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Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Program Manager, CBTE Research Interests To continue to broaden my understanding of Ancient Near Eastern contexts through an investigation into primary and secondary sources, to contribute to both the academic and faith-based worlds. Publications Books … Continue reading
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Bible Buttons: Canadian Evangelical Attempts at Unity and Influence at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century [Article] [PDF] Overture: The Qualities and Concerns of a Worship Leader [Article] [PDF] Helping Youth with Anxiety [Article] [PDF] Spiritual Learning Challenges Related to … Continue reading
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New Book: Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word: a New Essay by Jacques Ellul and Five Critical Engagements, 2023
Desert, Wilderness, Wasteland, and Word features an English translation of a recently discovered and until-now unpublished essay of Jacques Ellul’s that examines the significance of the desert from biblical, theological, and ethical perspectives. Continue reading
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Competency Based Theological Education for Intercultural Contexts: A Cooperative Model Between Academy, Assembly, and Agency
By Mark Naylor, DTh Abstract Northwest Baptist Seminary has pioneered a model of Competency Based Theological Education (CBTE) that emerged from the integration of church ministry (assembly) and theological education (academy) resulting in an innovative and ATS fully accredited MDiv … Continue reading
Review of Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith, 2021
Sillimon, Daniel, Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith. Grand Rapids: Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. ISBN 9780802879356 By Elsie Froment, PhD What tied together the identity of American evangelicalism in the latter half of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian bookstore, cultural evangelical identity, Daniel Sillimon, Elsie Froment Northwest, evangelical identity, evangelical publishing, Oke Love Comes Softly, Peretti This Present Darkness, Tim LaHaye Left Behind, what evangelicals read, Young The Shack
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Review of Reading Theology Wisely: A Practical Introduction, 2022
Eilers, Kent. Reading Theology Wisely: A Practical Introduction. Art by Chris Koelle. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022. Pp. 217. ISBN 9780802881786 By Jonathan Numada, PhD Kent Eilers, Professor of Theology at Huntington University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has written an accessible … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Koelle, communication and theology, culture and theology, experience and theology, jonathan numada, Kent Eilers, reading theology wisely, reason and theology, scripture and theology, theological discernment, theological perspectives, tradition and theology
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What is the status of the church and what does the future look like?
What is the status of the church a few months into 2023? It is broken… Continue reading
Overture: The Qualities and Concerns of a Worship Leader
By Vernon Charter, DWS, and Mark Jonah, DWS This article explores the ministry of worship leaders in Canadian evangelical churches. While some churches have worship pastors, many churches in our country cannot afford to hire trained ministers of worship; but … Continue reading
Spiritual Learning Challenges Related to Hearing: Are You Also a Special Needs Christian?
By Kenneth A. Pudlas, EdD 14 And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You shall keep on listening, but shall not understand; And you shall keep on looking, but shall not perceive; 15 For the heart of this people has … Continue reading
Bible Buttons: Canadian Evangelical Attempts at Unity and Influence at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
By James Tyler Robertson, PhD Introduction The years 1899-1902 are an in-between time in Canadian religious history worth considering. This was a time of nation building under the moniker of Canada as a “Dominion” — a purposefully biblical term introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Criticism Canada, Canadian Evangelicals Late 19th Century, Church Social Activism Canada, Darwinism Canada, Evangelical Influence in Canada, Evangelicals and Catholics Canada, History Canadian Evangelicals, James Tyler Robertson, James Tyler Robertson Tyndale, Rairoad and Social Care Canada
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Review of Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church, 2022
Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. ISBN 978-0-8028-8174-8 By Joshua Coutts, PhD This is a well-organized, accessible, informative introduction to the Bible in the early Church. Historian Justo L. González has compacted a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible in Early Church, early biblical interpretation, history of Bible, how Bible used by early Christians, Joshua Coutts, Joshua Coutts Providence, Justo Gonzales
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Helping Youth with Anxiety
By Todd Dutka, MA, RCC Introduction Today, whether consciously or unconsciously, many people feel a persistent sense that they are in some or many ways unprepared for what is coming their way, overwhelmed by the real or perceived demands placed … Continue reading
Gospel Literacy, Evangelism, and the Average Believers
By Larry J. Perkins, PhD This paper evaluates claims made by Timothy Keller (Center Church) regarding the role of every believer as ‘evangelist.’ Early Church leaders focused upon developing ‘gospel literacy’ among Jesus followers so that they understood the content … Continue reading
COVID and Harmony in the Church
Over the past three years, the pandemic has impacted our churches in a variety of ways. One of the saddest has been the tension created in some churches because of different views people have had on how the church should respond to the pandemic. Continue reading