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“In the Beginning . . .”
Genesis 1-3, the Trinity, and Community! A podcast episode on which I was a panelist recently. Link: https://www.theodidaktos.ca/the-armchair-anabaptist/in-the-beginning
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Tagged bonhoeffer, church, community, ecclesiology, Genesis, theology, trinity
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New Mini-Course: Why Church? (Starts Wed. March 6)
I will be offering a new online mini-course, beginning on Wednesday March 6 (7:30 – 8:45 p.m.) and running for 6 weeks. The course title is “Why Church?” We will be exploring how the nature of the church, as depicted in Scripture, should inform and inspire how we do church together. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, biblical ecclesiology, Canada, Christianity, church, church-planting, community, ecclesiology, Jesus, life together, mini-course, mission, missional
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Our Mission to Colombia: Post #2: Our First Day of Ministry
On Saturday, January 13, most of our team travelled (in one large van/bus + three cars) to visit a church and participate together in our first day of ministry. We would be training and equipping the church and then going … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 circles, Bibel study, Christianity, church, evangelism, gospel, healing, ministry, mission, outreach, theology
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What Difference Does the Resurrection of Jesus Make?
Christian belief in the resurrection is misunderstood and misguided if taken to imply a kind of escapist pipedream optimism, which distracts us for a short time (maybe while in church) from the troubles, challenges, and sufferings we face in the … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Theology and Culture
Tagged church, Discipleship, Easter, eschatology, Jesus, new creation, Resurrection, Sign and foretaste
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Wilberforce on the Dangers of Wealth and Privilege to Genuine Christianity
I’ve been reading William Wilberforce’s book Real Christianity and have found it to be inspiring and instructive in many ways. I read this bit this morning, and was both encouraged and challenged: encouraged by the truth, beauty, and redemptive impact … Continue reading
Why Church: The New Humanity
Why Church: Part 1. THE NEW HUMANITY https://www.wesleyacres.com/messages2019 Settle in and have a listen.
Posted in christology, church, culture, ecclesiology, emerging church, evangelicalism, faith, gospel, hermeneutics, missional, organized religion, preaching, religion, Sermons, Spirituality, teaching / lecturing, Theology, Theology and Culture
Tagged being human, bonhoeffer, church, ecclesiology, evangelicalism, incarnational, missional, theology, trinity
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A Thoughtful Review of my Book
Thanks to Brent Rempel (PhD student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) for his thoughtful, charitable, and constructive review of my book! You can read the review HERE.
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Tagged being human, church, ecclesiology, ethics, personhood, soteriology, theological anthropology, trinitarian
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My “Prov Talk”: Being Human, Being Church
Here is my recent “Prov Talk” on Being Human, Being Church (click the link below):
Posted in church, missional, Theology and Culture
Tagged anthropology, being human, church, ecclesiology, incarnational, missional, Prov Talks
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Available Next Week!
“This book calls exactly for what evangelicalism needs in order to reinvent itself: a return to the incarnation as the foundation for a robust ecclesiology based on a Christ-centered anthropology. It is my belief that Christianity will regain its experiential and … Continue reading
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Tagged being church, being human, bonhoeffer, church, ecclesiology, incarnational, james peterson, jens zimmermann, missional, theological anthropology, theology, trinitarian
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Women in the Church: Part 1
Women in the Church: Why I am an Egalitarian Part 1: Serving with Gifted Women in the Church Some time ago, a mother shared with me a story about how her daughter courageously shared the gospel with her friends at … Continue reading
Posted in hermeneutics, The Bible, Theology, Women in Ministry
Tagged church, complementarianism, egalitarianism, gender, women in ministry
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