Paul Dean

Pastor, Counselor, Professor, Columnist and Radio Talk Show Host

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The Cross of Christ: Answer to the New Perspective

As a pastor, I have had a few laypersons and students ask me about the New Perspective on Paul. It seems there is no shortage of persons who are...

November 21, 2005

The Cross of Christ: Answer to the New Perspective

A Serious Threat to Orthodoxy: The New Perspective November 18, 2005

A Serious Threat to Orthodoxy: The New Perspective

New Perspective on Paul: Summary/Critique

No longer confined to the halls of academia, the New Perspective on Paul has made great inroads into the thinking and conversation of laypersons in...

November 16, 2005

New Perspective on Paul: Summary/Critique

Just Read, Church: God-Talk in the Public Square

"A religious freedom group is offering pro bono legal representation to any Florida school that is threatened with a lawsuit for taking part in a...

November 11, 2005

Just Read, Church: God-Talk in the Public Square

Can We Please God?

So often Christians gravitate toward one end of the spectrum or the other rather than seek biblical balance when it comes to certain dynamics that...

November 10, 2005

Can We Please God?

Exalting God in the Public Square October 31, 2005

Exalting God in the Public Square

Competent to Counsel - Part One October 27, 2005

Competent to Counsel - Part One

Biblical Counseling, Part of the Work of the Church

We live in a day when the church is strapped in many ways because of false notions concerning what the church really is. Some see the church as a...

October 24, 2005

Biblical Counseling, Part of the Work of the Church

Missions Strategy in the Balance

A missionary friend in Europe wrote and informed me that many European countries have not had a gospel witness for quite some time. Why has there...

October 20, 2005

Missions Strategy in the Balance

How to Witness to Muslims, Part II, The Solution

Many Americans now live in fear of Muslims and many more would seek to discriminate against them or even harm them. Of course, Christians do not...

October 19, 2005

How to Witness to Muslims, Part II, The Solution

How to Witness to Muslims, Part I, The Problem

We live in an age when Americans are particularly concerned with what goes on in the Muslim world and how the Muslim world affects life here...Most...

October 18, 2005

How to Witness to Muslims, Part I, The Problem

Developing a Missions Minded Church

Churches that claim to be missions minded should have a few dynamics securely in place. The goal is simply to foster thinking in this area that...

October 12, 2005

Developing a Missions Minded Church

Developing a Missions Minded Church

As one talks to individuals in churches across our land it is common to meet people who speak of their churches as being missions minded. It is...

October 11, 2005

Developing a Missions Minded Church

Worship Venues or Worship

"And you can even bring your coffee with you into the service!" "That line helps introduce a new selection of 'worship venues' at a...

October 04, 2005

Worship Venues or Worship

Cussing Lite from a Cussing Heart October 02, 2005

Cussing Lite from a Cussing Heart

Sexual Perversion, A Juggernaut Only Christ Can Stop

A shocking book will no doubt cause much consternation in the Christian world. According to WorldNetDaily, it features "multiple Ph.D. 'experts'...

September 29, 2005

Sexual Perversion, A Juggernaut Only Christ Can Stop

Postmodernism in Sunday School, What Should We Do?

We live in a day of revisionist history and indeed revisionist thinking...No doubt exists that postmodern thinking has percolated down to and...

September 28, 2005

Postmodernism in Sunday School, What Should We Do?

Gospel Advance: Going Boldly Where We've Never Gone Before

Perhaps Chuck Colson of "Prison Fellowship" would be surprised to learn that some have questioned whether or not prison ministry is a legitimate...

September 26, 2005

Gospel Advance: Going Boldly Where We've Never Gone Before