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Check out the latest articles and videos I’ve shared… but be warned, this is the acumilation of nearly a decade of work, and I’ve changed my thoughts on a lot of things, so don’t hold me to anything that I don’t agree with 🙂Â
On Integrating Doctrine and Life
Integrating theology and praxis, doctrine and life, seems difficult for many people. Michael Horton says, “… when it comes to God, people often imagine that it is possible to have a personal relationship with God apart from theology.” Let’s discuss this issue…
Moltmann’s Historic PreMillennialism…
Jürgen Moltmann (b. 1926) is “without a doubt one of the three or four most widely read and influential of twentieth-century- and early-twenty-first-century theologians" (Thiselton). I recently wrote a paper that ended up exploring a bit of his eschatological...
A Commentary on Judges and Ruth, by Robert B. Chisholm Jr.
About a year ago I did a sermon on Ruth and several of the stories in Judges (Gideon A and Gideon B). When I was preparing for those sermons, I found that I do not own as many commentaries on these two books of the Bible as I do others (don't get me started on how...
Characteristics of the Come & Coming Kingdom
Craig Blaising writes: "The theology of Luke-Acts teaches that when Jesus ascended into heaven, he was enthroned with kingdom authority.64 Paul teaches that Jesus is presently seated at the right hand of God with all things in subjection under his feet (Eph. 1:19-23;...
The Molt on the Cross
It's Good Friday... and Sunday is coming. I've long somewhat "struggled" with Good Friday because I've observed that many of our services tend to imply that we should pretend that the Resurrection hasn't happened. And I get it. We're trying to make much of the cross...
Small Town Missiological Contextualization…
For those of you interested in small town missional theology, I've written a piece for Multiply Vineyard called "Small Town Missiology: Contextualization & Outreach." Feel free to head over there and read it. I'm convinced that we need to spend a lot more time...
Are you Pentecostal or (p)entecostal?
Dr. Allan Anderson writes, "Pentecostalism is above all else a missionary movement— this premise enables us to understand the primary motivation for its global expansion throughout the twentieth century. Global Pentecostalism began as a restorationist or...
A Biblical, Theological, & Practical Response: Why I think Ken Wilson is wrong (part 2)
Last week I published my first review of Ken Wilson's A Letter to My Congregation (ALTMC). I wanted to start the review by offering my initial thoughts and a few observations that I appreciated about Ken's book, along with a few of the issues I found/find most...
Live Blogging #SVS2014 (day 3)
Had a late night, so running a little late today. Make sure to follow the twitter hashtag #SVS2014 to stay up on people's thoughts ****************** 10:03am... the infamous young Thomas Creedy is presenting a paper on theological anthropology. Yes, Thomas is building...
