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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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Being Human: A Journey of Being & Becoming
“What if being human means being a cosmic émigré – vulnerable, exposed, unsettled, desperate, looking for a home I’ve never been to before?” And then, “What if that someone [the triune God] not only knows where the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged augustine, being human, home, James K. A. Smith, restless, theological anthropology, theology
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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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Recent Podcast Interview: “The Evangelicals”
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Posted in evangelicalism, Theology and Culture
Tagged american, canadian, evangelical, evangelicalism, history, James Robertson, patrick franklin, theology, Tyndale
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Embracing the Life of the Mind as a Person of Faith
One of the things that led me to pursue higher studies in theology (earning a ThM and later a PhD after my MDiv) was a sense of dissatisfaction with the intellectual state of contemporary Christianity in North America. In particular, … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, church, culture, education, evangelicalism, Science and Christian Faith, Theology and Culture, worldview
Tagged christian worldview, faith and science, life of the mind, mark noll, theology
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Science and Atonement Theology: A Response (Part 1)
A friend alerted me to a podcast series he’s doing on science and the atonement (i.e., on how recent scientific knowledge impacts, or ought to impact, traditional theories about the meaning and … Continue reading
Posted in Science and Christian Faith, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged atonement, faith and science, penal substitution, theology
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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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Why Study Theology? A Word from St. Basil the Great
Why Study Theology? Well, I can think of lots of reasons. But here are some words from St. Basil the Great (330-370), Bishop of Caesarea and one of the famous Greek Cappadocian church fathers. “To count the terms used in … Continue reading
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Tagged Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, knowledge, study, theological study, theology, true religion
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What comes first – worship, scripture, or theology?
What comes first, worship, scripture, or theology? Does it depend where one stands in history? Hauerwas writes: “In effect, the worship of the church created Scripture, though once formed Scripture governs the church’s worship” (“God’s New Language”). Theology, then, is … Continue reading
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Tagged hauerwas, liturgy, scripture, theology, vanhoozer, worship
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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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