My friends, Dave & Betsy Scott, are Nazarene missionaries here in Zagreb. God is doing AMAZING work through them among the Muslim refugees here. They're having a significant number of baptisms, developing leaders from among the refugees, etc. We (Biblijski institut) are proud to be able to partner with them. After a recent baptismal service, … Continue reading “Don’t Pull Me Up” (A Meditation)
Bible & Theology
From CT: “When Women Follow a Scandalous God”
I 100% agree with this: This amazing scandalous God is regularly asking women to use the gifts he has given them in ways that are contrary to established customs and traditions. And as they step out and say yes to his invitations and callings on their lives just like the women in the New Testament, … Continue reading From CT: “When Women Follow a Scandalous God”
“God’s Word for Croatia”
This is the message I brought to the 14th Annual Conference of the Churches of Christ in Croatia this past Friday. I was asked to speak on the topic of "God's Word for Croatia," addressing our dependence on the Bible and the benefits that come from being centered in scripture. Click here to listen. The … Continue reading “God’s Word for Croatia”
Confronting Old Testament Controversies (Book Review)
Ben Witherington III has reviewed what looks to be a very helpful book, Tremper Longman's Confronting Old Testament Controversies. Pressing Questions about Evolution, Sexuality, History and Violence. Based on what I know of Longman & his reputation, and BWIII's summary, I expect this to be a helpful, excellent book for reading, thinking Christians everywhere (and … Continue reading Confronting Old Testament Controversies (Book Review)
“Red Letter Christians” (McKnight)
Some greatness from Scot McKnight, responding to a post about "Red Letter" vs "Black Letter" Christians (i.e., those who focus on the words of Jesus in the gospels as the highest teaching in the Bible vs those who focus on the whole of the Bible), and how this distinction is over-simplistic. Main point: everyone has … Continue reading “Red Letter Christians” (McKnight)
Evangelical Engagement pt 2: The Acts Model
Yesterday I examined two models for evangelical engagement with non-practicing adherents of the state churches in Europe. I suggested that evangelicals should engage in a way modeled after the way the church in the Book of Acts interacted with the Jewish communities that surrounded it. The earliest Christ-followers were Jews themselves, in a country where … Continue reading Evangelical Engagement pt 2: The Acts Model
Evangelical Engagement with Adherents of the State Religion in Europe
One of the problems that evangelicals run into in Europe is the question of how to engage with the state churches--usually Catholicism, but also branches of Orthodox, Lutheran, etc., churches. Nothing I faced as an evangelical in America prepared me for the ubiquity of the state church's influence. It's EVERYWHERE, heavily felt even among the … Continue reading Evangelical Engagement with Adherents of the State Religion in Europe
Today’s Reading & Prayer
A piece of today's reading & prayer, from The Book of Common Prayer: Ps 57.10 I will give you thanks, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praise to you among the nations. 11 For your loving-kindness is as high as the heavens, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 12 Be exalted, O … Continue reading Today’s Reading & Prayer
The Past, Phantom Shame, & the Right to Condemn
Did you know that most amputees experience phantom limb sensation? Pain, itching or tingling in a part of their bodies that is no longer attached? Why, as a Christian, do I still feel guilt & shame over things done by or to me that I know God has forgiven & cleansed me of? These are … Continue reading The Past, Phantom Shame, & the Right to Condemn
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