Forum: NazNet Theology Discussion

Manny Silva of “Reformed Nazarene” and creator of the Concerned Nazarene facebook page wrote on his blog on March 7th a “Questionnaire For Church Leadership, Part 1”. In this post Manny wants answers...

Saturday mourning I posted on the Emergent Nazarene blog called, “Article IV: an Olive Branch for Unity in the latest ‘Battle for the Bible’”. In this blog I asserted that our Article of Faith is...

To all of you Biblical Theologians out there.... I'd like to hear your thoughts. One of our readings this week comes from Luke 13: 1-9. But from verses 6-9, Christ tells a Parable about a fig...

(I mentioned this exchange on another thread here on NazNet.) I thought I'd go ahead and record this here, since much of it is no longer on their Facebook group Wall, just to give a glimpse of...

In several (perhaps many) posts here on NazNet, the discussion turns to how big the Nazarene tent is. I was wondering to what degree is it necessary for Nazarene clergy to be as ‘big tent’ as the...

Over the years of married life and ministry, my wife has become my best friend. The list of reasons why is long and includes that she never puts me down in public, never corrects me in public, and...

In the "Olive Branch" thread, I stated that I knew of a Female Preacher who prayed to Sophia who was to her the "Feminine" Form of God. As Shea rightly pointed out, Sophia means wisdom, and my...

Somehow it seems that today's preaching has lost its passion and annointing. I once heard a teacher say that if you preach sermonetts you will get christianetts. I so long for solid, expository,...

Hi All, A friend of my, Bryon Mclaughlin, is involved in launching a new magazine. He sent me three questions and asked if I would answer to help with the mag. He is looking for input but would...

"But the underlying bottom line of this whole emerging movement is they don’t believe in any doctrine, they don’t believe in any theology. They don’t want to be forced to interpret anything in...

I participate in one with women from many church backgrounds, including RCC, ELCA, A of G, UMC, CotN, SBC, IFB, and CoG. As you can see, we are all over the place in theological background: ...

YOU might be interesed in seeing what one of my favorite writers and ministers, Dean Kevin, learned from the Wesley brothers. On this, the Feast Day of John and Charles Wesley in the Anglican...

Evening Prayer is a liturgy in use in the Anglican Communion (and other churches in the Anglican tradition) and celebrated in the late afternoon or evening. It is also commonly known as Evensong,...

27927 http://failblog.org/2010/03/07/lease-fail/ One of the comments in the link says, "It might be worth it. After all, Jesus saves."

We've been doing a sermon series at Eikon, the non-denom that I'm a part of on sunday nights, and last night, the theme/confession was: "We confess that as the church, we have often been more...

I was musing on the meaning of the cross today and the thought occurred to me that the 1st century church might not have seen the cross simply in terms of the instrument that brought about Jesus'...

Why is Passover important to us as Christians? Yeshua is the Passover Lamb, who's blood was shed. It is up to us to apply the blood (wine) and the flesh (unleavened bread) to the doorposts of our...

For myself, I tend to say that the Son is eternal and that Jesus was born some 2000 years ago, but now lives eternally. I know I'm asking a question that is related to the mysterious nature of the...

Jesus own words in Matthew 10:34 and Luke 12:51 declare with authority that He did not come to bring peace, but a sword. Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come...

I would like to know what some of think about Dr. Reasoner statement here, "Any judgment of God is an eschatological event because its goal is to bring an end to our sin. In Scripture "the day of...

Has anyone attended one of these? What is it like? Are RC the only ones who have this kind of service? I know nothing about them except they occur on Fridays during Lent and that I can't find any...

Last evening at the DAV chapter I am a member of took the first of two steps were taken to make me the Chaplain of the chapter. The next step, next month, is a minor one for I meet and exceed all...

It feels as though a civil war is brewing between those who are seeking to drag my denomination into whatever it is that the future holds and those who are trying to drag us into fundamentalism....

