Jonathan Enns

Book Review: The Passion of Jesus Christ by John Piper

The purpose of the book is to explain 50 purposes why Jesus Christ came and died, and ground the reader in the Gospel of grace.
It seems like Piper is all the rage nowadays in “conservative” evangelicalism, some people love him, others can’t stand him and his 5-pointedness. This is the first book I read by [...]

Helping out @ Goodseeds New Headquarters Project

Goodseed Canada has outgrown their current office here in Alberta. This last weekend I headed over to the new project to help whereever I could. Right now we are working on sheet rocking the upstairs ceiling. The new facility will not only have much more office space, but have a dedicated video studio with a [...]

The state of Evangelicalism in Brazil

Brazil, a very Catholic country, is seeing thousands of converts to “Evangelicalism” with mega-churches packed with rock bands, fight nights, video games, and charismatic youth pastors, all in an effort to bring the current generation into its doors. Pentacostalism and emotionalism is sweeping through the country, but is the true Gospel being preached? This article [...]

Kids Ask Awkward Jesus Questions

Sign/Supernatural Gifts of the Spirit

This is a pretty controversial, and often mis-understood issue in today’s Church. Many people (often from conservative baptist backgrounds like me) seem to have a big mis-understanding of how other traditions view supernatural gifts, and assume anyone who does not believe that sign-gifts have ceased would be in the realm of Benny Hinn or other [...]

5 Foundations of a Truth-drenched Youth Ministry

The following is notes taken by Abraham Piper at Kempton Turner’s session yesterday at the Children Desiring God conference. Great principles to practice when developing any program in a Christian context. Word of Life has a similar philosphy of ministry, starting with biblical principles, building biblical people, and lastly coming up with a biblical program [...]