Does Bible college and seminary create scholars but not pastors?
Anthony Parrott
362 posts
Any atonement theory must first get a few things right about God and humanity to accurately describe what happened on the cross.
Christianity has an immense vocabulary list. And, just like any language, Christians have a lot of "dialects" as well. Denominations and church cultures can use the same terms in different ways. When I say "Kingdom of Heaven," do I mean: 1) The place you go when
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. Someone asked me what I meant and here's my response. Virginity is a social construct because it’s not a biological reality. You
Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart
Thinking I could accomplish anything was a mistake.
Pastors desperately need to stop measuring the effectiveness or quality of the church by Sunday attendance.
“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 to Rome. Rather, citizenship was about carrying the values, culture, and ethos of Rome with you. Where a citizen was, there Rome was too. So
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