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The Books We Don’t Read: Amos
Read more: The Books We Don’t Read: AmosI was able to preach a sermon at Mill City Church (in Northeast Minneapolis), which is the church I call home. My sermon was part of a series on the Minor Prophets called The Books We Don’t Read, referring to the fact that many people in our churches don’t hardly read the minor prophets. My…
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Ash Wednesday 2020
Read more: Ash Wednesday 2020If there’s one unifying factor for our divided planet, it’s that people all around the world love celebrations of joy. People in every nation love to join in celebrating so many joyous occasions. We love births, weddings, graduations, promotions, anniversaries – basically any reason to celebrate our life achievements in great joy and togetherness. What…
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Was Voldemort A Terrorist?
Read more: Was Voldemort A Terrorist?Recently I co-wrote a chapter with Dr. Neil Shortland in a volume on the Harry Potter series dedicated to culture, politics, and international relations, called Cultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear (London: Routledge, 2019). The chapter we wrote is about how Voldemort’s strategy for immortality is much like how…
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Is Mormonism Another Christian Denomination?
Read more: Is Mormonism Another Christian Denomination?Over here at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN we recently had an Apologetics event where we discussed the topic of Mormonism. Specifically, we wanted to help people think through the common question of whether Mormonism is really just another Christian denomination. Here’s a video of the event with three discrete talks and a question…
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Game of Thrones & Palm Sunday
Read more: Game of Thrones & Palm SundayThe final season of Game of Thrones began this past Sunday on HBO. I find it very intriguing that they chose this past Sunday of all days because it was Palm Sunday. If you don’t know, the title “Game of thrones” refers to the machinations, backbiting, and betrayal involved in this medieval fantasy game of politics…
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Two Ways Complementarian Churches Can Be More… Complementarian
Read more: Two Ways Complementarian Churches Can Be More… ComplementarianComplementarianism. Evangelical churches embrace this term to define their position on women and church leadership. But we lack a shared vision of what this might look like in our churches. The idea of complementarianism is rooted in the principle that men and women are better together, or in more Biblical language, “It is not good…
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My New Article on Trinitarian Theology
Read more: My New Article on Trinitarian TheologyMy friend Matt Owen and I just published an article in Theologica called “The Son of God and Trinitarian Identity Statements.” I had an absolute blast co-writing this piece and if you’re interested in the doctrine of the Trinity, early Christology, and the interdisciplinary relationship between analytic and exegetical theology, you should check out our article…
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Shame, Fear of Failure, and the Feeding of the Five Thousand
Read more: Shame, Fear of Failure, and the Feeding of the Five ThousandI’ve recently been reading on how shame relates to the fear of failure (McGregor & Elliot, 2005). They argue that shame is core to the fear of failure, as those who have a fear of failure also tend to experience higher levels of shame. I also recently watched this interview with journalist Lisa Ling by…