Daily Archives: September 30, 2015

Book Write-Up: Reclaiming Prophecy, by Darin Slack

Darin Slack.  Reclaiming Prophecy: Encouraging Church Leaders to Rethink Prophetic Ministry.  Apopka, FL: Certa, 2015.  See here to buy the book. More than one person has said that prophets can be a destabilizing presence.  A person can enter a congregation … Continue reading

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Is God Bound By the Chains of His Own Justice? (Crisp on Retribution)

Originally posted on Reformedish:
Oliver Crisp has an illuminating article in his work Retrieving Doctrine examining the innovative, Scottish theologian John McLeod Campbell’s atonement theology, quite accurately titled “John McLeod Campbell and Non-penal Substitution” (92-115). It’s illuminating, not only as it shines…

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Which candidate for Speaker of the House is the most conservative?

Originally posted on WINTERY KNIGHT:
Republican Speaker John Boehner I waited a couple of days to write about Speaker Boehner stepping down. I was supportive of him for a while, but even with the majority, nothing was getting done. I…

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Brotherly Love (1 Thessalonians 4:9-10)

Reading Acts In 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10 Paul encourages the church at Thessalonica to pursue “brotherly love.” What is brotherly love? The noun used here (φιλαδελφία) was only used for literal family relationships before the Christian community began to use it … Continue reading

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Mark Smith on “The Three Bodies of God”

Originally posted on Daniel O. McClellan:
The newest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature has been released, and it features an article by Mark S. Smith entitled “The Three Bodies of God” that I found both interesting and somewhat…

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