Church Chat [Ecclesiology]
The goal of gospel contextualization
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) Good questions and reflections here by Thabiti Anyabwile for missiologists and church leaders about the gospel and..
“Eating and drinking unworthily” and Christian poverty
(Old Facebook Post – Revised)Ouch! Craig Blomberg on 1 Corinthians 11:17-34:“Those who should refrain from the bread and the wine lest they profane th..
Head and heart: Worshiping as whole persons
(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 wi..
On the danger of turning norms into absolutes
(Old Facebook Post) One danger in biblical interpretation is the temptation to turn pragmatic norms into absolute rules. I’ve been thinking abou..
Church cultures and the danger of complacency
(Old Facebook Post – Revised)“The Dangerous Side of Success.” This article by John Johnson is a superb warning for pastors (or other leaders of spirit..
“What grace alone can do” — J.S. Coffman
(Old Facebook Post – Revised)Here’s an interesting quote for historical and theological reflection, written in 1893 by J.S. Coffman (1848-98), the hug..
Coffman and the origin of 7 ordinances
(Old Facebook Post) Apparently the traditional 7 Mennonite ordinances go back one step earlier than Daniel Kauffman and his “Doctrines” bo..
On scanning Mennonite confessions of faith
I’m scanning some Mennonite confessions of faith and booklets of instruction for new Christians, researching where we got the idea of 7 ordinan..
“The difference between Christians and the rest of mankind”
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) An excerpt from The Epistle to Diognetus, written about the end of the second century: “The difference betw..
A doctrine of “continually renewed minds”?
(Old Facebook Post – Revised) How would Anabaptist churches be different if we taught a doctrine of “continually renewed minds” rath..