About the author

Bryan Purtle

Bryan is a leader in the Antioch Prayer Society, a community of Christ-centered churches devoted to prayer, true fellowship, and the recovery of foundational preaching and teaching. He lives in the inner-city of Kansas City with his wife Audrey and their five children. www.antiochprayersociety.org www.thoughtsuponrising.com

Articles from Bryan Purtle

DAN SAVAGE SAVAGES THE BIBLE, CHRISTIANITY, AND THE POPE (PARTS 1-3) BY MICHAEL BROWN

May 3rd, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Lead Article, Scripture

Should we be surprised when a gay activist famous for his bawdy sex column and known for his glorification of promiscuity attacks the Bible, ridicules Christian morality, and mocks the Pope in the lewdest of terms? Not at all. Speaking to 3,000 high school students attending a journalism conference in mid-April, Dan Savage strayed from [...]



CENSORSHIP IN LONDON AND MORAL INSANITY IN RHODE ISLAND (By Michael Brown)

Apr 17th, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Culture, Featured Articles, Sexuality & Gender

I would love to take a break from writing about gay-related issues, but it’s hard to keep silent in light of some of the things taking place here in America and in the UK. Consider this brazen case of censorship in London, coming straight from Boris Johnson, the mayor. In 2007, gay activists in England [...]



THE NOT-SO-MASSIVE NON-BELIEVERS RALLY IN DC (By Dr. Michael Brown)

Apr 3rd, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Featured Articles, Lead Article, News

The event was expected to be the “largest gathering of the secular movement in world history,” a “massive rally” that could provide “a sort of ‘Woodstock for Atheists,’ a chance for atheists to show their power in numbers and change their image.” But when pre-rally hype gave way to reality on Saturday, March 24th, on [...]



The Near Extinction of Honor (by Bryan Purtle)

Mar 16th, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Featured Articles, The Kingdom of God

“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect [fear]?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, ‘O priests who despise My name.’ But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’” -Mal. 1.6 [...]



Cosmetic Theology (by David Ravenhill)

Feb 4th, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Culture, Lead Article, Scripture

One of the fastest growing segments of medical science is the increasingly popular trend of cosmetic surgery. Tens of thousands of women, as well as men, are flocking to these gifted surgeons every year to undergo some form of plastic surgery. What began as a means of helping those disfigured by war, fire, or accident, [...]



The Huffington Post, Three Rabbis, and Me (by Dr. Michael Brown)

Jan 27th, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Israel & The Jewish People, Lead Article

I never expected to be in the middle of a public dispute between three Orthodox Jewish rabbis, a dispute that involves the banning of a book about Jesus, and one that is being played out in the Huffington Post. The Post, on its part, chose not to publish my column that corrected some of the [...]



Enter! (by Bryan Purtle)

Jan 9th, 2012 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Featured Articles, Revival & Prayer

“…. go into your inner room, close your door and pray….” -Matt. 6.6a The glory and importance of meeting with God in the secret place has been radically undermined in our day. The powers of darkness know where to concentrate their oppositional forces, and perhaps no area has been more targeted than the area of [...]



The Life-Giving Work of Affliction

Dec 16th, 2011 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Uncategorized

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” -Ps. 34.19 It is a “gospel” of naivete which claims that once a man comes to faith in Christ he will never know affliction. To state the Biblical view clearly, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of [...]



Deviating From the “Thread” of the Knowledge of God

Dec 2nd, 2011 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Uncategorized

“We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” -1 Jn. 4.6 “….even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what [...]



The “Every Morning” Summons

Nov 16th, 2011 | By Bryan Purtle | Category: Uncategorized

“Every morning I will silence all the wicked of the land, so as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.” -Ps. 101.8 There is a remarkable call within this word from King David. He is singing from the authority of a Kingly Throne in Jerusalem, and His governmental [...]