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Faith

What is God’s Vision for the New Year?

January 16, 2023

Today in the 21st century, it is not easy being a Christian.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Ministry, Pastoring

The Priority of Prayer

August 29, 2022

Prayer should be our number one priority in building an intimate relationship with Christ

Categories Blog Tags Church, Discipleship, Faith, Prayer

The Critical Moment of Being Christ-Centered

July 25, 2022

We are to give Jesus our top priority. I don’t want to ever miss that as a Christian.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Theology

Oxymoron of a Bitter Unforgiving Christian

February 14, 2022

One of the greatest sins in the church may be a lack of forgiveness, which stems from pride, and it stems from not preaching the gospel to ourselves.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Conflict, Counseling, Depression, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Relationships

10 Lessons I’ve Learned as a New Pastor

November 30, 2021

A strong courageous leader must learn to overcome past mistakes and failures in Christ. 

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Community, Conflict, Development, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Training

6 Reasons to Give Thanks Even in Trials

November 22, 2021

Thanksgiving to God is fundamental to a believer’s life for it is the only means of communicating with God which is inclusive of praise, prayer, and proclamation of God’s sacrificial death on the cross.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Faith, Jesus, Thanksgiving

The Irresistible, Sovereign, Relentless Grace of God

October 25, 2021

There’s nothing that will save us from such eternal punishment except a saving faith in Christ by the grace of Almighty.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Theology

10 Christians Quotes on the Importance of Prayer

October 18, 2021

Prayer is one of the humblest postures a man can take. Then the opposite is true. Prayerlessness is pridefulness.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Church, Faith, Prayer

Why I Am Still a Southern Baptist

September 27, 2021

What is Southern Baptist anyway? Why are you Southern Baptist? Here are 6 reasons why I am still a Southern Baptist.

Categories Blog Tags Christianity, Church, Current Events, Faith, Great Commission, Leadership, Ministry, Mission, Pastoring, SBC, SBC21, Southern Baptist

Why Sharing Your Faith Matters?

August 30, 2021

We must get serious about reaching people who are far from God. There is a battle going on out there, and the church is losing ground.

Categories Blog Tags Christianity, Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Gospel, Great Commission, Ministry, Mission, Teaching

6 Ways God’s Grace Transforms One’s Life

July 19, 2021

How can we withstand the attacks of the enemy for such a time as this? How can we go forward with this as we are being sanctified in the image of Christ? 

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Counseling, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Ministry, Pastoring

God Isn’t Done With Your Story Yet

May 24, 2021

Somewhere deep inside, there was a part of me that longed to know that there was more to life than the hard, angry world that surrounded me.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Biography, Christianity, Cross, Faith, Jesus

The Cross Changes Everything

March 29, 2021

Since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, we have needed the rescuing hand of God to deliver us from evil and sin. God’s love for us was ultimately displayed when he sent Jesus Christ to die for us on the cross, only to rise from the dead so that we may be saved.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Cross, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Teaching, Truth

The Puritan Reformist Preacher John Cotton (1584-1652)

March 15, 2021

John Cotton held fast to the teachings of justification by faith alone and the importance of conversion.

Categories Blog Tags Biography, Christianity, Faith, History, Theology

Episode 23: Destructive Nature of Private Sin

February 22, 2021

Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it this way in his book Life Together, “Those who remain alone with their evil are left utterly alone.”

Tags Christianity, Church, Counseling, Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Scripture, Theology, Truth
Defending the faith

The Question of God’s Existence in the Practice of Apologetics

August 31, 2020

People from all walks of life will often ask one or more of the following metaphysical questions: Why should I believe the Bible? Is there salvation outside of Christianity? How do we know that God exists? Given evil, how can one justify God?

Categories Blog Tags Apologetics, Bible, Culture, Education, Evangelism, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Ministry, Mission, Outreach, Teaching, Theology, Truth
Pastoral Ministry

Episode 19: Things I Wished I’d Known Before Ministry

August 29, 2020August 24, 2020

What were bits of information that would have been helpful to known before entering into ministry? Here are five things that bible college/seminary did not teach us but has been helpful knowing serving in the local church. 

Tags Church, Faith, Jesus, Leader, Ministry, Pastoring, Training
A Ministry Filled with Frustration

5 Ways to Deal with People Who Cause You Grief

August 10, 2020

Today, if you face any sort of difficulty with people, the world will say to take the highway. I believe Christians are called to take the higher way.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Conflict, Counseling, Faith, Jesus, Pastoring, Suffering
Christians extending forgiveness.

Christians Ought to Forgive the Unlovable

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Forgiving others is a mark of genuine disciples of Christ.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Conflict, Counseling, Faith, Forgiveness, Gospel, Jesus, Leadership, Reconciliation
The Life Of J.I. Packer

15 Quotes “Knowing God” J.I. Packer (1926 – 2020)

July 20, 2020

I am forever grateful and have been greatly influenced by J.I. Packer and the church has tremendously benefited from him and his life. He was a true servant of the LORD Jesus Christ.

Categories Blog Tags Biography, Faith, History, Quote, Theology
Heresy Advise "You be You"

Heretical Advice of “Just Be Yourself”

July 13, 2020

When we look deep down in the soul, what do we find? What part of our self are we supposed to be, “true to”?

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Counseling, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Ministry, Theology

Three Dangerous Leaders

July 6, 2020

Lately, I have had an opportunity to pull back from all the busy activities of ministry and to simply stop, reflect, and think. Here are three lessons I’ve learned about leadership over the past 10 years. 

Categories Blog Tags Church, Discipleship, Faith, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Theology

Should Christians Read Other Books, or Just the Bible?

May 25, 2020

The real debate within the contemporary cultural context lies at the intersection in post-modernity where the Bible has its rightful place in authority, certainty, and the finality.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Biography, Book, Christianity, Church, Faith, Theology

10 Prayers During Hard Times

April 13, 2020

What should our response be to a crisis like? How can we pray during these uncertain times? How does faith come in play in such a time as this?  

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Crisis, Faith, Intercession, Praise, Prayer, Supplication, Thanksgiving, Worship
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Get To Know Jonathan

Evangelica Sola is a Christian blog that incorporates a comprehensive look at doctrinal theology, christian living and the church’s disciple making mandate. Jonathan Hayashi (D.Ed.Min., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Senior Pastor of Northern Hills Baptist Church in the Greater KC area. Prior to that, he served at an inner-city church in Chicago, IL and the Greater St. Louis area for total 12 years in pastoral ministries. He is married to Kennedi and a father to three beautiful children.

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Learn More About Jonathan’s New Book, Ordinary Radicals

“Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship” unfolds, with honest open-heart questions, how we think about the gospel in our lives. The gospel you believe, determines the disciple you make. Radical discipleship is about nothing more and nothing less than laying bare the roots of the gospel.

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