When American evangelicals affirm the Trinity but don’t see the Spirit as a personal being, when they consider Jesus as the sole source of righteousness but insist that people are still inherently good, either not enough churches are teaching sound doctrine or not enough churchgoers are listening. That’s what Ligonier Ministries had to say about Read more... The post Survey: Evangelicals Contradict Their Own Convictions appeared first on Christianity Today.| Christianity Today
Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 20-25 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Matriculation Evensong Christ Chapel Seminary of the Southwest August 29, 2017 In our reading we have heard famous words of instruction given to both Israel and to the early church. These words of … Continue reading →| All Things Necessary
I have been mulling over the various responses on Facebook and in the comments on this blog regarding my last post, “Seminary is not Graduate School.” They have been thoughtful and I have enjoyed the give and take in the … Continue reading →| All Things Necessary
When I first began teaching in seminary a decade ago, I sometimes said to a student who complained of the workload: “Welcome to graduate school.” I myself was only recently out of graduate school. In my mind, the work expected … Continue reading →| All Things Necessary
I spent the majority of this summer working as a chaplain intern in the Clinical Pastoral Education program at Seton Medical Center Austin. This was an unusual departure from my typical summers, which involve catching up on writing projects, researching, … Continue reading →| All Things Necessary