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Johnathon Bowers

Johnathon Bowers is a PhD candidate in Christian philosophy at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Seven Things the Bible Says About Evil

How can we reconcile God's sweeping control over creation with the existence of such horrors as cancer, famine, genocide, sexual abuse, tsunamis, and terrorism? Voltaire sums up the issue nicely in his "Poem on the Lisbon Disaster," written after the…

Psalm 2 and World Evangelization

I’d like us to consider Psalm 2 from three perspectives. First, we’ll examine the message of the psalm. Second, we’ll look at how the New Testament uses it. Finally, we’ll ask how this psalm speaks to the task of world…

Why We Don't Walk Around Naked

Have you ever stopped and wondered why we wear clothes? If you think about it, it’s an odd custom. Before exposing ourselves to the public, we choose to hang colored material from our shoulders and hips and then cinch everything…

Don’t Be a Wedding Crasher

Don’t Be a Wedding Crasher

In Matthew 22:1–14, Jesus tells a parable about a wedding feast. Unlike most wedding feasts, however, this one involves a king and his son, some ornery invitees, cold-blooded murder, the destruction of cities, and a ragtag group of afterthought guests. …

OCD and the Death of the Christian

OCD and the Death of the Christian

OCD promises peace if we can just control our environment. Christ promises peace regardless of our environment.

Sin Is Worse Than Hell

Sin Is Worse Than Hell

What if eternal torment is actually a fitting response to our sin? What if, instead of seeing hell as an overreaction to our misdeeds, we looked at it instead as God’s commentary on the gravity of our rebellion?

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The Seven Deadly Sins

Our hearts were designed to enjoy a full and forever happiness, not the pitiful, temporary pleasures for which we’re too prone to settle.

America’s Most Tolerated Sin

America’s Most Tolerated Sin

Eight Lessons on Gluttony

Gluttony is perhaps the most tolerated sin in American Christianity. I say this, not as someone who is immune from the attractions of the buffet line, but as someone who needs all the help he can get.

Mutiny Against the Messiah

Mutiny Against the Messiah

Spy Wednesday

On ‘Spy Wednesday,’Judas offered the chief priests the solution they had been waiting for: he would betray Jesus. But not without something in return.

Should We Pray for God to Punish Our Enemies?

Should We Pray for God to Punish Our Enemies?

The American church faces opposition that could very well increase in the days to come. As we think of how to respond, we would do well to take up one of the resources God has given us for our joyful resilience.

Your Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

Your Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

Morning & Evening Meditations for Holy Week

A team of pastors and scholars walk us through Holy Week with short meditations for each morning and evening, from Palm Sunday to the triumph of Easter.

Gospel Power Panel Discussion

Gospel Power Panel Discussion

Piper, Storms, Chan, Meyer & Núñez

Pursuing spiritual gifts must be done with faith and discernment, and even when we disagree over certain aspects of theology we can remain united in the gospel and the call to godliness.

Panel Discussion

Gospel Joy Panel Discussion: Piper, Charles, Meyer, Onwuchekwa, Rigney, & Stiles

Gospel Joy Panel Discussion

Piper, Charles, Meyer, Onwuchekwa, Rigney & Stiles

We should always seek delight in God as the root of every act of obedience, and when it’s not there we should grieve over it, repent, and press onward in our duty until joy comes.

Bound Together for Good: Lessons for White Christians from the Black Church

Bound Together for Good

Lessons for White Christians from the Black Church

Ethnic harmony in our churches depends, in part, on our learning from the past. Here are three lessons from the history of the black church in America.

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