Warfare in the Old Testament, by Boyd Seevers
Two weeks ago I was talking to a young twenty something who classified herself as a "skeptic." Our conversation was about Jesus, faith, church, and the Bible. It was really fun and I think we both were enjoying our conversation. At one point in the discussion, she...
Can a passage of the Bible have multiple meanings?
Everyone reads the Bible with some basic assumptions about how the Bible best speaks. For example, these are the types of questions that people are often thinking of: What did this mean when it was written? What did the author intend for this to mean? How have people...
Exegeting Your Way to Being Left Behind…
We are all aware of the fact that within North American Evangelicalism, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins are considered two of the most influential authors on eschatology, the study of end times. This is due to the fact that the series that they co-authored, and the...
How to be a Good Friend…
The church I serve is blessed to have a wonderful lady named Sara White in our community. She put together a great list of eleven characteristics of a good friend that I thought I'd share with you! Here is her list: Loyal - stick by me in any circumstance. Honest -...
The Results of a “Spirit Filling”
Peter Kirk has some helpful comments regarding some technical notes that Mike Aubrey made, all in relation to Ephesians 5. Mike suggests that we understand the participles of Paul's Greek as pointing us to the results of being filled with the Spirit as opposed to...
On the Molt’s Crucicentric Oversimplification
Years ago, when I first started reading the Molt, I started with his infamous The Crucified God. The following quote stood out: "If it is true that the inner criterion of whether or not Christian theology is Christian lies in the crucified Christ, we come back to...
The Types of Sermons in the Book of Acts
When I was in seminary, I had to read Inspired Preaching: A Survey of Preaching Found in the New Testament, written by C. Richard Wells and A. Boyd Luter. It was actually the first graduate course I had that was related to homiletics but was way different than what I...
Planning Lent w/ Logos Bible Software…
Lent starts tomorrow. For most of my life, Lent hasn't been a tradition that I participate in and I've gone back and forth as to whether or not Evangelicals should participate. I've come to the conclusion that participating in Lent can be a really great way to grow in...
How does the Molt think about Jesus and the Kingdom?
I have a lot of academic interest in Christology and the Kingdom of God. Much of the reading I've been doing lately is related to how the two subjects tend to fit together. The Molt has a fascinating statement concerning Jesus and the kingdom: "The kingdom of the Son...
Thoughts on Leaving Your Church…
Jason Isaacs has written a very interesting post on "How to tell your pastor you're leaving the church." Wow, some very transparent and honest thoughts. He has four words of advice: Don’t say, “It’s not personal.” Instead say, “I know this is going to hurt, but…”...
Furthering the Gospel Story through Telling and Hearing
My first experience of doing "evangelism" was when I was around fifteen years old and our youth group traveled to an inner city neighborhood. After some training, we broke up into teams and went door to door to "share our faith." The catch, of course, was that we...
The Most Biblical Form of Government Better Have Some Old Testament!
Kenny has written an interesting post on the most biblical form of church government. I'll be honest. I was very disappointed in it. How could a person suggest a biblical model(s) for church government without mentioning the Old Testament. I'm disappointed, Kenny....
ReCreatable, by Kevin Scott
Since I'm a pastor, I'm deeply interested in being a part of and/or seeing God bring restoration and healing into people's lives. It's a joy to see God's work in this area. If you have an interest in that, I want to recommend that you pick up Kevin Scott's new...
Ray Van Neste on the Frequency of the Lord’s Supper…
Great quote here: "A typical argument against this idea [of the weekly celebration of the Lord's Supper] is, "If we do this so often it will become less meaningful." At first this has the appearance of wisdom; but with just a little pondering the illusion fades. Do we...
The Molt on Science and Faith…
So this week has been full of buzz regarding the relationship between faith/religion and science. For those of you sleeping under a rock, Bill Nye "the Science Guy" and Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis participated in a "debate" about creation (video here). I watched it...
Doing the Raps…
Last year I participated in a project release show with my buddy Michael Rambo. Here is one of the songs I was on: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g90krLFKGdY?list=UUOX379eBbvIQieWZLnSy1QQ&w=560&h=315]
Searching the Molt’s Pneumatology for his Thoughts on Charismata
I've heard through various sources that the Molt has become a Pentecostal. I'm not sure if that's accurate, but I do know that he and Pentecostals have been in dialogue. Since I'm currently in the midst of spending a lot of my academic time focused on studying issues...
Experience is NOT the Big Bad Wolf of Theological Construction
Over the past few months I've observed that Cessationists and Continuationists have essentially dug their heals in. As I've already pointed out, the Strange Fire Conference was a model of what not to do and how not to do polemics. Yet I've also found some of the...
Moltmann on the New Creation…
For today's Fridays with the Molt, I would like to point you to something I stumbled upon. Writing about the Apostle John's Revelation, the Molt writes, "Whom does John see? He sees the infinite, eternal God coming to the finite beings he has created and to this...
Writing Papers Using Logos Bible Software
Last month I started working on a paper for the academic program I'm currently in and I'm very glad I had Logos Bible Software to help me. There are a couple reasons why Logos saved me time and energy and gave me more time to research and read helpful books and...
Apostle of the Last Days, by C. Marvin Pate
Pauline studies has been arguably one of the main focuses of scholarly inquiry for hundreds of years, especially after the Enlightenment. In some circles, it is far and away more important than even Jesus studies (yikes!). Yet in other circles, the Pauline corpus is...
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