Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
My four-part series on this subject got a few comments, which will enable me to expand on some things that obviously weren't clear in the first part. First thing to note: I got no responses from my Pentecostal bretheren on this subject, after the considerable back and forth on this subject here. Sooner or later …
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As a lay person in the pew, I've always thought it would be cool to flash questions, commentary, etc., at the pastor during his (or her) sermon. (At my church, that's possible because there's a screen right in front of the pulpit, but...) Well, near Charleston, SC, one church is trying just that: I’m sure …
I originally published this piece 31 July 2005. I'm putting it up again because a) it's Labour Day weekend, and b) the political season is finally becoming a conscious reality for most Americans. It's a repeated warning about over-reliance on state institutions to advance an agenda of any kind. Since that time the Democrats have …
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This pithy observation from Forward Leadership: Unlike us, when God speaks, He has something to say. My Pastor spoke last Christmas about the 400 years of silence “between” the Old and New Testament. When He finally spoke…WOW! I don’t offer this post as if I always hear God’s voice, never get discouraged, or that you …
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The day after I posted Brian McLaren's Learning How to Love, now this: Hat tip to Stand Firm in Faith for this.
This is a "blast from the past," originally written 20 July 2006 between the Episcopal Church's General Convention in Columbus, OH and the Church of God General Assembly in Indianapolis, IN. I'm reproducing it to make it more accessible; thanks to Jonathan Stone for his interest in this; Jonathan Martin also made a strong statement …
Continue reading "Women in Ministry: Starting Something You Can’t Finish"
I found this entry in Nick Park's blog (also here) very interesting: My thinking about this was sparked by a meeting I attended while in the US recently. The preacher was a fairly young guy (younger then me anyway!) but his preaching was of a style that seemed to belong to an older generation. It …
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Recently, I commented on MissionalCOG that the greatest opportunity for the Church of God was the planting of 1,000 new Hispanic churches. Below is information on this program, in English and Spanish.
On the other hand, Edwards, the greatest Reformed theologian between Calvin and Barth, systematically integrates justification and sanctification, faith and works, election and perseverance, forensic righteousness and mystical participation. This is significant not only for relations between Reformed and Catholic theology, but also for evangelicals and Catholics. Evangelicals have had their own problems putting asunder …
For more than a century, Bible translators have laboured to translate God’s Word into modern English. The Twentieth Century New Testament was the work of a committee of lay people and clergy alike who were products of the same educational system that produced some of the giants of English literature. It was a pioneering effort …
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