by Robert Martin This past summer, as we do every summer, my family (myself, my wife, and our two daughters), met up with my father, his siblings, and all of their families down to grandchildren—The Reunion of the descendants of Clyde and Fanny Martin. As always, it was an amazingly fun affair with many in-jokes…
by Shauna Marie Hyde (For the complete post, click here) Recently I lost someone who I never dreamed would be someone I would ever meet much less deeply love. Our story is told in the book, “The Vicar of Tent Town.” One day a few years ago I heard about some people living off the…
By Steve Kindle Somewhere in the world there should be a society consciously and deliberately devoted to the task of seeing how love can be make real and demonstrating love in practice….If God, as we believe, is truly revealed in the life of Christ, the most important thing [to God] is the creation of centers…
Very soon you will be reading posts from Energion authors who have thought long and hard about issues facing the church and individuals, and put their helpful conclusions into books. As the publisher of these writings, Energion wants to share with our readers some of these resources that you may have overlooked. Beginning August 3rd,…
A new and highly collaborative program is about to be unveiled for this blog. If you are an Energion author, you will receive an email in the next few days announcing the program and soliciting your participation. Energion’s stable of 70 authors have published books across the theological spectrum and have raised questions and sought…
Bob Cornwall, author of Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening, has published an extract on ordination (The Biblical Call to Ordained Ministry). I think this would be a good launching pad for a discussion of the nature of ordination and what this means about church polity, if anything. Read Bob’s post first,…
This is the third in a set of responses to Philosophy for Believers. Links to all responses can be found in the introductory post to the series, along with a schedule of future posts. As I get older, I grow increasingly fascinated with the question of how one arrives where one does in terms of…
This is the third in a set of responses to Philosophy for Believers. Links to all responses can be found in the introductory post to the series, along with a schedule of future posts. There are a number of crucial issues in this chapter, but I think the best place to respond is on the…
54But when they heard these things they became infuriated and ground their teeth against him. 55But being full of the Holy Spirit, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God’s right hand. 56And he said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of…
by Bob MacDonald What can I assume when I say introduction? I have met many who do a double take when I say the word Psalter. What is the Psalter? The Psalter is a set of 150 poems that were created between 2200 and 3000 years ago, and collected between 2200 and 2500 years ago….
