodletting and tooth extraction. Likely his specialty cut as a barber prior to the Reformation was the tonsure or the...Continue reading.

Introducing a New Series!

Jeffrey Stivason

Jan 2, 2018

Today, at Place for Truth, we are launching another endeavor in the hope that the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ will be served by our efforts. We realize the truth of what R C Sproul once captured in a book title – everyone is a theologian! Therefore, the question is not whether you are a...Continue reading.