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Buried Talents: More Questions and Answers
Q. Doesn’t the fact that there were women deacons and not women elders in the early church tell us that God did not mean for women to be elders? A. No, for two reasons. First, deacons were servants of the … Continue reading
Posted in Role of Women, Uncategorized
Tagged All, N. T. Wright, Role of Women, women elders
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Surprised by Hope: “Salvation”
Most commentaries, heavily influenced by Luther and Calvin, speak of “salvation” as getting to go to heaven when we die. Modern churches often speak of making “Jesus your personal Savior,” as though Jesus could be owned personally. But, of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven, Uncategorized
Tagged All, eschatology, N. T. Wright, salvation, Surprised by Hope
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Surprised by Hope: The Downpayment and Inheritance
And so we were talking about Surprised by Hope in class on Sunday and someone brought up the idea that the Holy Spirit is a “deposit.” For example — (2 Cor 1:21-22) Now it is God who makes both us … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven, Uncategorized
Tagged All, eschatology, Holy Spirit, N. T. Wright, new earth, new heaven, new Jerusalem, Surprised by Hope
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Which Gospel? Introduction, Part 4
Sexually pure gospel Watch enough 24-hour news shows and pretty soon you’ll see some evangelist interviewed. The subject will be sex — abortion, divorce, homosexuality, abstinence. It’s as though the only thing Jesus taught us was to keep our pants … Continue reading
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Tagged All, core gospel, gospel, N. T. Wright, Pat Willimon, Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas
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Buried Talents: How Do We Decide?
What is the rule in this case? Do we presume a rule or do we presume freedom? What does the Bible say? (Gal. 3:25) Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. Why … Continue reading
Which Gospel? Introduction, Part 3
We need to consider a few more gospels, at least briefly. The gospel of salvation As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, sometimes we so focus on the getting saved that we have little understanding of being saved. Which … Continue reading
Buried Talents: Elders, Wives of One Husband? Part 3
2. Are the qualifications described in 1 Timothy and Titus intended as laws or merely indicative of to whom God has given the gift of leadership? Objectively viewed, it is hard to argue that the qualification lists in 1 Timothy … Continue reading
Buried Talents: Elders, Wives of One Husband? Part 2
The questions thus presented are: 1. Is the apparent prohibition of an woman being an elder evidenced in 1 Timothy and Titus, as well as early church history, a temporary cultural matter only or an eternal ordinance of God? 2. … Continue reading
Which Gospel? Introduction, Part 2
The prophetic gospel In his book A Peculiar People: The Church As Culture in a Post-Christian Society, Rodney Clapp talks about our living in a post-Constantinian world where Christianity is no longer the chaplain to the powers that be. We … Continue reading
Surprised by Hope: A Musical Interlude
Stumbled across this on UTube while looking for a commentary on Isa 65:17 —
