theology

Pastors, Teach Theology to Your Church

Everyone is a theologian, but not everyone is a good theologian. Theology is the study of and understanding of God. Everyone has some thought or understanding about God, but not everyone has correct thoughts about God. Everyone is a theologian, but not everyone is a good theologian. As shepherds over God’s flock, pastors have the …

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Theology or Me-Ology

Theology. Yes, it matters, and yes you are a theologian. Everyone is a theologian, the only real question is whether or not you are a good theologian. Theology is a compound word made of two Greek words theos (God) and the suffix ology (which means knowledge or study of), so theology is the study of …

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Monday Musings

When you start reading Luther, or Edwards, or Whitefield, though your doctrine may be theirs, you soon find yourself wondering whether you have any acquaintance at all with the mighty God whom they knew so intimately. J.I. Packer Knowing God pg.83

Bethelehem or Bethlehem Baptist Church?

Are you an evangelical snob? In his book, The First Five Pages, Noah Lukeman recounts the difficulty of getting a book published as an unknown author: Getting a novel published is extremely difficult, especially if you are an unknown author. Chuck Ross, a freelance writer, decided to test the system. He retyped the first twenty-one …

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Monday Musings

“mission is the mother of theology.” -Martin Kahler missiology.org

Could Spurgeon Be A Southern Baptist?

With so much talk about who Southern Baptists really are historically and what theological stream we fall into (or are birthed from), I am inclined to remind us all that we are neither Calvinist nor Arminian nor even are we all somewhere in between. Emir Caner’s recent essay that can be found in the Christian …

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Book Review: Big Truths for Young Hearts

I must admit that when I first learned Bruce Ware had written a book for children, I was both excited and skeptical. I was excited because there is possibly no one more qualified to teach theology to anyone than Bruce Ware, and to know that he was devoting his efforts to teaching children is wonderful. …

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Book Review: Young, Restless, and Reformed

Time magazine has just declared the New Calvinism one of the 10 Ideas Changing The World, and so it is worth our while to read Collin Hansen’s journalistic endeavor to understand and report upon this New Calvinism.  In, Young, Restless, and Reformed, Hansen writes of his journey across America investigating the current resurgence of Calvinistic and Reformed soteriology.  …

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Book Review: Jesus and the Feminists, Who Do They Say That He Is?

In Jesus and the Feminists, Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger tackled the issue of feminism’s theological approach to the person of Jesus Christ. She examined the historical development of feminism throughout the last half century.  Beginning with radical feminism Köstenberger traced the theological conclusions concerning Christ which feminism has expressed.  Köstenberger pointedly evaluated the various theological positions …

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Suggested Books on Biblical Theology

I am becoming increasingly aware of the importatance of biblical theology in the church.  I just ran across a list of suggested books on biblical theology from Grace Baptist Church and I’ve added a few of my own.  The list can be found be “Beginner” Reading: 1.  According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God …

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