Exegesis, Ecclesiology, and Exploration.

Fun with church history and chastity

(Old Facebook Post) Church history is fun! Today I learned from St. Augustine what the 3 floors of Noah’s ark might symbolize: 1st floor–chastity (faithfuln..

Dwight Gingrich

Mar 13, 2012

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What’s this bit about “sinful nature”?

Old Facebook Posts

(Old Facebook Post – Revised) Two questions: A definition: I’m understanding sinful nature to mean: an inner identity that naturally tends toward sin. To s..

Head and heart: Worshiping as whole persons

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

(Old Facebook Post) Words from John Piper jumped out at me today as I listened. I think I now more clearly understand something that is deeply wrong with some o..

Old Testament holy war and Christian nonresistance

Old Facebook Posts

(Old Facebook Post – Revised) I learned another reason why I, as a Christian, cannot serve in any military. Here is the teaching of the Old Testament regardin..

On the danger of turning norms into absolutes

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

(Old Facebook Post) One danger in biblical interpretation is the temptation to turn pragmatic norms into absolute rules. I’ve been thinking about this in rela..

Church cultures and the danger of complacency

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

(Old Facebook Post – Revised) “The Dangerous Side of Success.” This article by John Johnson is a superb warning for pastors (or other leaders of spiritual..

“What grace alone can do” — J.S. Coffman

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

(Old Facebook Post – Revised) Here’s an interesting quote for historical and theological reflection, written in 1893 by J.S. Coffman (1848-98), the hugely i..

Coffman and the origin of 7 ordinances

Church Chat [Ecclesiology]

(Old Facebook Post) Apparently the traditional 7 Mennonite ordinances go back one step earlier than Daniel Kauffman and his “Doctrines” books, to evangelist..

Do you “believe into” Jesus?

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

(Old Facebook Post) Do you really believe in Jesus? Do you “believe into” him? This blog post is a description of true Christian belief (faith), from one of..

Seeing the face of God

Bible Bites [Exegesis]

(Old Facebook Post) Reflections on Jacob’s encounter’s with God and Esau in Genesis 32-33: Until you experience the shock of actually surviving a solitary ..