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…
Denver Seminary Papers… 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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