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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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Tagged alan padgett, bill badke, earth care, katherine hayhoe, Kiara jorgenson, theology of ecology, theology of environment
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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
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
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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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
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
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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