by Stephen Belsheim | Nov 13, 2023 | Pastors
Just today (November 13, 2023) I saw three stories about high profile Christian leaders who engaged in less than exemplary conduct. What in the world is going on with high profile Christian leaders? First, I scanned an article referring to Francis Shaffer’s alleged...
by Stephen Belsheim | Nov 5, 2023 | Bible Study, Pastors
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY In my earlier posts, I came across one entitled “Pastors – Encourage a Culture of Bible Engagement, Explain Your Interpretative Process“ [link: Pastors – Encourage a Culture of Bible Engagement, Explain Your Interpretative Process | Steve...
by Stephen Belsheim | Jan 11, 2023 | Engaging the culture, Pastors
The other day my wife and I listened to a sermon in which the preacher cited Ezekiel 9 as the Scriptural basis for a believer to cry out over the abominations in America. The relevant text is Ezekiel 9:3–8 (NASB95), which reads: 3 Then the glory of the God of...
by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 13, 2022 | Engaging the culture, Pastors
This is the first article of a series that explores whether the American evangelical church displays the courage to live not by lies. To live not by lies entails individual churches speaking out in the public forum in favor of biblical truth and against...
by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 20, 2020 | Bible Study, Pastors
A DESTRUCTIVE MESSAGE TO A GULLIBLE AUDIENCE People flock to hear what they want to hear. During the 1st Century, Paul warned Timothy of this very thing in 2 Timothy 4:3 (ESV), “3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having...
by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 20, 2020 | Pastors
Pastors – Encourage a Culture of Bible Engagement, Explain Your Interpretive Process Process One purpose of the stevebelsheim.com blog is “to pass along to Pastors and church leaders advice and comments about increasing Bible engagement among the people in their...
