
Author Archives
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A Church Planting Proposal
By Daniel L. Sonnenberg 1. THE CALL TO CHURCH PLANTING (WHY START A NEW CHURCH?) My call to church planting For purposes of this paper, I am assuming the requisite key elements, competencies and confirmation of a call to serve… Read More ›
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Review of Don DeLillo’s White Noise
By Daniel L. Sonnenberg DeLillo delivers a disjointed tale of a college professor and his postmodern family, friends and enemies attempting to cope with a chaotic world of consumer goods and deadly by-products. The story of Jack and his fourth… Read More ›
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Review of J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism
By Daniel L. Sonnenberg Machen shows that modern liberalism is a source of paganism infecting the Church from within. The liberal denies many, if not most, of the basic tenets of historic Christianity. He denies the need for teaching doctrine,… Read More ›
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Study Guide Outline for Sections 64-67, pp. 396-428 in Chapter X, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, in Herman Ridderbos’ Paul: An Outline of His Theology
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Devotional Writings of Martin Luther
By Daniel L. Sonnenberg Having grown up a Lutheran and transferred my membership to Presbyterianism as a college student, curiosity urged me to return to my roots to seek out the devotional writings of Martin Luther. I was not sure… Read More ›
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Apologetic Method and Presuppositional Apologetics
By Daniel L. Sonnenberg A presupposition is a belief or “basic commitment of the heart” which takes precedence over another belief and becomes a criterion for that other belief or commitment. Ron Nash writes that presuppositions are like a train… Read More ›
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A Missions-Minded Local Church Case Study
By Daniel L. Sonnenberg INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW As a member of the music staff with Myrtle Grove Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, NC from 1982 to 2001, I was able to see from the sidelines the development of a… Read More ›