Exegesis, Ecclesiology, and Exploration.

What I Learned at AIC 2015 about How To Use the Bible

This past weekend I was blessed to attend most of the Anabaptist Identity Conference, held this year near Napannee, Indiana. This was the 10th AIC, and it lived..

Dwight Gingrich

Mar 16, 2015

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Reading the Psalms as Christians

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

A friend (and relative of a relative) raised some good questions after my last post about Psalm 122. In summary, if I understood him correctly, he wondered whet..

“Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!”

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

I’ve been listening through the Psalms lately. Sometimes I listen intently. Other times I just let the words of Scripture wash over me, allowing my mind to wa..

The Love of Christ Controls Us

Thinking Theology Aloud [Random]

My Sunday post about Sabbath and the Lord’s Day went viral. Okay, I’m speaking in relative terms. But it has certainly struck a chord: That post has alread..

NIV Proclamation Bible (Book Review)

Book Reviews

Note: This review is of a book I was received for free because I joined BookLook Bloggers. If I decide to continue, you may see one review like this every month..

Anabaptists, Flat Bibles, and the Sabbath

Thinking Theology Aloud [Random]

When I was a teenager, on many a weekend we youth from our small church drove for 3-1/2 hours to spend time “down south” with church friends. Then on Sunday..

Study Resources for Matthew

Study Resources for Bible Books

If you use the Christian Light Publications materials for Sunday School, you will be studying Matthew for March and April. This is a bit last-minute and I’ll ..

Ecclesiology of the Reformers (6): William Tyndale

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

The idea of Tyndale having an ecclesiology is new for me. Tyndale is famous for being the father of the English Bible, not for having founded any church. Yet Ty..

Professor Janzen Reads Hopkins’ Sonnets [Poem by Mom]

By Elaine Gingrich

This month’s poem is the most technically challenging of any of Mom’s poems that I’ve shared so far. Yet this poem also comes with a personal story. (See..

Ecclesiology of the Reformers (5): Menno Simons

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

Menno Simons, had he foreseen it, would have been dumbfounded: today there are about 1.7 million people who belong to churches that bear his name. (He would hav..