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Category Archives: Theological Reflection
Set Your Eyes on Things Above
I was widely known as a biblical scholar during my teaching career from the late 1970’s to mid-2015. My focus was the Catholic Epistles and towards the end of that period I produced three different commentaries on 2 Peter. Yet … Continue reading
I do not desire the death of the wicked
I take my title from an Old Testament prophetic judgment oracle in which God is rejecting the religious practices of the “sinners” because it needs to include social justice as well. The truth is that God’s perspective is wider than … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Political theology, Theological Reflection
Tagged Christ and culture, Divine providence, prophecy, Ukraine
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Our Failures are Due to What We Forget
Over the past year we have seen quite a few significant failures in evangelical and charismatic leadership. We have, perhaps, listened to The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcasts, an excellent series that concerns much wider issues than Mars … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Theological Reflection, Uncategorized
Tagged charismatic movmement, Gifts of the Spirit, politics
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Power and Powerful
Our culture values, as Richard Foster wrote so many years ago, money, sex, and power. And, in fact, the three often go together. A Hollywood mogul may make buckets of money and have the power to make or break a … Continue reading
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Happy Unbirthday
Pentecost is often called “the birthday of the church,” which implies that the church did not exist before Pentecost, except in, perhaps, nascent form. The phenomena associated with Pentecost are then said to be characteristic of the church. And often … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Ministry, Theological Reflection
Tagged Church, Pentecost, Spiritual gifts
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Historical Amnesia
I recently was part of Catholic – Charismatic (=neo-Pentecostal)/Pentecostal Novena to the Holy Spirit. I was part of it mainly because John Michael Talbot was speaking in one online session (there was a talk each day before the prayers), unfortunately … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Ministry, Theological Reflection
Tagged charismatic movmement, Church History, Ecumenism
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Pentecost Means Crossing Boundaries
Pentecost closes the Easter season and a grand celebration. But it is more than a celebration: it is the beginning of cross-cultural mission and the rule of Jesus over the nations. Pentecost has often been seen as the birth of … Continue reading
Seek the Lord
In my previous blog post, Presidential Fallout, I reflected on the effects of the last presidential campaign and election on the church and particularly on the evangelical and Pentecostal/ neo-Pentecostal parts of the church. I want to reflect further on … Continue reading
Presidential Fallout Part 2
While the more I worked on this the more I realized that it would take a book or two to say all I want as carefully as I want, I present this second part of my last blog for what … Continue reading
He Will Take What is Mine and Share It with You – Meditations on Trinity Sunday
On Trinity Sunday 2019 the readings were John 16:12 – 15 and Prov 8:22 – 31. It was while working through these readings that several issues suddenly fell into place for me. The Proverbs reading is about Wisdom, the divine … Continue reading
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