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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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Great Exposure for My Published Work
I recently learned that two of my publications have been included in the most recent edition of the International Bonhoeffer Society‘s Bonhoeffer Bibliography. A great honour! I am very grateful. Both publications are available (in full text PDF format) on … 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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The God Who Sends is The God Who Loves (new article on Trinity, Mission, and Participation)
I’ve just published an article on the Trinity, Mission, and Participation (or, more specifically: a trinitarian, participatory approach to missional ecclesiology). It developed out of a paper originally given at a Canadian-American Theological Association conference featuring Michal Gorman as keynote … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture, ecclesiology, missional, Publications, published articles, Theology, Theology and Culture
Tagged augustine, ecclesiology, gospel and our culture, missional, missional church, newbigin, participation, participatory, patristics, trinitarian, trinity
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Mission & the Triune God (paper & response, open to the public)
Hey fellow pastors, church leaders, and theological thinkers in the Winnipeg and Steinbach (and broader Hanover) areas. Come on out to Providence tomorrow to stimulate your mind and be refreshed, meet with others, and discuss your thoughts. Perhaps join us … Continue reading
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Tagged augustine, Basil, missio Dei, mission of God, missional, participation, theology of mission, torrance, trinitarian, trinity
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Encouraging words from Carl Braaten about my book
“The theme of this book is that a theologically adequate doctrine of the church presupposes an equally adequate doctrine of the human person. The meaning of being human has a decisive bearing on the meaning of being church. This insight … Continue reading
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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A Masai Creed
I came across this Masai creed today and thought I’d share it. A beautiful example of the universality of the gospel expressed through the particularity of Masai tradition and culture. Here it is: We believe in the one High God, … Continue reading
Posted in gospel, hermeneutics, The Bible, Theology and Culture
Tagged confession, contextual, creed, gospel, incarnational, masai, missional, theological interpretation, translation
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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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Participation in God’s Mission conference
On March 19, I will be giving a paper at a theology conference at Northeastern Seminary (the event is co-sponsored by Northeastern and the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association). The keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Gorman and the theme is participation … Continue reading
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Tagged augustine, bonhoeffer, ecclesiology, God's love, grenz, missio Dei, missional, missional church, newbigin, pannenberg, participation, torrance, trinity
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