Ministry
Scholars or Pastors or Both?
Does Bible college and seminary create scholars but not pastors?
Glossary
Glossary: Atonement
Any atonement theory must first get a few things right about God and humanity to accurately describe what happened on the cross.
Glossary
Glossary
Christianity has an immense vocabulary list. And, just like any language, Christians have a lot of "dialects" as well. Denominations and church cultures
Sexual Ethics
Virginity is a social construct
I made reference in a recent social media post that something I learned coming out of Christian fundamentalism is that virginity is a social construct.
Essay
Guess You Had to Be There
Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart
Public Journaling
Stupid Little Projects
Thinking I could accomplish anything was a mistake.
Ministry
Most people don't want a weekly church service
Pastors desperately need to stop measuring the effectiveness or quality of the church by Sunday attendance.
Bible & Theology
“You are citizens of heaven…”
“You are citizens of heaven…” Paul’s Letter to the Church in Philipi For a Roman citizen, citizenship was not about longing to go back
Egalitarianism
Men and Women Aren't as Predictable As We've Been Led to Believe
I've got a premarital counseling couple in front of me. They're bickering because one of them is always bringing up their feelings about their problems, and the other one is always trying to solve the other one's problems. In your mind, which one is a man and which one is a woman?
Ministry
Introducing New Songs to A Congregation
The goals of every worship leader and team are the same: excellence which leads to participation. If the congregation can't sing along, you're no longer hosting a worship service but a concert. Concerts are great, don't get me wrong. But it's not usually what people are looking for from a church.
Going On Sabbatical
I am so grateful that The Table Church values sabbath and rest. We believe that people are not commodities. Humans are not merely resources. Because
Misused Scripture
Misused Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9
Wormism is the notion, particularly popular in certain expressions of Christianity, that you and I are nothing but lowly, nasty, dirty worms. We're