2015-03-13T16:56:03-05:00

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This post is part of a Patheos symposium on the Future of Seminary Education. Accreditation is a funny thing.  The primary accrediting body for theological education is the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).  When you’re on a seminary faculty, and especially when you’re in the administration, there’s lots of deference paid to ATS.  They’re talked about in hushed tones.  And if you notice that everything on your campus is being painted and the lawn is especially manicured, you can bet... Read more

2015-03-13T16:56:03-05:00

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At First Things, Joe Carter fires back at yesterday’s NYTimes Op-Ed: Evangelicals who take an interest in the life of the mind inevitably encounter two types of fundamentalists. Although the two types are similar, they are easy to distinguish. Both types believe that their views of the scripture, creation, and/or history are the only legitimate interpretations and condemn anyone who disagrees with them and their preferred “experts.” But the first type filters their beliefs through the KJV while the second... Read more

2015-03-13T16:56:04-05:00

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Coming off an emerging church conference featuring Brian McLaren and Nadia Bolz-Weber, Fred Schmidt is ambivalent about the ECM.  And he’s got some questions: If the Emerging Church movement has a contribution to make to Christianity, it is in reconnecting the spiritual and religious dots. It will need to demonstrate that it is not only possible to do God and church, but that it might also be necessary. But the Emerging Church movement has its own challenge: If, as some... Read more

2015-03-13T16:56:04-05:00

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This post is part of a Patheos symposium on the Future of Seminary Education. One of the hallmarks of the emerging church movement, from its earliest days, has been its call to deep community.  For some of us, that’s meant rootedness in the places we were reared.  It’s also meant that some church planters (think Doug Pagitt, Chris Seay, Dan Kimball, Tim Keel), it’s meant a long-term commitment to the churches they founded (not very Pauline of them!). So it’s... Read more

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This is getting all the buzz this morning: THE Republican presidential field has become a showcase of evangelical anti-intellectualism. Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann deny that climate change is real and caused by humans. Mr. Perry and Mrs. Bachmann dismiss evolution as an unproven theory. The two candidates who espouse the greatest support for science, Mitt Romney and Jon M. Huntsman Jr., happen to be Mormons, a faith regarded with mistrust by many Christians. The rejection of science... Read more

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According to the New York Times, 95% of blogs haven’t been updated in over 120 days.  At a new site called Postary, they’ve chalked up the blog lifecycle for most people: BLOG LIFECYCLE 1) Euphoric moment of inspiration 2) Pseudo-maniacal and self-indulgent perusing of domains 3) Careful consideration of theme and design 4) The inaugural post – “Hello world!” 5) The 2-4 post honeymoon phase 6) Waning and changing interests 7) Feelings of desperation and apathy from low engagement Inevitable... Read more

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I led the sermon discussion last night at Solomon’s Porch.  The text was Galatians 3, one of the oddest chapters in the Pauline corpus.  Therein, Paul argues for grace over law based on this verse from Genesis: And I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual holding; and I will be their God. The word for “offspring” is actually “seed,” at... Read more

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This week, Patheos will kick off an online symposium on the future of seminary education.  I’ll be blogging about a few ideas I have on this subject, but I want to start the week by soliciting your opinion(s).  The symposium was catalyzed by a post written earlier this year by Fred Schmidt, “Is It Time to Write the Euology? The Future of Seminary Education” — reading that is a good place to start. After reading that, I’d love to hear... Read more

2015-03-13T16:56:05-05:00

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2015-03-13T16:56:06-05:00

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Sociologist Gerardo Marti, who has studied the emerging church movement, weighs in on the influence of Steve Jobs among entrepreneurial church leaders: Over time I have seen how Steve Jobs became the patron saint of non-denominational church leaders who value creativity, technology and persistent vision. Jobs accomplished what few are able to do: connect with everyday lives, enrich people’s aesthetics with evidence of beauty, and offer tools for exercising personal gifts and talent. Jobs had a single-minded vision for the varied media... Read more

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