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Category Archives: Bible-Theology
Sermon: God’s Feast
This is the audio of a sermon preached at the Klaipėda Free Christian Church entitled, “God’s Feast,” in preparation for our monthly celebration of the Lord’s Supper. The text is Exodus 24:1–12. Continue reading
My Journey to Affirming the Ordination of Women (Part XI)
As I was reviewing my slate of draft blog posts in various stages of completion, I noticed that I never shared the intended final post in my series on my change of perspective on women’s ordination. While I had intended to put a nice bow on the series, I will just conclude with a list of resources that I read, and one brief comment. Continue reading
Recap: Tallinn, Helsinki, Klaipėda
A couple of weeks ago we enjoyed several days of travel, as well as some fun times home in Klaipėda. Continue reading
Posted in Bible-Theology, Giffones in Lithuania, Research, Travels
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Centralization, Research, SBL, Tribe of Benjamin
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Sermon: So That It May Go Well With You
This is the video of a sermon delivered at First Presbyterian Church of Endicott, NY on June 24 entitled, “So That It May Go Well With You.” The text was Deuteronomy 4:5-13.
Posted in Bible-Theology, Research
Tagged Deuteronomy, ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, Law, Old Testament
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Sermon: Apostles and Exiles
A short homily delivered at LCC’s International Christian Fellowship on April 22 entitled, “Apostles and Exiles.” The text was Ezekiel 11:14-17. Continue reading
Voices of the Global Church
As I reached the end of my week-long course in Ukraine last month, I felt compelled to offer an impromptu exhortation to my Russian-speaking students, all of whom are already leading churches, and some of whom will likely go on for graduate study. Continue reading
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Teaching in Ukraine
From March 8 to 17, I taught at Zaporozhe Bible Seminary (ZBS) in Ukraine. Continue reading
Sermon: No Dry Trees
The gospel, the good news for all of us, is that we serve a “single” Savior! Jesus never married a human woman, never had biological children. Yet according to Isaiah 53:10, as a reward for his perfect obedience, his Father gave him “many offspring,” and “prolonged his days”! Jesus showed us that the lasting impact of God’s work in our lives is not that we have biological children, but that we would have many spiritual sons and daughters—people whom we have invited into God’s family by faith, and discipled. Continue reading
Special Service: Worshipping with the Fifth Gospel
Jess Smoker and I did an independent study on the Book of Isaiah that semester. We discovered that we are both musical, and decided that one of her assignments should be for us to craft a worship service structured around songs from Isaiah, and short teachings from the passages on which those songs are based. Continue reading
My Journey to Affirming the Ordination of Women (Part X)
One important objection of complementarians to the evangelical egalitarian position is the observation that in the last century-and-a-half, Christian groups that have embraced women’s ordination have embraced other doctrines and practices that they believe are unscriptural–most notably, acceptance of homosexual practice, and the sign gifts (tongues and prophecy). This is a slippery-slope argument, but rhetorically effective and important to consider. Continue reading
