by | Jan 12, 2006 | Bible, Church, Preaching, Theology
Keith Ghormley writes: People don’t remember sermons. I think that’s not as bad as it sounds….But the sermon is not just a delivery of content and theology. It is about the obedience of faith. As I listen, I’m not supposed be tucking the...
by | Jan 4, 2006 | Bible, Church, Theology, Worship
(Edit: I have since changed this view, but I keep this post up because of its importance to me for remembering the development of my theology. For information on my change, read “Why I’m Now a Paedobaptist.”) As some of you may know, I have been...
by | Nov 28, 2005 | Bible, Church, Theology, Worship
Does the Bible portray the role of music to be essentially prophetic? Certainly, I don’t necessarily mean prophecy in the sense of “history written in advance” (a quote I got from an interesting book I read about fundamentalist end-times theology,...
by | Nov 2, 2005 | Church, Preaching
This week (Monday night through Thursday), I am touring Beeson Divinity School as a potential seminary. They had a preview day today, where several members of the faculty talked to us about what they saw as Beeson’s distinctive elements, where we attended a...
by | Sep 8, 2005 | Church, Theology
Bethlehem Baptist’s (John Piper’s church) is weighing a decision to change their membership requirements from including mandates of a person’s being immersed in a believers’ baptism. There is an 84-page paper on the history and specific bylaws...