On Schreiner vs. Sprinkle
I wanted to capture here a brilliant and extremely helpful response to the ongoing debate between complementarians and egalitarians by Andrew Bartlett. Tom Schreiner is a cherished NT scholar and an ardent defender of male leadership in the home, the church, and the world. Prestonread more ➜
Ordinary Time
An immensely helpful volume in this series, one of my favorite writers, Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, takes the mundane out of the ordinary showing the importance and veritable vitality of this season. Ordinary Time: The Season of Growth is filled with extraordinary insights. As Iread more ➜
Marriage: What’s the Point?
In The Vision of Ephesians: The Task of the Church and the Glory of God Tom Wright invites readers to take several steps backwards and see the larger picture of God’s purpose for the world. All too frequently books of the Bible are chunked outread more ➜
Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness
Truth be told, I didn’t think much about Holy Communion (or, ‘Lord’s Supper’) for the first few decades of my Christian life. After all, this activity is just symbolic, right? I mean, who ponders street signs when driving? It’s the destination that keeps my attention!read more ➜
A Theology of Authority, Part 3
Chapters 10-12 are largely practical answering the question, “How is authority identified and evaluated?” The arguments presented land right side up and on solid ground giving leadership and lay opportunity to see the immense value of “rethinking leadership in the church.” A brief conclusion wrapsread more ➜
A Theology of Authority, Part 2
Chapters 4-9 frame out Part 2 and build from the content of Part 1 showing how authority is expressed. This section is arguably the most robust part of the book, so this post will be more lengthy than my sum of Part 1. Chapters 4-5read more ➜
A Theology of Authority, Part 1
When A Theology of Authority: Rethinking Leadership in the Church arrived, all other reading was set aside. Having listened to a podcast where Christa McKirland convincingly unpacks the book’s thesis, I was anxious to read her arguments and learn more. Her previous publication, God’s Provision,read more ➜
If Women Can Be Saved, Then Women Can Be Priests: A Critique of the ‘in persona Christi’ Argument Against Women’s Ordination
NOTE: What follows is an article that Dr. Emily Hunter McGowin wrote some years back and she has graciously allowed me to host it here. This piece convincingly argues that “If Christ in his male body saves women through their shared humanity, then women, throughread more ➜
Why Church?
This is so important, so good, and so needed. Here’s the prompt to get you started… Can you be a Christian without the church? In this timely episode, Dr. Carmen Imes argues forcefully—and pastorally—that Christianity without community is a contradiction. Drawing from her new bookread more ➜
Christa L. McKirland on Authority
This podcast is a fine introduction to Christa McKirland‘s upcoming release addressing the nature of authority, the structures of and roles within the church, and some very keen insights on 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Listen carefully and learn from one of the sharpest minds I know.read more ➜
Why Believe God Exists?
This content is from a series of two lectures I gave in 2005 sponsored by the Society of Christian Philosophers. The lectures were given in Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary and presented in collaboration with a masterful translator for Hungarians. I’ll never forget her skill and sincerity asread more ➜