The next chapter in the recent book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation? Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos addresses the question of divine action. As with the question of natural evil, J.B. (Jim) Stump from BioLogos and Jeff Zweerink from Reasons to Believe agree substantially on this question. John Laing (Southwestern Baptist Seminary) moderates the chapter.  Both Jim and Jeff emphasize that it is a serious theological mistake to separate ‘natural’ processes from divine action, as though these are... Read more

If an org chart drives your church’s ministries, what happens when someone’s gifts don’t fit neatly into your open slots? Are they simply set aside – buried, so to speak? Read more

We continue our series today on suggested readings for post seminary and pastors. Last week we did the New Testament, today we turn to the Old Testament. By Jason Gile, who is a professor of Old Testament and Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs at Northern Seminary. 1. Although accessible to lay people, even seminary graduates will benefit from Christopher Wright’s How to Preach and Teach the Old Testament for All Its Worth. His excellent descriptions of the purpose of Israel’s election,... Read more

Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.  Amen. BCP Read more

Kris and I loved this story: When Dade Middle School in South Dallas put out a call for volunteers to help with a “Breakfast with Dads” event, there was a fear there wouldn’t be enough dads for the students. “We were asked to help get some extra guys to stand in as surrogate fathers and mentors for the kids whose dad’s couldn’t make it or don’t have a dad in their life,” Dade SBDM Board President Donald Parish said. On Facebook,... Read more

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By Mike Glenn My trainer calls it “recovery time,” those short breaks he gives you after a particular exercise. You do 15 curls and then, you rest thirty seconds or so before you do your next set. Your muscles, according to my trainer, need about a minute to recover between sets and the more intense the sets, the longer the recovery time. Ultra-athletes, those who run 100 miles or endure an Ironman challenge (swimming, biking, and running) need longer times... Read more

I have started reading a new book recommended by John Walton: Before Nature: Cuniform Knowledge and the History of Science by Francesca Rochberg. The book is quite academic and rather expensive (not light reading by any stretch of the imagination). However, it is interesting and very relevant to our ongoing discussions of the interaction between science and scripture. The Old Testament was written into an ancient Near Eastern culture where the identification of “natural” and the division between supernatural and... Read more

From CBE By Sarah Lindsay On January 02, 2018 In mid-December, an article was published on the Desiring God website titled “Husbands, Get Her Ready for Jesus.” Written by a Philadelphia pastor named Bryan Stoudt, this piece argues that husbands have a responsibility to challenge and correct their wives in order to keep them on course through the path of sanctification. For Stoudt, husbands have a unique responsibility for their wives’ sanctification, a responsibility that wives do not share for their husbands. He... Read more

Her name is Manoush Zomorodi. Her book is called Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self. The book is about the importance of down time, spacing out, day dreaming, and mind wandering to create, to think afresh, to make deeper connections. This is an important book, my favorite when it comes to social media stuff. Especially when it comes to the constant warnings about social media. [Image] The problem is that social media — FB,... Read more