Exegesis, Ecclesiology, and Exploration.

More on Calvin: Marks of the Church and Fighting Nicely

That’s “more on Calvin,” not “moron Calvin”! I want to talk more about that in a moment, but first I want to share something from Calvin that I read t..

Dwight Gingrich

Jan 30, 2015

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14 min read

Ecclesiology of the Reformers (4): John Calvin

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

John Calvin is not a name that most Anabaptists like. Unfortunately, too many people today assume either that Calvin is the ultimate theological authority or, c..

When Will the Church Be Pure?

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

Sometimes godly wisdom involves not only identifying correct goals, but also understanding what God has affirmed about when those goals will be fulfilled. For e..

Ecclesiology of the Reformers (3): Huldrych Zwingli

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

Huldrych Zwingli is not as famous as his German peer (Luther) or his French successor (Calvin), but his influence on the Anabaptist tradition is at least as dir..

Ecclesiology of the Reformers (2): Martin Luther

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

Martin Luther, by almost anyone’s estimation, was the single most influential figure of the Protestant Reformation. (Gutenberg, with his printing press, is a ..

Ecclesiology of the Reformers (1): Late Middle Ages

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

I recently finished an excellent book: Theology of the Reformers, by Timothy George (republished in 2013 in an expanded 25th-anniversary edition). This book s..

Watching You Watch the Birds [Poem by Mom]

By Elaine Gingrich

This month I’m sharing a poem that Mom wrote about her first grandson, my nephew Curtis, when he was about 8 months old. I’ll add a few pictures and then le..

Kissing in the First Century: Excerpt from Craig Keener

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

Conservative Anabaptists are one of the few North American Christian groups to have retained kissing as a religious practice. But in the past 120 years we have ..

NIV Turns 50: An Interview with Douglas J. Moo

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

[Repost and discussion of an interview by Books at a Glance.] One of the wisest things a Bible interpreter can do is become familiar with the best translations ..

Final Surprises about 2014’s Most Popular Verses (Part 3)

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

This is the third and final post about the Bible verses that were most popular among readers of YouVersion and Bible Gateway in 2014. (See here for background..