Exegesis, Ecclesiology, and Exploration.

New Bible Reading Plan for a Mid-Year Boost

Well, 2015 is half gone. New Year’s resolutions have fizzled and summer has us all running hard. Has your Bible reading hit a slump as the mercury hits new hi..

Dwight Gingrich

Jul 02, 2015

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Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul — Gathercole (Review)

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

Gathercole, Simon. Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2015). 128pp. Publisher’s description. (Amaz..

By Every Word [Poem by Mom]

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

When Mom “submits” a poem to me for publication, a dialogue begins. Since every word in a poem is important, we evaluate what Mom has written. What exactly ..

Tradition in the NT (2): Good Examples

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

[For the first post in this series, see: “Tradition in the NT (1): Bad Examples.”] “What you have done for my son and my family is beyond love.” The wri..

Tradition in the NT (1): Bad Examples

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

[For the sequel to this post, see “Tradition in the NT (2): Good Examples.”] “I don’t have much Scripture for this sermon.” The speaker was a visiting..

Study Resources for Hebrews

Study Resources for Bible Books

Those of us who use the Christian Light Publications Sunday School materials will be studying Hebrews for the next three months (June, July, August). I thought ..

Trained by Grace, Made Holy by the Gospel

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

I’ve suggested in some of my recent blog posts that multiplying church regulations isn’t the solution for producing holiness. And I’ve said that the gospe..

Clarifications about Removing Church Traditions

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

My recent posts prompted a couple questions that I want to answer briefly here. Both are good questions, deserving much fuller responses than I will be able to ..

Thinking Intentionally about Tradition and Change

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

Well, it’s no surprise: The topic of church standards and traditions gets conservative Anabaptists fired up like little else. My recent posts about Gerhard Ro..

Jasmine, Our Blossom [Poem by Mom]

By Elaine Gingrich

It’s time for another poem from Mom! So I’ll remind you of the introduction to this monthly series and hand the microphone directly to my mother. Enjoy! I..