I am blogging my way through N.T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God, creating an outline of the book as a part of a class I am teaching at our church. This is the sixth of a nine-part series. All quotations followed by a number in parenthesis are …
Read MoreN.T. Wright and the Faithfulness of Paul: Part 5: Election, Righteousness, and Faithfulness
I am blogging my way through N.T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God, creating an outline of the book as a part of a class I am teaching at our church. This is the fifth of a nine-part series. All quotations followed by a number in parenthesis are …
Read MorePrayer of Irenaeus
Prayer to God the Father A Prayer of Irenaeus I appeal to you, Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob and Israel, You the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Infinitely merciful as you are, it is your will that we should …
Read MoreN.T. Wright and the Faithfulness of Paul: Part 4: Monotheism Redefined in Light of Jesus and the Spirit
I am blogging my way through N.T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God, creating an outline of the book as a part of a class I am teaching at our church. This is the fourth of a nine-part series. All quotations followed by a number in parenthesis are …
Read MoreN.T. Wright and the Faithfulness of Paul: Part 3: Paul’s Worldview
I am blogging my way through N.T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God, creating an outline of the book as a part of a class I am teaching at our church. This is the third of a nine-part series. All quotations followed by a number in parenthesis are …
Read MoreN.T. Wright and the Faithfulness of Paul: Part 2: Birds in Paul’s Head
I am blogging my way through N.T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God creating an outline of the book as a part of a class I am teaching at our church. This is the second of a nine-part series. All quotations followed by a number …
Read MoreN.T. Wright and the Faithfulness of Paul: Part 1: Charting the Course
Last year the church was given a great gift. N.T. (Tom) Wright finally published his 40-year labor of love, his definitive and substantial book on the theology of Paul entitled Paul and the Faithfulness of God. I started reading it on the first Sunday of …
Read MoreFollowing Jesus: A Brief Look at the Word of Life Church Story
People are crazy and times are strange I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range I used to care, but things have changed – Bob Dylan Come follow me. – Jesus The Word of Life Church story has been 33 years in the making. It …
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Pray for Revival
There was a time in the early days of my faith, in the days of my spiritual adolescence, where I prayed (often) for revival, for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to grip people with religious fervor so that those outside the faith would be …
Read MoreThe Peaceable Jesus I Have Come to See: A Response to Michael Kennedy
I am thrilled to be able to move a Twitter conversation (with its 140-character limitation) to the blog. This post is a response to my friend Pastor Michael Kennedy who leads Crosspoint Community Church in Dublin, Georgia. We began a conversation on Twitter in response …
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