 This year, we will be celebrating the 500th year anniversary of the reformation. We will be covering the 5 Solas which are Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Christ Alone, Scripture Alone, and To God be the Glory Alone.
Please come join us on Saturday, May 13th at Olmsted Falls Baptist Church, 26581 Bagley Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44238.
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 It has been our objective to write a Biblically sound evangelism book. While many fantastic books exist that teach Biblical evangelism, presuppositional apologetics, and creation apologetics separately, there aren’t any that put everything together into one easy-to apply book. In this book, you will learn how to evangelize properly, using the Law and the Gospel, and to handle the most common objections using presuppositional and creation apologetics. The book will also address one of the biggest lies today – we will demonstrate why evolution is wrong and why the Christian evolutionist must attempt to serve “two masters” – man and God. In the end, he is only serving man. Dr. Anthony R. Silvestro, Jr. & Jonathan Eckel, Ev.
 “Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” 1 Corinthians 1:20b. Think about the wisdom of the world, this modern world. Is anything really any better than say, any time period in the past? We have the same old problems. We are more comfortable and supposedly so great. Ever noticed man’s wisdom, how it’s nice to sit around and talk. Think of all the talk shows, from daytime talk shows to politics to sports. What can they do? Nothing. Have they ever really solved man’s biggest problem? Sin. We need the forgiveness of sin and man’s wisdom could never do that. With man’s wisdom we have no change, just more sophistication of man’s philosophy.
 Are you waiting for #491? Is it haunting you in the night and consuming your daydreams? Does it seem like it’s gonna take forever for it to finally happen? Can’t you just taste the sweet freedom you know awaits you when it occurs?
In Matthew 18, Jesus talks about leaving 99 sheep to go find 1 lost one. He then lays out how Christians and the church are to deal with a sinning brother. It was after this that Peter inquires of Jesus as to what the ceiling is for how many times he had to forgive his sinning brother. Was it up to 7 times? Jesus told Peter not just 7 times, but 70 X 7, which, of course, equals up to 490 times.  The origin of evil has been regarded as a philosophical dead end for Christianity, that is, a damning inconsistency which is impossible to reconcile given the biblical axiom that God is fundamentally good. This is a difficult question to answer because, as soon as you answer one question, many other questions are raised. As soon as one is answered, two more take its place. The only view that seeks consistency with Scripture (that I am aware of) is that evil is simply the absence of good as cold is the absence of heat. I respectfully disagree. To prevent this article from becoming unnecessarily lengthy, I’m unable to really address this issue. To satisfy my purposes, suffice to say that I find the description of evil and it’s affects in Scripture to be incompatible with evil simply existing in a vacuum of good. Orbit identifies the existence of gravity and evildoers demonstrate the presence of evil when they perform evil acts.
The below article is my attempt to systematically address this question as well as the obvious problems/implications which arise in that process in a way that recognizes God’s word as absolutely authoritative, and seeks to harmonize Scriptural truths with reason. However this article does not address issues pertaining to Satan or another subject that does not directly pertain to the thesis of this article.  How does a church grow Biblically? As we take a look at this “popular” subject, we have to remember that, as Christians, we must start and stand on God's Word (The Bible) for all of our views. This is no different, although you might get confused while walking around a "Christian" bookstore. You will see all kinds of strategies and different “ways” to manipulate people into coming through your doors. One of the things that you have to remember is that it is not your doors. The doors (as well as the rest of the church) belong to Christ. He gave you the lamp stand. If He chooses to grow the body of believers in your church, that's His prerogative to do so.
 Several “Jesus” and “prayer” events have been heavily advertised across the country for the last few months. These events, such as, The Response: USA, The Response: Cleveland, and The Gathering, have been appearing all over Facebook ads, Christian radio, and church bulletins. One event, the Azusa Street Revival, has already happened a few months back. They are all being promoted for a similar purpose, which is a time for people to put aside their differences and come together in the name of God and pray for our nation.
 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. A good friend of mine asked me a “simple” question: what do I like best about street preaching and evangelism. I have to admit I had a really hard time answering this question because there is a lot I like about the topic. If it wasn’t for me meeting a street preacher witnessing in NYC I might be still stuck in a heretical church. It was through this preacher and his friendship thereafter that God used and is using to make and help me grow in my Christian walk.
 After months of procrastination, I finally committed to go downtown (Cleveland, OH) to witness with Jonathan Eckel and some of his regulars one night. Upon arriving, I was given a stack of tracts and was asked to simply hand them out and try to engage people. Hey, I thought, I've listened to enough of Wretched Radio's Witness Wednesdays. I could do this.
 Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Kentucky Derby Outreach through Sports Fan Outreach International (SFOI), and it was an amazing experience. The outreach team consisted of a group of 25 people from various different states and all with their own unique testimonies. All of us were united for one goal, to glorify and proclaim the salvation of God through Jesus Christ to these lost masses (at least 160,000). I had heard stories about how rowdy the crowds get there from my good friend, Ricky Gantz, who was on his 4th Derby outreach. I was nervous and really didn't know what all to expect. We were to be at Churchill Downs for twelve hours on Friday and twelve hours Saturday. I was used to the normal 3-4 hour outreaches at home.
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