Exegesis, Ecclesiology, and Exploration.

Help Us to Not Be Afraid; Winter Birch [Poems by Mom]

Life has been too busy of late for me to blog. Worse, I’m afraid I let my busyness keep me from even reading, until today, this post that Mom prepared a month..

Dwight Gingrich

Aug 12, 2016

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Like Spring [Poem by Mom]

By Elaine Gingrich

Georgia vines cover our backyard like love covers a multitude of sins. At least that is the natural order of things—with the vines, as well as with true love...

12 Ways to Provoke Your Children to Anger (Lou Priolo)

Thinking Theology Aloud [Random]

Where your children angry today? If so, did you stop to ask why? In your search for a solution, did you consider that you may be part of the problem? Unfortunat..

Spring Leaves in Rain [Poem by Mom]

By Elaine Gingrich

Mom’s poem this month is too good to miss, even if I’ve left it for the last day of the month. The poem grows from the image of “spring leaves in rain.”..

God’s Word and the Pastor’s Authority (Hebrews 1:1-4)

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

Pastor, why should anyone listen to your words? What is the basis of your authority? The answer is both simple and demanding: people should listen to your words..

Churchfunding Update 11: We Bought a House!

Dwight's Family

Thanks to God, and thanks to the kind help of God’s people—and that is not mere pious, flowery verbiage—we are now owners of a house in Atlanta, Georgia! ..

Thirty-Three Years: A Life [Poem by Mom]

By Elaine Gingrich

Have you been impatiently waiting for the monthly poem from my mom? No, we have not forgotten. Here it is, just in time to help you remember the death and life ..

Churchfunding Update 10: We Might Have a House!

Dwight's Family

I’ve been too busy house hunting lately to blog! But it’s high time for a brief update. In short, we placed an offer on a house, the offer has been accepted..

Churchfunding Update 9: An Answer to Special Prayer?

Dwight's Family

On the morning of February 16 I sent out an “invitation to special prayer” regarding our Atlanta house hunt. On my lunch break that day I spotted a house th..

Christians and Satire: What Does the Bible Say?

Thinking Theology Aloud [Random]

My last post was my first attempt at using satire here on this blog. I received quite a bit of positive feedback, but also a few expressions of concern. Is sati..