Tag: Church
Is the Church a Judge or a Maker of Culture? [Course Reverie]
In one of our first Theology of Church and Culture classes a question was posed, “What does Christianity have to offer culture?” Presumably, this means “culture” at every level of society as we interact with […]
Can Christians who hate Christian Nationalism vote against Trump? [Course Reverie]
This week’s class on Church and culture overviewed some basic ways that Christians have learned to interact with governing authorities. A large part of this conversation was guided by our reading of Christianity and Politics: […]
Prophetic Spirit in the midst of an Unfaithful People [Sermon]
For a second week Marley Community Church invited me to preach. This week we focused on the life of Jeremiah and continued to learn from the character exemplified in the prophets. Thankfully, this week we […]
Atonement and the Stone-Campbell churches
This last week our class focused on inspecting the atonement theories we grew up with and then how those theories effect our ministries today. Since all of us have grown up in the United States […]
Larry Hurtado’s “Destroyer of the gods”
The week before classes I chose to read through a book on my shelf I’ve been waiting to have time for just to get the academic juices pumping again before the semester began. The book […]
David Fitch’s “Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines that Shape the Church for Mission”
Dr. Fitch is a mission focused academic, and there is a lot of confusion, in my opinion, about the relationship between the church’s identity and its mission in most missiological studies, but this book is […]
Common Thought 