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Private Piety and Public Deeds

Last night, a large group of young adults brainstormed how to reach their peers in the SF Bay. As I perused the ideas on post-its, a good...
New Wineskins for New Wine: My interview on Rose City Forum

The bit of buzz in Seattle around my research into church planting in the city led to this hour-long interview with Andee Zommerman , h...
Alan Hirsch on Incarnational Mission

Mission is the "what" but incarnation is the "how." Too much talk about the centrality of mission to ecclesiology and ...
John Wesley's Doctrine of Salvation (and Perfection)

I. Introduction “At the same time, justified and sinner.” This is Luther’s appraisal of the Christian condition. Wesley, who owed much ...
Newbigin's Gospel in a Pluralist Society: Summary

A while back I was invited to speak to a group called Theology on Tap about "The Gospel in a Post-Christian World. The topic, it see...
Election: That Distasteful Presbyterian Doctrine

Congratulations! You were chosen as TIME Magazine's person of the year. I hope you appreciate what an honor this is. One of your ...
Light as a Biblical Metaphor Pt. 1

In response to a request from a group of artists at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, the topic my next two posts is Light as a Biblical ...
Purpose Statement for Practical Theology PhD

Two rising streams within Western Christianity seem to be flowing in opposite directions. Missional ecclesiology and spiritual formati...
War, Peace & Tragedy in David's Life

It's a question that the Bible, it seems, doesn't answer: Why couldn't David build the temple? Looking for an answer? Re...
Charles Finney's on Revivals of Religion: Summary

This post offers a biographical sketch of Second Great Awakening revivalist Charles Finney and summary of his most important book. Charl...

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Private Piety and Public Deeds

Last night, a large group of young adults brainstormed how to reach their peers in the SF Bay. As I perused the ideas on post-its, a good...
John Wesley's Doctrine of Salvation (and Perfection)

I. Introduction “At the same time, justified and sinner.” This is Luther’s appraisal of the Christian condition. Wesley, who owed much ...
New Wineskins for New Wine: My interview on Rose City Forum

The bit of buzz in Seattle around my research into church planting in the city led to this hour-long interview with Andee Zommerman , h...
How to Live in the Kingdom of God

The Kingdom (or Reign) of God is the realm in which God’s will is actualized. Thus heaven is a part of the Kingdom of God, angels are ...
Light as a Biblical Metaphor Pt. 2

This is Part Two in my series on Light as a Biblical Metaphor. Part One explored the three dominant biblical metaphors for light: 1) Li...
Should Wives Submit?

A colleague of mine was recently engaged. And the question arose, as it often does: "How are we going to resolve conflict? Who gets t...
Newbigin's Gospel in a Pluralist Society: Summary

A while back I was invited to speak to a group called Theology on Tap about "The Gospel in a Post-Christian World. The topic, it see...
'Some Fell on Good Soil': Church Planting in Religious Ecologies

In the midst of the decline of mainline denominations and the rise of the “nones” in the U.S. something surprising is happening.[i] Churc...
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Since I couldn't find a good list of schools with PhD programs in Practical Theology (US) anywhere on the web, I made my own: Bosto...

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