About fifteen years ago at one of the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society, Allan Fisher gave me, a poor doctoral student at the time, one of the best gifts that an aspiring student of theology could ever receive:…
When I made arrangements to start blogging here, I told the fellows in charge that it was unlikely that I would blog more than twice a month at Ref21, but I’m about to only have posted once in my premiere…
In 2011, hip hop artist, Shai Linne, released his album, titled, “The Attributes of God.” In one of his songs, “Taste and See,” he said, “The world is not subtle, why should we be subliminal?” Good question – why? I…
Scot McKnight and I disagree about a lot of things theological and ecclesiastical but share a number of passions. These have led to some interesting and, on the face of it, unlikely ‘odd couple’ conversations and friendly dialogue over the…
Biographical description many pastors write for the web site of their church: “Married to the most beautiful woman in the world.” “We have the best youth pastor in the country.” “He’s the smartest guy in every room…” I often joke…
On this week’s Mortification of Spin, Carl, Aimee, and I are joined by Rachel Miller to discuss the Patriarchy movement. Join a provocative conversation with Rachel Miller, editor and writer for the Aquila Report, as she enlightens us about the…
On this week’s Mortification of Spin, the Mad Woman in the Attic arranged for Rachel Miller to join the Ref Pack to talk about the inroads which the patriarchy movement is making into Reformed circles. Along the way, we have…
Have you heard of the Patriarchy movement? Patriarchy means “father-rule,” and this movement has some interesting theology and applications for the leadership roles of men. They call it “Biblical Patriarchy” because those who practice it believe that their understanding and…
On Sunday we continued our series through the Book of Acts. The message was part 17 and is entitled “Promise, Rejection, and Deliverance” (7:1-16). You can listen to or download it HERE. Also, we are now podcasting our sermons.
Discursive reason–our capacity to think things through, infer conclusions, offer logical explanations, and so on–enables us to argue a point, make judgments, criticize beliefs and actions, and, in a word, philosophize. Philosophers work with concepts and trade in arguments. Some…
