Wade Burleson, who is gifted to tell it like it is, has called out the cyberbullies of Beth Moore, namely, Al Mohler, Tom Ascol, and Owen Strachan. And this is just the beginning of his long blog post: Gentlemen, I admire your love for Christ, your study of the Scriptures, as well as your systematic theology. You all know that we share a mutual love for what is historically called The Doctrines of Grace. I’ve believed in the doctrines of grace... Read more
A LITTLE BOOK FOR NEW HISTORIANS (Robert) Tracy McKenzie is Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning along with being a professor of history at Wheaton College. He is the author of several books. His book, The First Thanksgiving, was the subject of a previous interview here: Tracy’s latest book is the short, but long on wisdom, A Little Book for New Historians. David George Moore conducted this interview. Some of Dave’s teaching and interview videos can be found... Read more
Good morning! An 8-way tie! In the most extraordinary ending in the 94-year history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a record eight spellers were crowned co-champions Thursday night after each correctly spelled a word in the 20th and final round. Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja spelled the final 47 words correctly in their historic walk-off victory, going through five consecutive perfect rounds at Gaylord National Resort in... Read more
By Julie Close I live in Flushing, Michigan I’m the Director of Finance & Marketing (for a small consumer research/marketing company.) I haven’t written a book. Yet. I haven’t recorded an album. Yet. 😉 My journey to seminary began years ago, but happened in a moment. I’m a learner. I’ve wanted to go to seminary for a long time, but it just didn’t seem possible. I have a job here in Michigan. I’m married to a pastor. We’ve been in... Read more
Lessons from Translating the Second Testament – KR 129 What do you learn when you translate the New Testament? Scot has been working on translating the New Testament following the principles established by John Goldingay in his translation of the Old Testament titled The First Testament. Scot’s a big fan of Goldingay’s work and this translation. In this episode, Scot discusses some of his method of deciding on the words and phrases in the translation process. Don’t miss Scot’s behind... Read more
Remaking the Family, by Mike Glenn — and I appreciate deeply Mike’s willingness to knock out some time to post for this blog each Friday. In the little Mill Village Baptist Church in which I grew up, everyone was “Brother” or “Sister”. The pastor was “Brother Barrett” and the worship leader (we called them choir directors) was “Brother Veach”. Their wives were “Sister Barrett” and “Sister Veach”. Everyone in the church was called brother or sister. If you were still... Read more
The Gift of Renewal: A simple way that Church Leaders can Renew Their Pastor. By Tommy Phillips Tommy is a pastor in Tampa FL, well known musician and band leader, and leader of one creative church. Pastors spend allot of time reading, and reading widely from many Christian traditions and as well as trying to keep up with the academia. This is necessary because there are theological shifts that take place in Christendom, and these shifts usually start off in... Read more
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13 Several years ago I posted on a short book by Josh Reeves and Steve Donaldson: A Little Book for New Scientists: Why and How to Study Science. One chapter in this book deals with humility and … The Known Unknowns. In addition to the passage from James above, many other passages come to... Read more
Repost The question: What are the central characteristics of a genuine conversation in your opinion? I want to draw your attention to a massive and brilliant study, but for most of us far too specialized to be a book to “blog” our way through. The book is Benedetta Craveri’s The Age of Conversation. Her book is a detailed analysis of 17th Century salons, directed mostly by women, designed not for professors and specialists but for a nobility that wanted to form... Read more
By Kellye Fabian, Northern student in our MA in New Testament program She is the Pastor of Protection, Conciliation, and Doctrinal Casework at Willow Creek Community Church Author of Sacred Questions: A Transformative Journey Through the Bible. When I started my masters program at Northern Seminary, I didn’t know what to expect in terms of how the experience would impact the ministry I was doing. I didn’t have any specific plans about how I would use what I’d learned or how... Read more
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