Take time to watch this video in which N.T. Wright brings together the Kingdom and Cross.
It’s risky business to talk about the cross in ways that mainstream protestant-evangelicals aren’t used to. Fortunately (or unfortunately), I do this quite often. There are several dimensions of the cross and salvation (soteriology and...
Greetings all.
I’m currently participating (and hosting) the Biennial CETA conference; hence the lack of posts. See here for an update.
Thanks.
Matt
Not long ago I wrote a post about how holiness doctrine is much more about what He is able to accomplish than what we are able to accomplish. I wrote that in Jesus’ command (and we find the command elsewhere in scripture as well) to “be...
At first blush, the Synoptic Gospels (Matt, Mark, and Luke) are so different from the gospel according to John. Two of the three Synoptics start with the genealogy of Jesus (Matt and Luke). Mark jumps right into the story with John’s ministry...
When visiting churches in the US I notice that lots of pastors and preachers have exchanged the eternal truth of the Gospel for mere psychology and sociology. Rather recently I visited a large protestant evangelical church of a denomination for...
Ethics and faith are inseparable. This means that what we believe shapes and directly impacts how we behave. We’re not always aware of why we have certain behaviors, but if we look close enough, and are honest with ourselves, the cause can be...
I was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti just a couple of weeks ago teaching a Masters course for Indiana Wesleyan University for 40 Haitian students. The title of the course was Exegetical Analysis of the Gospels. The core of the course focused on methodical...
Latest from my wife’s blog. Thought I would share. As I’ve been working through the old law of Hebrews, the old sacrifices, the priests, the blood…Hebrews 10:19, the New and Living Way this morning is just too good not to share...
Discipleship is a sticky affair. I’ve been making disciples (at least trying by the help of the Holy Spirit) here in Haiti for 8 years now. If I’ve learned one thing about the process is that it is the most challenging and even complex...