Paul Tambrino, EdD, PhD

Ask Augustine: Do You Think the Most Dangerous Sermon in America Was Jonathan Edwards’ Sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?”

Edwards’ sermon was not dangerous. The most dangerous sermons are ones that define Christianity apart from Scripture…

Ask Augustine: Why Do Evangelical Christians State That Sincere Worshippers of Other Religions Will Not Be Saved?

We’re saved through God’s grace only by knowing about, and coming to trust, the crucified and risen Jesus…

What Is Expository Preaching and Why Should It Be Practiced in Our Churches?

For a sermon to be genuinely biblical, the text must set the agenda as the foundation of the message…

How Were the People Who Lived before the Time of Christ Saved?

We look back to Christ’s sacrifice for our salvation. Those before Jesus looked forward to his sacrifice for their salvation…

My Professor Says the Bible Is Not Original and Questions Jesus’s Prophesies. How Do I Respond?

It takes more faith not to believe who Jesus was, than to believe in all that He is…

What Are the Emerging Church and the Emergent Church? What Are Their Strengths and Shortcomings?

The Emergent Church does not deny truth, but at the same time they won’t affirm truth…

Why Do So Many Find Christmas to Be a Depressing Time Instead of One of Joy?

How the commercialized fanfare of Christmas crowds out its true meaning…

Ask Augustine Special Edition: But Christmas Is A-Coming!

Christmas liberates us from the tyranny of believing in uncontrolled fate…

Ask Augustine: Does the Kalam Cosmological Argument Prove That the Universe Was Created by God?

The Kalam argument says that the universe has a cause to its existence…

Ask Augustine: If There Is No God, Can There Be Absolute “Good?”

God is a law unto Himself for He is consistent and obedient to Himself…