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Review Essay: Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema, Biology, Religion, and Philosophy, 2021
Review Essay: Biology, Religion, and Philosophy: An Introduction, Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema, Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN 9781107667846 By Howard G. Andersen, PhD Introduction Cambridge University Press is to be commended for initiating a series of book publications … Continue reading
Review of Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of the Apostle Paul’s Model, 2022
Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of the Apostle Paul’s Model. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2022. ISBN 9781666731989 (paperback); 9781666725162 (hardcover). By Jeehoon Kim, PhD Written by Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics is … Continue reading
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Tagged church fathers apologetics, cultural apologetics, cultural contextualization, Jehoon Kim, Matt Lee, Paul's apologetics, types of apologetics
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Review of Grant Macaskill, Autism and the Church, Bible, Theology, and Community, 2019
Macaskill, Grant. Autism and the Church, Bible, Theology, and Community. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781481311250 By Laurel Archer, MA, MASF The pervasive incidence of Autism in the world should perhaps be enough for churches to formalize a … Continue reading
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Tagged autism and Bible, autism and church, autism families, church and autism, grant macaskill, hermeneutic of autism, inclusive church, laurel archer
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Review of Mother of Modern Evangelicalism: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears, 2020
Migliazzo, Arlin C. Mother of Modern Evangelicalism: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020. 278 pp. ISBN 978-0-8028-7792-5 By Elsie Froment, PhD The fundamentalism of the early twentieth century was theologically … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian education, Christian education history, Elsie Froment, evangelicalism, female church leaders, fundamentalism, Henrietta Mears, rebranding fundamentalism, Woman church leaders
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Jeehoon Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Korean Language Programs, Network Manager for Korean BA in Christian Leadership, Northwest Baptist Seminary, Langley, BC Research Interests Hebrew poetry, Psalms, Wisdom literature, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Intertextuality, Canonical Approach, Narrative Approach, History of Interpretation Publications … Continue reading
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The Return to Normal – What Does It Mean?
At the start of the pandemic, I read… Continue reading
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Tagged church returning to normal, covid vulnerable, Elsie Froment, inclusion of disabled
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Review of Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body, 2021
Brock, Brian, 2021. Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, ISBN9781540964212 By Estera Boldut, MAMFT, RSW, PsyD After I moved to Canada, I worked as a support worker for people with developmental disabilities for … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Brock, churches and disability, diversity of Christ's body, Estera Boldut, Jesus and disability, theology of diversity
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Review of Money Matters: Faith, Life and Wealth, 2021
R. Paul Stevens and Clive Lim. Money Matters: Faith, Life and Wealth. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2021. ISBN 978-08028-7751-2 by Ron J. Sing, BA Economics Money matters. As Christ-followers, the way we honour God with the use of money and … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive Lim, money and capitalism, money and spirituality, Money Matters, Paul Stevens, Ron J. Sing, stewardship of money, theology of money
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Review of Wisdom From Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age, 2020
Smith, Gordon T. Wisdom From Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020. By Mike Mawhorter, DMN The Church in North America is undergoing a seismic shift. Christianity has enjoyed a privileged place … Continue reading
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Tagged church leadership in secular age, faith in a secular country, learning about liturgy, Mike Mawhorter, teaching by catechism
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Review of Bruce K. Waltke and Ian D.V. De Silva, Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary, 2021
Bruce K. Waltke and Ivan D. V. De Silva. Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. Pp. 528, Paperback, $38.00, ISBN 9780802875037. By Paul S. Evans, PhD This commentary is a condensed version of Bruce Waltke’s magisterial two-volume commentary … Continue reading
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Tagged conflicting proverbs, hermeneutical approach to Proverbs, Paul S. Evans, Proverbs, Proverbs and teaching Jesus, Waltke and De Silva, Woman Wisdom
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Formation, Education, and the Always-On, Always-On You Smartphone
By Rob Rhea, PhD Introduction Smartphones are everywhere, can do everything, and are reshaping the ways people relate to one another. Making an actual phone call is almost passé. In Sherry Turkle, in her insightful book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power … Continue reading
More But Not Less Than a Corporation: What Large Church Staff Leadership Can Learn from the Corporate World
By Jeremy Johnson, MA, ThM cand. As smaller churches grow into larger churches[1] they face different challenges than they did earlier in their evolution. One of these challenges is the size of staff these churches must employ. There has been … Continue reading
The Undivided Body: An Ecclesial Response to Surveillance Technologies and Practices
By Michael Morelli, PhD Obvious, ubiquitous, and important realities The late novelist David Foster Wallace opened the only graduation commencement speech he ever delivered with the following story. Two young fish pass an older fish who says, “Morning, boys. How’s … Continue reading
“Image of God” Theology in the New Testament and its Implications for Church Leadership
By Larry J. Perkins, PhD What is a human being? Christianity and its foundational texts offer a coherent response to the question within the framework of a Christian worldview. Christianity claims in its creeds that its answers to such questions … Continue reading