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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
“Quadrilateraling” in the Vineyard: Creating & Maintaining the Wesleyan Quadrilateral as a Valuable Aspect of Discipleship within the Space of the Local Church.
Below is a copy of the paper I presented at the 2018 Society of Vineyard Scholars' annual meeting at Asbury Theological Seminary. In what follows, I attempt to explore the relationship of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral with our Vineyard DNA, building on Thomas Lyons’...
3 Ways to Get More Invitations in Your Church
Let’s be clear, inviting someone to church isn’t necessarily the same thing as sharing the gospel with them. And attending a church does not equate to having a transformative relationship with Jesus. There are plenty of people who attend churches all over the world...
Reading Scripture: Informational Versus Transformational?
I'm reading a fascinating book recommended to me by my good friend Thomas Lyons titled Wesley, Wesleyans, and Reading Bible as Scripture, edited by Joel B. Green and David F. Watson. It's of interest due to some of the similar challenges that we are facing in the...
Happy Women’s Day: 6 Books You Need to Read
Continuing my tradition of writing something in honor of International Women's Day, I'd like to suggest six important books written by women addressing issues related to women within the Church: Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle's Vision for Men and Women in...
The Rhetoric of Love in a Tone Deaf World
Communication in today’s world can be pretty challenging. We are overloaded with so many communication channels, whether it's print media, social media, or face to face conversation. The art of "discussion" has increasingly become frustrating because often people...
The Sacramental Nature of the Church
If a sacrament is a means of grace, or to improve upon an Augustinian idea, a visible sign of both invisible and visible grace, how might the church be sacramental? This is a question I have long been wrestling with and the suggestion I made in my dissertation was...
Nitpicking the #NashvilleStatement (while not being “liberal” or “progressive”)
The hot button discussion in American Evangelicalism this week is the recently released "Nashville Statement". This is an attempt by some Reformed Evangelicals to clarify their views on sexuality; the statement has raised a fair amount of agreement and a fair amount...
“Traditioning” in the Vineyard: A Pastoral Value for Sacramentality.
Below is a copy of the paper I presented at the 2017 Society of Vineyard Scholars' annual gathering (PDF can be found here). I essentially argue that sacramentality is essential for Vineyard theology and praxis, especially the regular celebration of Communion....
Jesus Didn’t Seem to Preach Many Expository Sermons!
I have a huge interest in homiletics, the art of preparing and delivering sermons. I've read dozens of books on the subject, written a lot on it, and trained a lot of preachers in the past decade, not to mention having taken a number of courses in my undergrad and...
