What Does a New Testament Church Look Like?

Byempower June 2, 2011

We get this question frequently from readers of The Jesus Paradigm by David Alan Black. The easiest answer is to link to his essay with the same title.

Christianity | Church | Ecclesiology | Mission

The Church of Every Place, pt. 2
Byempower September 24, 2015

by Darren M. McClellan And now, for a continuation on a previous post regarding a theology of mission. Specifically, I invite you to reconsider the stereotypical notion of the church as a “place.” I get it, you say. The church is not a building, the church is not a steeple…the church is the people. Hand…

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Fourfold Gospel Hypothesis: A Call for Discussion
Byempower September 20, 2014

I have a question for our authors and readers: Is the confidence in Markan priority, generally combined with acceptance of ‘Q’ as a source, justified? I’m not asking whether you think Markan priority is likely, but rather whether you think the level of confidence in it amongst biblical scholars is justified. David Alan Black has…

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Christianity | Politics

D. Kevin Brown: We Don't Know History
Byempower July 4, 2016

Kevin Brown suggests we, as Americans, don’t know history. He also believes this has an impact on how we live in society as Christians: Many Christians have been duped into believing that we must somehow compartmentalize our faith. Therefore, we have a compartmentalized view that allows us to express faith and values in church but…

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Christianity | Megabelt

The Word on the Street – Is It the Bible?
Byempower April 6, 2011

(Energion author Nick May (Megabelt) posted the following on Facebook, and it is reproduced here with his permission. For his Facebook friends, the post is here.) Several years ago, I learned about something called “The Word on the Street” which is a take on the Bible whose modernized terms make The Message read like T.S….

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Christianity | Theology

God Is Not Dead
Byempower November 25, 2017

… so asserts Energion editor Chris Eyre. Thoughts? Read More Read More

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Christianity

WAS THE CROSS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION?
Byempower February 5, 2011

by Herold Weiss It would seem that in the gospel accounts of the crucifixion a scene is missing. None of them tells us that when the disciples saw Jesus being crucified, one of them (we would think that it should have been Peter) said, “Everything is going ahead according to plan. Let’s go home and…

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