When Jesus healed the sick, he didn’t ask for a deductible.
When he fed the hungry, he didn’t price gouge for a profit.
When the Hebrew prophets saw corruption, they spoke truth to power.
When I take on this corrupt system, I’m doing it on biblical grounds.
Studying church history is more than an academic pursuit. It should help form us as Christians. Some thoughts on how learning from the past helps us walk the Christian life.
https://t.co/4cHjSMKfRk
In this second part of my two-part review, I discuss Barr's commendable archival work and show how her preoccupation with complementarianism crowds out the history her thesis needs.
https://t.co/egTE3n7sUp
Barr aptly critiques modern expectations placed on pastors' wives, but her historical case rests on weak foundations. Part one of a two-part review essay.
https://t.co/xEAhfFXD1Q
Stephen Eccher’s pastoral biography is a well rounded and sobering treatment of Zwingli. My review raises the question: where is the Holy Spirit?
https://t.co/1dWvuiiz01
@racheljwelcher 1. Why have Pentecostal traditions remained politically and theologically conservative despite moderate and liberal views on women in ministry?
2. Those invested in the women in ministry debates
3. I’m writing a dissertation directly related to this topic
How should Christians approach storytelling in response to a subjective moral framework? The way Tolkien did: by grounding stories in an objective understanding of good and evil.
https://t.co/5gqy0n9XP1
"Readers bought the books without filling the pews."
New essay on John Shelby Spong—the Episcopal bishop who unraveled his church's doctrine while his diocese collapsed. And on what liberal theology cannot build for itself.
https://t.co/OQVdyrfBFT
While writing my dissertation, I engaged with Joel 2 and Acts 2 quite frequently. Since this text has been utilized to defend women pastors, I have developed a response you can read below:
https://t.co/9UsNYUQqgN
Yesterday, we celebrated the unveiling of David S. Dockery's presidential portrait in the B.H. Carroll Memorial Building Rotunda.
What a wonderful way to celebrate this Founder's Day!
@MusingsOnChrist This is probably true for your average non-churchgoing so-called evangelical, but I have not observed this with those with whom I regularly commune within the local church.