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Life and Ethics

God at Work in Our Baptism

27 Nov 2019
Baptism is one of the central practices of the Christian life.  With the Lord’s Supper, it is one of two sacraments (“oath, sign, or symbol”) that our Lord himself instituted,…
Life and Ethics

Sunken Sailboats and a Sufficient Savior

23 Nov 2019
If you’re captaining a sailboat which capsizes and you’re subsequently thrown into the water, die, and sink to the bottom of the sea, it is better to hear “It is…
Life and Ethics

Line-by-Line, Verse-by-Verse

16 Sep 201910 Sep 2019
Here's one reason why all pastors and preachers should preach through the Bible exegetically, or line-by-line: When Paul is writing to the elders of the church in Ephesus, he says,…
Life and Ethics

Five Tips for Reading Theology

29 Aug 201927 Aug 2019
One goal of reading theology is to become more and more familiar with the various "conversations" that are happening in the Christian world, so that we might have a deeper…
Life and Ethics

Where I’ve Been and Where I’m Going

27 Aug 201927 Aug 2019
Hi friends! It's been almost a month since I've published something here, and I wanted to give you all a quick explanation about that as well as a quick update…
Life and Ethics

Ramblings on the (Trinitarian) Speech of God

16 Nov 201822 Nov 2018
1.  Does God Speak Today? Does God speak today?  Or is He silent?  And if God speaks, how do we know it's Him?  How does He even speak to us?  Does…
Life and Ethics

Liberals in Evangelical Clothes

20 Oct 201819 Dec 2018
1.  "Evangelical Liberalism" Most evangelicals, despite having conservative views in almost every other area of life, are actually liberal in their theology, or at least in the way they go…
Life and Ethics

Self-Worth Won’t Satisfy Your Soul

7 May 201811 Jul 2018
1.  Self-Esteem and Self-Worth in American Christianity There is no greater idol in American culture than the self.  The self is at the heart of the sexual revolution, the gender…
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A Theological Reflection on the Problem of Racial Divisiveness in Our Nation

14 Apr 20188 Dec 2018
(What follows is a lightly edited version of an essay I wrote in seminary.) 1.  Introduction and Thesis Statement The Vernon Grounds Institute of Public Ethics’ Rally for the Common…

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