Defending Your Field of Lentils

"He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own; and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known." In 1993 Joe Norvell was searching for what it meant to pursue the presence of God. What he found stayed with him.

Without application doctrines can become mere philosophies, but without doctrine applications often becomes purposeless. From his unique standpoint as an IBLP alumnus and a pastor, Joe Norvell tries to bring clarity to the way doctrines and principles work together.

Pastor Joe Norvell guides young believers in evaluating what may cause them to sell out to the world rather than being completely sold out to God. He addresses the influence of right and wrong desires. What keeps you from having a perfect heart toward God?

Very few have come to Christ only by reading the Bible. For most, God used other people, such as our parents or a pastor, to help us to understand the Bible and to trust what it says about salvation.