Forum: General Theology

First, to say, I beleive spreading the Good News is vital. But can we overdo it? How evangelical do we need to be? One day, when I was a chaplain,...

Part I There's a movement afoot in the denomination and at least in my corner of the world it seems to be gaining traction. I've labelled it...

As Christians we believe in the physical resurrection of the body.But there no mention of this in the scriptures. We claim that our resurrection will...

I attend a bible study every Thursday with a bunch of charismatic-fundamentalist. Don't ask me why...when you get past their bad theology they are...

Kim Merrill and I are going to do a book study together. I suggested the theme of leading the church. What books would you recommend?

Someone asked me to start a thread for a recent blog post so we can discuss it. Here it is: ------------------------ Sometimes I think myself into...

I find the idea of the push towards a personlized idea of salvation. Seems to remove the responsibility aspect of Christainity. It seems to give...

I stole the subject line from the title of a book by Tim Conder. He wrote about postmodernity within the traditional church. However, I think he...

So, I want to do some reading specifically about ecclesiology. It's an area I don't feel was covered particularly well over the course of my...

If this has been posted before, I sure missed it. "Help, Mom! There are Arminians Under my Bed" is a real book.

I'll be preaching three Sundays (at least) this summer from Luke, so I'm thinking of treating myself to a new commentary. I don't really have any of...

Something on my mind this morning is the sometimes tense struggle between calling people to holiness while at the same time showing them grace. Paul...

Tomorrow, I will be preaching on the first of those words - Christian - to kick-off a three-part series on our "core values," the basic...

Cover story from the March issue of Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/march/here-come-radicals.html Has anyone read...

This article by William Willimon, while explicitly addressing issues related to the mainline denominations, has applicability for us as well. ...

There is so much discussion in the Christians community about homosexuality and the vast majority is negative. I wonder if it wouldn't do us...

I'm in a preaching series we are calling "Failed, how the church failed you and what we are going to do about it" - It has been interesting and fun...

For centuries, theological battles have raged among Christians as to whether people are saved through God's election/predestination or if people are...

Since there is currently a GA resolution attempting to address the issue, let's have some good theological conversation regarding the Atonement. ...

Ephesians 2:8. So I've grown up with the translation that grace alone is the gift of God. I've long since lost the reference to the Greek grammar...

Reading Greg's book yesterday I wondered what to do with this. I would not be surprised if through time, more people would join the ranks of those...

I appreciate my church's use of a Prayer of Confession. Last Sunday's prayer I found especially appropriate: Most merciful God, who welcomes...

Opinions on this? ...

This isn't the first time I've found myself in this position of arguing for something when I'm not a hard-core proponent of it. But this is the first...

I don't plan to buy the book but I thought this was interesting... http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/health/lifes-work-de-waal/index.html?hpt=hp_t5 ...

Today in worship, we sang a chorus entitled "My Redeemer Lives," written by Reuben Morgan. The first verse says: "I know he rescued my soul, His...