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“I Wouldn’t Think So Much of the Gathering:” Engaging Francis Chan on the Church
Francis Chan offered some surprising thoughts at the Verge 2012 conference recently. Speaking on the church gathering, he said the following at the conference in Austin: If I just read the Scriptures, I wouldn’t even think so much of the … Continue reading
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Rap You Must Listen To: “Through Hymn” on Church History
Steve Forst, one of my students at Boyce College, just clued me in to a rapper I had never heard of: Through Hymn. He specializes in hip-hop on church history. You never know what to expect with under-the-radar rappers. It … Continue reading
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Jonathan Edwards on Roles within the Godhead
According to Michael McClymond and Gerald McDermott, for Jonathan Edwards, Trinitarian roles were important. More than most early modern Christian thinkers, Edwards delineated distinct roles for each of the three divine Persons. The Father is “the fountain,” “the Deity without … Continue reading
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Literature Review: Reinke, DeWitt, Thoennes, Hiestand & Thomas, Wittmer
It’s time for a good ole’ fashioned literature roundup. Here are several books I’ve gotten recently that I think are worth my, and perhaps your, attention, if I may be so bold as to suggest possible entertainers of your attention. … Continue reading
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How Charles Finney Trumped Jonathan Edwards in America
In the just-published 9Marks journal, I published an essay on the trajectory of conversion in America over the last 250 years. It is my argument that in the evangelical scene writ large, conversion came to be seen more as a … Continue reading
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Should We Not Read Jonathan Edwards Because He Owned Slaves?
An upcoming event at the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School tackles this question, and does so by way of a major lecture by esteemed pastor Thabiti Anyabwile. This lecture, entitled “Jonathan Edwards and American Racism: Can the … Continue reading
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The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is hosting a colloquium on post-Edwards theology in two days, on Friday, January 6, 2011 on the campus of TEDS. The JEC at TEDS is a young center but is off … Continue reading
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The Essential Edwards Collection: $17 on Kindle (!)
I recently heard from Moody Publishers that the Essential Edwards Collection is being sold on Kindle right now for $17–or $16.48, to be exact. If you’ve sat on the fence since 2010–a long time to sit on the fence–now may … Continue reading
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Video Interview with Credo Magazine on Jonathan Edwards
This from Credo magazine: We are pleased to release an interview with Owen Strachan, co-author of The Essential Edwards Collection: Set of 5 Books, on the monumental figure, Jonathan Edwards, perhaps the greatest theologian-philosopher in American history. In Part 1 … Continue reading
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Two Great Societies: Jonathan Edwards and Pastor-theologians
It’s been uncomfortably quiet at this humble little blog. This is due in large part to a friend of mine who goes by the name “dissertation.” He’s very needy; I’m hoping soon to part company with him. At any rate, … Continue reading
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