I’m looking forward to spending some time with Peter Enns later today at the Pastorum Conference. In preparation, I took a look at his blog to see what he’s been writing about, and found this stunning quote from D.M. Williams. He has been running a series of articles on the Creed that Enns has beenContinue reading “Best Quote Ever?”
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Is the Reformation Over? — Part Two: An Overwhelmingly Negative Stance
Is the Reformation Over? (part two) An Overwhelmingly Negative Stance Is the Reformation Over?: An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism by Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom Baker Academic (April 1, 2008) On Sundays this summer, we will be blogging through Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom’s book, Is the Reformation Over? This work considers changingContinue reading “Is the Reformation Over? — Part Two: An Overwhelmingly Negative Stance”
Is the Reformation Over? — Part One: A Modest and Growing Engagement
Is the Reformation Over? (part one) A Modest and Growing Engagement Is the Reformation Over?: An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism by Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom Baker Academic (April 1, 2008) • • • On Sundays this summer, we will be blogging through Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom’s book, Is the Reformation Over?Continue reading “Is the Reformation Over? — Part One: A Modest and Growing Engagement”
God’s Strange Armour
Fridays in Ephesus (6) God’s Strange Armour During Eastertide on Fridays, we are reflecting on insights from Timothy Gombis’s recent book, The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God. • • • For a long time, one of the passages Sunday School teachers have used to keep young boys interested is Ephesians 6:10-18:Continue reading “God’s Strange Armour”
Gordon Fee on Ephesians 5.18-33
I hope you will take the time to view this excellent study by Gordon Fee about the cultural background and context of the “household” teachings of Ephesians 5:18-33.
Dan Bouchelle: “So You Are Angry?”
Note from CM: This is one of the best posts I have read in a long time. I saw it quoted on another blog and the excerpt was so challenging to me that I knew immediately I had to read the entire piece. The fact is, many of us are angry. We are angry aboutContinue reading “Dan Bouchelle: “So You Are Angry?””
God’s Script for the Church
Fridays in Ephesus (6) God’s Script for the Church During Eastertide on Fridays, we are reflecting on insights from Timothy Gombis’s recent book, The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God. • • • “Exhortations fill the second half of Ephesians, as Paul draws out how the church performs its role in theContinue reading “God’s Script for the Church”
The Paradox of Paul
Fridays in Ephesus (5) The Paradox of Paul During Eastertide on Fridays, we are reflecting on insights from Timothy Gombis’s recent book, The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God. • • • Tim Gombis encourages us to note the dramatic contrasts in Ephesians 3:1-13 and to see them as the key toContinue reading “The Paradox of Paul”
Recommended Summer Reading
This morning we looked at some summer tunes I recommend are worth your time to explore. Before we turn to some good books to read during this season, let me try to explain why we take time to make book and music recommendations in the first place. Yes, we are a “religious” blog per se,Continue reading “Recommended Summer Reading”
Christ’s Triumph — Our Salvation
Fridays in Ephesus (4) Christ’s Triumph — Our Salvation During Eastertide on Fridays, we are reflecting on insights from Timothy Gombis’s recent book, The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God. • • • Today, we come to the heart of Ephesians. The body of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians grows out ofContinue reading “Christ’s Triumph — Our Salvation”