Scot McKnight on Women in Ministry
I’ll be eagerly awaiting the inexpensive ebook of his lecture at Fuller. The summary is interesting.
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Last Day for Victim No More! Giveaway
My company, Energion Publications is giving away a free copy of Shauna Hyde’s book Victim No More! through our Facebook page. All you have to do is comment on one of the threads related to the book there. This giveaway is related to Domestic Violence Awareness Month which ends tomorrow. Any comments on our Facebook…
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Another Gutted Reading – Psalm 89
I’m looking at the readings for Proper 25A, and again I notice a large chunk of the Psalm removed from the reading, Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17, so 7-12 is left out. Now sometimes I see good reason for taking part of a Psalm, because one does need to keep the readings reasonable in length. As it…
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Brannon Howse and Justin Peters Dissing Visions
The following video comes from Worldview Weekend, and is a conversation between Brannon Howse and Justin Peters. What’s interesting about this post is that pretty much every accusation they make against modern people who claim visions of or visits to heaven could be made against various Bible writers. In fact, they run into this difficulty…
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Revelation Requires Interaction
In my book When People Speak for God I used the story of the one-ended telephone cord. Edward Vick makes the same point in much more profound language than I used. But even should someone intend to make known to me what I would otherwise never come to discover by myself, I shall not in…
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Connectionalism and Dysfunctional Churches
I have made a few negative comments about conference dashboards keeping statistics on membership, apportionments, and other activities available to anyone who wants to read. I continue to question whether these numbers really tell the story of the health of the churches. There are, I believe, some very large and growing churches that have little…
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Revelation and a System of Doctrine
I really enjoy the last few days of work on a pending book release, because I include an opportunity to read the final form of the book at a more reasonable pace and without the constant distraction of working on editorial changes. Well, I should confess that I’m also always going crazy with production issues,…
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This Headline Says It All
Tithing Hits Record Low; Churches Spend More to Make Congregants Happy. While I don’t believe tithing is a command binding on Christians, my problem is not that it would demand too much, but rather that it demands too little, does so in the wrong way, and for the wrong reasons. But that’s another topic. And…
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To the IRD: Democracy is Biblical?
Mark Tooley of the Institute for Religion and Democracy thinks that religious leaders should not be supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement: “Religious activists who have aligned with the Wall Street Occupation should model mature Christian discernment, not echo angry resentments that dream of a secular utopia.” That quote is highlighted at the top of…
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Minutemen – Follow the Oil Tour
Get your own signed copy of Nick May’s new book Minutemen during his “Follow the Oil” tour.