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Recent Posts – Spring 2026

Articles New Testament Greek Terms and Mark’s Gospel: Hermeneutical Inquiries (Reprint)[Article] [PDF] Navigating the Narratives through Rabbit Warrens: Identifying and Responding to the Ideologies of the Time [Article] [PDF] Creativity and Narrativity: The Role of Story in Preaching [Article] [PDF] … Continue reading

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Great to Good: How Following Jesus Reshapes Our Ambitions, 2024

Jae Hoon Lee. Great to Good: How Following Jesus Reshapes Our Ambitions. Lisle, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2024. 179 Pages ISBN 978-1-5140-1065-5 By Byungsuk Kim, DMin Reviewing Rev. Jae Hoon Lee’s Great to Good brings a sense of deep personal joy … Continue reading

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Creativity and Narrativity: The Role of Story in Preaching

By Blayne Banting, DMin, PhD Most preachers have encountered the experience in which members remark about the most memorable part of the sermon, and it was not what they expected. It was not the hard-won exegetical insight garnered by studious … Continue reading

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Review of People of the Screen: How Evangelicals Created the Digital Bible and How It Shapes Their Reading of Scripture, 2023

Dyer, John. People of the Screen: How Evangelicals Created the Digital Bible and How It Shapes Their Reading of Scripture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. 259 pp. ISBN 9780197636350. By Kajle Radbourne, MDiv A theologian by training and a web … Continue reading

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Navigating the Narratives through Rabbit Warrens: Identifying and Responding to the Ideologies of the Time

By Mark Naylor, DTh Introduction: Spirits of the Age In every era and society, ideologies, philosophies, and narratives—what Peter L. Berger (1967, 45) calls “plausibility structures,” and Charles Taylor (2007, 171) refers to as “the social imaginary”—shape and guide people’s … Continue reading

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New Testament Greek Terms and Mark’s Gospel: Hermeneutical Inquiries (Reprinted from Fall 2019)

Larry J. Perkins, PhD Hermeneutics is all about meaning. Bible expositors attempt to understand and explain how language works, orally and textually, and especially how it communicates meaning. Precise discernment of meaning arises from a comprehensive knowledge of a language’s[1] … Continue reading

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People with Disabilities included into the Body of Christ

By Monica Gartner This paper includes lived experience along with academic references to illustrate that churches need to include people with disabilities in the body of Christ. People with disabilities are essential and a gifted part of the church community, … Continue reading

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Review of Life Together: Disability and Belonging in the Church, 2023

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (Author). Life together: Disability and belonging in the church. Available: https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/ Resources/Documents/Life-Together-Disability-and-Belonging-in-the-Church By K.A. Pudlas, Professor Emeritus, Trinity Western University I have contributed to the NIMER Journal on the topic of diversity and special needs (see: … Continue reading

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The Global Health Crisis of Loneliness and The Church’s Response

By Anne Mackie Morelli, BPP, MA, RCC Traditionally the church has been perceived to be a place of belonging and rich community. More recently, there are indications that this view does not match every person’s church experience. There is increasing … Continue reading

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Jazz and Moral Epistemology: A Very Belated Response to Sharon Welch

By Bradley K. Broadhead, PhD It is no secret that political divisions in the Western world are widening. Each side demonizes the other while portraying itself as morally upright, or at least superior to the other. Issues such as minority … Continue reading

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The Difference the Presence of Jesus Makes

By Wes Linde, MACS There is a visible difference for Christians who consider how they are the visible presence of Jesus in their communities. Since the beginning of the Christian church, Christians have wrestled with deciding how a church can … Continue reading

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Living in Perpetual ‘Sabbath’

By Larry Perkins, PhD In the last three decades, increased interest in the nature and practice of spiritual disciplines among evangelical Christians has encouraged theologians of spirituality and spiritual mentors to devote more attention to Sabbath practices as a ‘spiritual … Continue reading

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Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul’s Greatest Letter, 2023

Wright, N.T. Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul’s Greatest Letter. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2023. Pp. xvi + 232. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780310157823. By Isaiah Allen, PhD Into the Heart of Romans by N.T. Wright is an … Continue reading

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Review Essay: From Jesus to the World’s Biggest Religion: Recovering Pre-Constantinian Christianity, 2024

Review Essay of Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church.[1] Stephen O. Presley, Grand Rapids MI: Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company, 2024. 230 pages ISBN 9780802878540[i] By Howard G. Andersen, PhD Introduction Christianity stands today at a decisive … Continue reading

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The Worship Target: Growing Gracious and Holy Affections Through Congregational Worship, 2024

Newbold, Bradley D. The Worship Target: Growing Gracious and Holy Affections Through Congregational Worship. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2024. 170 pages. ISBN 9798385231591 By Melissa Davis, DMA Bradley Newbold’s book, The Worship Target: Growing Gracious and Holy Affections Through … Continue reading

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