You might enjoy reading this blog entry that answers the question "Is the House Studio Emergent?" http://www.thehousestudio.com/wp/2010/03/04/is-the-house-studio-emergent/

An article from Mark Galli for our consideration. What do you all think? Should Churches Be as Friendly as a Bar?

Why is it that some people seem to go down to the altar and get saved over and over. Or to put it another way, why do some people get miraculous delivery from sin when they pray, perhaps freed from...

So. There are those of us who have expressed an ongoing dissatisfaction with a view of God in which God is out for the blood of those who will not turn to Him, and the general doctrinal response...

The other day I realized it had been quite a while since I'd heard anything about the Concerned Nazarenes, so I decided to hop over to their Facebook group and Manny's "Reformed Nazarene" blog......

Today I had the previlege of meeting with one of the group of vets I meet with. It still amazes me how much we seem to enjoy being in each other's presence. No unkind words are said, no one tries to...

While waiting to get my car fix today,I read why Clark Pinnock hold to the inclusive view.There were somethings he was saying that couldn't get my head around.But one thing I got from his writing...

I visited a growing Nazarene church recently and this was on the "beliefs page". I am interested in whether you folks feel this is or is not consistent with article 4.

Hi! For next 12 months at our church I will be teaching from the book of Revelation and I have promise some of my pastors friends that I would send them a copy. So I also decide to share with the...

The focus of the service I attended today was grace. The pastor gave that denom's teaching on it, but also touched on other Christian groups' take on it. She told us that in her group you were free...

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas will be preaching and speaking in Dallas, TX, the weekend of March 6-7 at Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Ave., Dallas, TX. The Sunday afternoon lecture is the only...

Friends, I typically avoid mentioning my blog essays much on this forum. But given our past conversations, I thought some of you might be interested in my new blog, "Open Theology and the Church...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake.hawaii/index.html?hpt=C1 With the warnings, is it our responsibility to pray for protection and even that the natural response following...

THIS is an uplifting article that I decided to put on the theology forum since there is often division and dissent on many topics here. Whether one is an emergent, a fundamentalist, or one in that...

What is a non-fundamentalist non-dispensational view of Zechariah 14? I am frustrated with the increasing hysteria building about how we all need to be learning how to keep the Feasts so that...

Ok, so I was thinking about biblical inerrancy and a good argument that an inerrantist might hear and perhaps appreciate. Here goes: 1. If the bible is inerrant, then it is perfect. 2. Only God...

I am considering the purchase of a biblical commentary set, but I would be interested it what you folks would suggest. My objective is to find one that would be the best choice if you could only have...

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For those of you who are interested, I'd love to hear your thoughts: This is a new reading of Romans 1:16-3:20 offered by Douglas Campbell. He proposes that Romans was written specifically to...

The reference to Created to be His Helpmeet in the "Recharge" thread reminded me of an article that gets brought up on occasion as some women I fellowship with on-line discuss modesty. I would be...

<a href ="http://www.theotherjournal.com/article.php?id=746">Found here</a>. Benjamin, let me know what you think about this.

So...a question about this. This seems to be one of those principals that we've taken from context and taught as direct biblical truth, without it actually being a direct statement. Please correct...

We're having a study group in our church on the Sunday morning service and this is of course the very first question that came up. Already several answers emerged and it is clear that one's answer...

I got into a little bit of trouble with our Sunday School class this morning when I said that the church quote quote has been going through tribulation for the last 2000 years,, But not each and...

We ask, over and over, why God doesn't answer more prayer. We come up with interesting explanations for it, much of it centering around his plan for us. But Jesus literally couldn't perform any...

This was scarily accurate for me! I came back 100% evangelical holiness/wesleyan. What's Your Theological Worldview?

Yesterday I found out a pastor friend of mine just up and resigned due the constant stress he and his family lived under from a few power and control people in his church that have for years sent...