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Review of Bioethics: A Primer for Christians, 2020
Mailaender surveys the debates concerning procreation versus reproduction, abortion, genetic advance, prenatal screening, suicide and euthanasia, refusing treatment, issues of conscience and decision, organ donation, human experimentation, embryo procurement and use, and, finally, sickness and health. Continue reading
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Are Pastors Essential Workers?
The Covid19 pandemic…I’m sure you are as weary of it all as I am. I look back on the year and my role as a pastor and think it is a fair question to ask, “are pastors and church staff members essential workers?” Continue reading
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NBS research is posted according to the following guidelines. All relevant books. Articles, reviews, presentations, etc., of the past ten years. Heavily cited publications of any date.
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Toward Structurally Inviting and Inclusive Churches
Kenneth A. Pudlas, EdD Seminarians and others preparing for vocational ministry, whose calling is to minister to the Body of Christ on earth in some capacity, must bring into confluence their head, hand, and heart if they are to be … Continue reading
Review of Exiles on Mission, 2020
Paul S. Williams, 2020. Exiles On Mission: How Christians Can Thrive in a Post-Christian World. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press. ISBN: 9781587434358. By Brian M. Rapske, PhD Paul S. Williams has written Exiles On Mission out of a thoughtful personal pilgrimage. … Continue reading
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Preparing a Proposal
Elsie Froment, PhD Introduction This article provides basic guidance on preparing a proposal for a new way of doing things in ministry settings. Perhaps the leadership team desires to bring a facility renovation forward. Perhaps a ministry leader would like … Continue reading
Evangelism and “Nones and Dones” in Canada
Joel Thiessen, PhD Introduction The fastest growing “religious” group in Canada include those who say they have no religion, or what sociologists of religion call “religious nones.” Approximately one-quarter of Canadian adults and one-third of Canadian teens do not identify … Continue reading
Review of Quentin Schultze, Communicating with Grace and Virtue, 2020
Schultz, Quentin J., 2020. Communicating with Grace and Virtue: Learning to Listen, Speak, Text, and Interact as a Christian. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 9781540961273 By Bill Strom, PhD Scholar professor Quentin (Quin) Schultze provides readers with a brief … Continue reading
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Review of Kiara Jorgenson and Alan G. Padgett, Ecotheology: A Christian Conversation, 2020
Jorgenson, Kiara, and Alan G. Padgett, eds. 2020. Ecotheology A Christian Conversation. Chicago: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-7441-2 By William Badke, MTh, MLS Evangelicalism has long had a dubious relationship with environmental movements. Environmentalism, according to many evangelicals, takes emphasis away from … Continue reading
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Discerning “The Spirit” in Mark 2:8; 8:12 and 14:38
This paper makes the argument that the writer of Mark’s Gospel always references the Holy Spirit or “unclean spirit/s” when he uses the term πνεῦμα. Continue reading
“Leaders and Followers” in the Church
Whereas in the 1960s and 1970s great effort was made to dispel the myth of the clergy-laity distinction within the church, we have resurrected it in a new guise… Continue reading
Apologetics
Compiled by Paul Chamberlain, PhD Ahmad, Esther & Borlase, Craig. Defying Jihad: The Dramatic True Story of a Woman Who Volunteered to Kill Infidels—And Then Faced Death for Becoming One. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2019. This gripping story … Continue reading
The Intentionally Intercultural Church: A Place for All Peoples
The purpose of this paper is to examine Jesus’ mission for the church and argue that an intentionally intercultural ideology will make churches within diverse communities safe places for people of any racial or ethnic background. Continue reading
“Drinking It New in the Kingdom of God” (Mark 14:25) – An Assertion of Ownership?
The reference to drinking “the produce of the vine” in Mark 14:25 usually is seen as a reference to the eschatological banquet motif. In this article the argument is made that the Markan narrative does not refer to the eschatological banquet motif… Continue reading
Adaptive Versus Strategic Planning: Planning for Results
The process of ministry planning has become a key part of most leadership boards or staffs. It is either implicitly or explicitly expected that most high-level leaders will be able to point to a well thought through strategic plan in order to explain the actions they are taking or the outcomes they are pursuing. This article suggests that it is time for a change… Continue reading