Church Chat [Ecclesiology]
Ecclesiology of the Reformers (3): Huldrych Zwingli
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 le..
Ecclesiology of the Reformers (2): Martin Luther
Martin Luther, by almost anyone’s estimation, was the single most influential figure of the Protestant Reformation. (Gutenberg, with his printin..
Ecclesiology of the Reformers (1): Late Middle Ages
I recently finished an excellent book: Theology of the Reformers, by Timothy George (republished in 2013 in an expanded 25th-anniversary edition). Th..
Kissing in the First Century: Excerpt from Craig Keener
Conservative Anabaptists are one of the few North American Christian groups to have retained kissing as a religious practice. But in the past 120 year..
Giving To and Through the Church (Part 6)
[See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 in this series.] Part 6: A Handful of Concluding Thoughts About Giving to the Church Now that this ser..
Giving To and Through the Church (Part 5)
[See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 in this series.] Part 5: Another Controversial Topic About Giving to the Church Unless I follow up on your com..
Giving To and Through the Church (Part 4)
[See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in this series.] Part 4: A Controversial Topic About Giving to the Church After my last post, you might think that I g..
Giving To and Through the Church (Part 3)
[See Part 1 for the series introduction.] Part 3: Another Primary New Testament Reason for Giving to the Church In my last post I identified two prima..
Giving To and Through the Church (Part 2)
[See Part 1 for the series introduction.] Part 2: Two Primary New Testament Reasons for Giving to the Church If someone asked you to list two primary ..
Giving To and Through the Church (Part 1)
[I expect to be away from the Internet for much of the next few weeks, so I thought I’d prepare a series of posts for you to enjoy while I’m gone. If ..