Justin Bailey, Author at Justin Ariel Bailey

Hebrews New Testament NT Letters Sermons

Able to Save to the Uttermost – Hebrews 7

We may often intercede, pray or try to minister to others; we may often receive from those who intercede, pray or minister to us. But even the best ministers are ultimately flawed. How good is grace when it comes through the hands of fallen ministers?…

Justin BaileyMarch 1, 2015

Hebrews New Testament NT Letters Sermons

Spiritual Dullness – Hebrews 5

We acclimate to the amazing too easily. Sadly, this propensity continues to afflict us when it comes to the most amazing thing of all: grace. We have this incredible capacity to grow weary of the wonder, to become bored with the beauty, to cease being…

Justin BaileyFebruary 15, 2015

Confessional

“119:25” – My Seventy-Seven Second Spoken Word Piece

I wrote a short spoken word poem today during morning prayer and thought I would share it. Since it is spoken word, I made a quick recording. Enjoy! 119.25 "119.25"Man is the only animal that blushes, says Twain.Or needs to.The crown of divine creativity - humanityMade…

Justin BaileyJanuary 9, 2015

Book Reviews Books

Four Favorite Books from 2014

I read about 70 books this year, including a little over 50 new books. Most of the new books were non-fiction (for my PhD studies), while the majority of my re-reads were fiction (e.g. Narnia, LOTR, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, the Brothers Karamazov). After a…

Justin BaileyDecember 27, 2014

Confessional Short Articles

Freedom is Finding the Right Limitations: Six Calls on My Life

I am convinced that true freedom is not the absence of limitations but finding the right limitations, limitations that are life-giving and liberating. My marriage vows limit me, but they also set me free. My children limit me profoundly, but my children have also opened up enormous new space for…

Justin BaileySeptember 15, 2014

Confessional

What I’m Doing: Seven Reflections After One Year of PhD Studies

1) There is very little prestige in doing a PhD in Theology, even if it is funded. People’s responses range from moderate apathy to thinking you may handle snakes. The usual exchange: “I’m doing a PhD…” (impressed eyebrow raise; “he’s a genius!”) “… in Theology.”…

Justin BaileySeptember 4, 2014

Book Reviews Christian Witness & Apologetics

Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue (Book Review)

In Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Bernard Van den Toren argues that we should rethink apologetics as “cross-cultural dialogue aimed at persuasion.” In a globalized, pluralistic society, apologetics needs to become more “local” and “audience –centered,” taking “particular culturally embedded outlooks of the changing audiences…

Justin BaileyMay 6, 2014

Book Reviews Christian Witness & Apologetics

The End of Apologetics (Book Review)

Penner, Myron B. The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013. 174 pages. Provocative title notwithstanding, Myron Penner is not opposed to apologetics in principle. Rather, it is a particular kind of apologetics that he wishes to…

Justin BaileyApril 14, 2014

Book Reviews

Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case (Book Review)

In his Christian Apologetics, philosopher Douglas Groothuis offers his “magnum opus”, a cumulative case argument for the explanatory power and persuasive truth of the Christian faith. In his own words: “Christianity alone makes the most sense of the things that matter most.” (72) Weighing in…

Justin BaileyMarch 22, 2014

Ministry

Deepening Relationships and Dying to Self: A Dating Interview

(photo credit: John In) I am woefully behind my one-post a week pace, but here's a post to bring me closer to the quota. I recently spoke for a college and young adult retreat, and the pastor followed up with some interview questions for me…

Justin BaileyFebruary 23, 2014

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