Ron Julian

Articles

• The Friend at Midnight. (Luke 11: 5-8) Clarifies Jesus’ teaching in the Parable of the Friend at Midnight and how that teaching relates to prayer. (10/09)
• Costly and Free. Answers the question, "Do the promises of the gospel come to us for free or at great cost?" (1/08)
• Joy. Looks at the biblical evidence for the nature of joy as a fruit of the Spirit. (8/07)
• A Dialogue. Explores Christianity’s claims as a valid and coherent worldview. (4/06)
• Bad Guilt. Discusses the importance of knowing God's merciful grace and believing in His promise of forgiveness while acknowledging "true guilt." (4/05)
• Is the Gospel Anti-Semitic?. Repudiates the thesis of inherent New Testament anti-Semitism by examining the unique relationship between God, the Nation of Israel, and individual Jews. (4/04)
• Examining the Purpose-Driven Life. Examines Rick Warren's popular book, The Purpose-Driven Life. (8/05)
• Giving Thanks. Looks at the importance of gratitude. (11/03)
• Is Goodness Boring?. Shows how "virtue" suffers in two book-to-movie stories. (5/03)
• Fundamentalism and Biblical Interpretation. Looks at the impact of Christian fundamentalism on how we understand and apply the Bible's teaching. (11/02)
• Waiting for God. Discusses the biblical virtue of patience. (10/02)
• Osama & Me. Responds to society's growing intolerance to the truth claims of Christianity. (4/02)
• The Thief in the Night. (Matthew 24: 42-51) Discusses what should be our attitude toward end-time events. (12/01)
• Answers to Chapter One. (2/02)
• Answers to Chapter Four. (2/02)
• Longing for Glory. (I Corinthians 3:18) Defines the "glory" that is the hope of every believer. (6/00)
• The Prayer of Jabez. Examines the popular book "The Prayer of Jabez" (7/01)
• The Lord is My Shepherd. (Psalm 23) Explains the life and death issues involved in Psalm 23. (7/97)
• The Power of the Parables. (Matthew 13) Presents the dynamic manner in which the parables of Jesus communicate. (4/93)
• Testing God. (Matthew 4:5-7) Looks at the prohibition against "testing God" found in the second temptation of Jesus. (2/98)
• Counting the Cost. (Luke 14:26-33) Proposes that we OUGHT to be like the man who doesn't build a tower and the king who doesn't go to battle. (8/94)
• The Prayers of Paul. Holds up the great prayers of Paul as a mirror in which to examine our fundamental commitments. (2/96)
• In Defense of God's Love. (Romans 5:1-11) Uses Romans 5 to describe and clarify the enigmatic love of God. (2/97)
• My Next Mid-life Crisis. (I Corinthians 12, 13) Presents I Corinthians 12 and 13 as the ultimate answer to a believer's "mid-life crisis." (9/91)
• The Next Time I Study Revelation. (Revelation) Sheds light on the nature of the Bible's most enigmatic book. (8/98)
• Biblical?. Asserts that "doing what the Bible says" is not always biblical. (1/01)
• Chosen for Glory. Explores the way in which the Bible's teaching on the Christian life can only be understood in the light of God's sovereign control of His creation. (2/93)
• Drawing the Line. Proposes a biblical model for deciding when to "draw the line" over doctrinal disagreements. (9/90)
• The Most Important Things in Life. Examines the nature of the true wisdom which arises from Christian faith. (9/87)
• What Sort of People?. Exhorts believers to personally wrestle with and embrace the gospel. (3/97)
• Practically Speaking. Asserts that often the most valuable and "practical" teaching is the most theoretical. (4/99)
• A Little Light Reading. Presents a personal appreciation of Christian values in the arts, as seen in the Father Brown stories. (6/92)
• How the Story Ends. Reviews three movies that highlight our culture's semi-biblical view of death. (8/99)
• Why We Are (gulp!) Home Schooling. Presents the issues that led one family to home school their children. (11/93)
• Money and Contentment. Explores the connection between genuine Christian faith and our attitudes about money. (8/95)

Audio Series

Audio series with talks given by Ron.

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• Coming to Truth. A Wednesday Night Class where Gutenberg tutors and others within the Gutenberg College community describe the intellectual journey that led them to conclude that Christianity is true.
• I Peter. Talks by Ron Julian on I Peter, given at Reformation Fellowship. (Also on iTunes)
• II Corinthians. Talks by Ron Julian on II Corinthians, given at Reformation Fellowship. (Also on iTunes)
• Miscellaneous Talks. Individual talks given by various teachers on a variety of topics.
• Sermon on the Mount. Talks by Ron Julian on the Sermon on the Mount, given at Reformation Fellowship.
• The Gospel of John. Talks by Ron Julian on the Gospel of John, given at Reformation Fellowship. (Also on iTunes)

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Audio

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