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Shrinking the Margins: The Church and Diversity
This article continues an ongoing exploration of inclusion and widens the biblical worldview lens to consider marginalization based on diversity in ethnicity, race, culture, and values. Continue reading
Faith Formation for Children through Worship During the COVID-19 Crisis
We live in a society that has increasingly separated families according to age groups… Continue reading
Review of Hamilton: How a Hip-Hop Musical About an American Founder Taught Me to Read the Bible Better
Hamilton is a hip-hop musical that follows the life and death of American founder and first treasury secretary of the United States, Alexander Hamilton. When creator Lin Manuel-Miranda shared the first song in the project at a White House poetry jam in 2009, his description, and the main character’s introduction, elicited a round of laughter… Continue reading
Review of Craig Allert, Early Christian Readings of Genesis One, 2018
Allert, Craig D. 2018. Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation. Downers Grove, Il: IVP. ISBN 978-0-8308-5201-7 By Archie J. Spencer, ThD It must be said from the outset that Allert’s, Early Christian Readings of Genesis … Continue reading
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Tagged Archie Spencer, bible on creation, Church Fathers on Genesis 1, craig allert, creationists, dr archie spencer, early Christian readings of Genesis 1, Genesis 1, literal interpretations of Genesis 1 s 1
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The Creator God Versus the Coronavirus
A couple of months ago I was the victim of a random assault. I was innocently playing with my phone and minding my own business when… Continue reading
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Tagged and Genesis, COVID, COVID and Creator, COVID and God, COVID and seminary, jonathan numada, Numada PhD
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Pornography and the Local Church
Arthur Birch, MA Two thousand years ago, the Holy Spirit, speaking through the Apostle Paul, warned believers in Jesus about sexual immorality. Writing to the church in Ephesus, in a letter that would be shared worldwide in coming years, the … Continue reading
The Active Christian in a Post-Covid-19 World: Understanding the Christian-Ecclesial Imperative
The first question to ask in respect to Christian witness in the contemporary context is… Continue reading
Church, Ministry and Heroes in the “Novel” Normal: Reality in Virtual and Actual
Covid-19 is a black hole. Its event horizon threatens to take every experience and assurance of what life used to be like beyond the point of no return… Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Rapske, church and covid-19, church and pandemic
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Mark 13:14 – A Cryptic Prophecy of the Messiah’s Death?
Larry J. Perkins, PhD Generally, current explanations of Mark 13:14 identify the “desolating sacrilege” or “the abomination of desolation” with the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. While certainly the agent of this desolation, the Roman action is not … Continue reading
Competency-Based Theological Education: Origins of the Immerse MDiv at Northwest Baptist Seminary
Ruth McGillivray, MA As seminary enrolment in North America declined through the early 2000s, a small Canadian school, Northwest Baptist Seminary, struggled to survive. Accepting that its conventional model of education was not producing the type of leaders needed by … Continue reading
The Church is Still the Church
As churches adapt to a new reality, let us do so in full consideration of our understanding of the nature and mission of the church… Continue reading
The Pressure of the Weekly Sermon
Why Preach? Sunday’s coming. It doesn’t matter whether you are crazy busy, worn out, discouraged, embroiled in conflict, or sermon-blocked. Sunday’s coming. Continue reading
Moving Beyond Inclusion: The Story of One Family
Stace-Smith, H. & Pudlas, K.A. (2020) In a previous article Pudlas (2019) provided an introduction and overview of the current pedagogic paradigm known as full inclusion and argued that the church, which is the body of Christ here on earth, … Continue reading
Review of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian Humanism, 2018
Zimmermann, Jens. 2018. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christian Humanism. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 9780198832560 By Archie J. Spencer, ThD As a theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stands with a select few significant Protestants, doing their work during a time that some describe … Continue reading
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Review of Speaking Up: Understanding Language and Gender, 2018
Jule, Allyson, 2018. Speaking up: Understanding Language and Gender. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Multilingual Matter. By Mark Naylor, DTh Language is never neutral, never merely description. We reinforce values by what we say, how we say it and even by … Continue reading