Category Archives: theology
Admitting we don’t know
by Kara Martin May 10th, 2012 The God I Don’t Understand, Christopher JH Wright. Christopher Wright is a great Old Testament scholar. His work on Old Testament ethics for the people of God has been foundational in my understanding of the … Continue reading
Filed under Bible, Discipleship, Evangelism, theology, Uncategorized
Why ‘Welcoming The Stranger’?
Why ‘Welcoming the Stranger’? We need everyone’s help promoting our “Welcoming the Stranger” event on 4/27 and so we wanted to give you a list of a few reasons why we think this event is so important and exciting for evangelical churches … Continue reading
Jeremy Begbie: What can we learn about the gospel from music?
The important question when engaging culture is not, “Do I like this?” but rather, “What’s going on here?” said Jeremy Begbie, the Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology and director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts at Duke Divinity … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Music, The Holy Spirit, theology
Resources for Exploring the Anglican Tradition
Here is an annotated bibliography for those interested in learning more about the spirituality, beliefs, and history of the Anglican tradition (descriptions are from the publishers). Of course, this is not an exhaustive list, but a place to start in … Continue reading
Filed under Anglicanism, Church Calendar, Church History, Discipleship, theology, Worship
All Souls: the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed
In the New Testament, “saints” are all the baptized, the entire membership of the Body of Christ, and in the Collect for All Saints’ Day the word “elect” is used in a similar sense. But from early times, the word … Continue reading
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Facebook Makes Us Miserable by Tim Challies
Facebook Makes Us Miserable Tim Challies 03/14/11 Just about everyone has joined Facebook. And just about everyone has since considered giving it up. There are all kinds of studies today telling us how much time Facebook is sucking—700 billion minutesbetween … Continue reading
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What is the Relationship Between Social Justice and Kingdom Work?
Social justice apart from the church not ‘kingdom work,’ author says By Terry Goodrich Thursday, October 20, 2011 WACO, Texas (ABP) — A rising generation of Christians intent on working for social justice must not confuse that effort with “kingdom … Continue reading
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To love, To hope – a post by Rev. Brad Acton
To Love, To Hope Last night a group of high school students from my church discussed Paul’s disposition towards death in his letter to the Philippians, particularly in verses 19-30 of the first chapter. This theme of the Christian response … Continue reading
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Sacraments and Creation
In the last blog post I introduced a concept called “the sacramental worldview.” For the sake of our discussion the “sacramental worldview” or “sacramental understanding of reality” refers to the Church’s body of biblically based doctrines and practices that views … Continue reading
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