Metro Praise International Church

We discussed the three basic purposes of apologetics, the three main differing approaches to apologetics and how to use proof and evidence for the glory of God as a presuppositional apologist!

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

On today’s show we will discuss our emphasis on theology. Our key text is 2 Timothy 4:1-5, which describes the duty of the pastor, among other things, to dispense sound doctrine (theology) among God’s people. We will also discuss what’s going on at School of Urban Missions (SUM) Bible College and Theological Seminary as they prepare for a new year of training and equipping Christian leaders to be...

Today we discussed the apologist's message being the Bible, which is the foundation for Christian philosophy. Also, we learned the four major parts of the Christian worldview; God the absolute personality, epistemology, ethics and the gospel.

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

Today’s show is based on our third distinctive, “apologetics.” In the “About Us” time we discussed the biblical command for apologetics from 1 Peter 3:15-16. Then we made it practical by sharing the times we’ve debated in our ministry; highlighting our engagements with Mormons, Muslims, IDMR and Black Israelites. Next, for our “In the News” section we made a clarification concerning Eugene Peterso...

Today we discussed, what is apologetics and who is an apologist? What are the three aspects of apologetics? What are presuppositions? Also, how everyone has them but only the ones Christians have are justified. What is the “myth of neutrality” as it’s related to apologetics? What is presuppostional apologetics? We discussed why it’s biblical to do apologetics this way. And lastly we went over C.S....

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

Today’s show focused on our heart for discipleship. Reading from a passage in his book, “Discipleship Based Churches,” Joe laid out the moral crisis taking place in our nation, and identified the primary cause as a lack of discipleship in American churches. In giving “A Word from the Word” Joe provides the answer to the crisis – that is, a return to discipleship that starts in our families. “This...

In today's class we went over the syllabus and the introduction to the text book. We covered the definition of presuppositional apologetics (with Scriptural basis), answered two main objections and explained how it applied to discipleship.

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

Today’s show was evangelism heavy. Pastor Joe taught from the word about the biblical mandate to “preach the gospel to all creation” from Mark 16:9-20, and then spoke from the heart about evangelism in the life of the church. We believe evangelism is the mission of the Church, and a command to every disciple of Christ, especially those who are called to be pastors. Jared took the show in a slightl...

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"

Today’s episode covered a wide range of topics, from spiritual gifts to religious freedom to child rearing. In “About Us” we took a closer look at the Pentecostal worldview, where it came from, its basis in Scripture, and its impact on the world today. We then recapped a visit to MPI Church by missionaries, Jean and Teisa Nicole, from South Africa. They taught us a lesson on what it means to be a...

"Loving God, Loving People!"

"Loving God, Loving People!"