Great questions keep coming from our listeners, and the Spin Team speaks ex cathedra, putting to rest once and for all a few queries related to this topic.
Is there a true tension between being missional and being confessional? What does it mean to be missional in the current context? The crew addresses a few schools of thought related to the use of the term missional, some of the dangers of its misuse, and the real mission of the church, according to Matthew 28.
But that’s not all! Our trio addresses the other side of the fence and discusses how one can [wrongly] excuse apathy for his neighbor and the world under the pretense of confessionalism. Shall we find the balance?
The Blog
Each of our contributors post here regularly, sharing their wit and wisdom on a wide variety of topics.
Teaching doctrine must open students' eyes to the doxology which drove dogmatic formulation.
Barry York offers a constructive response to my Den Dulk lectures.
Some spring reading suggestions.
Seminaries are parachurch organizations but their connection (formal or informal) to churches make confessional integrity in teaching an absolute imperative.
In their ongoing series on the doctrine of God and confessional Christianity, Jon Master and Carl Trueman reflect on what questions students need to ask of professors and what questions presbyteries need to ask of ministerial candidates when it comes to Christology.
Matthew Barrett offers us some further questions that student should ask of professors, and which presbyteries should ask of candidates.
Two presbyterian ministers, Jonathan Master and Carl Trueman, offer thoughts on examining ministerial candidates with regard to the doctrine of God.
What should we think about the change of meaning in confessional language?
Current discussions of the Reformers and the doctrine of God reveal that Etienne Gilson's comment on what makes a competent philosopher applies just as much to competent theologians.
The Christian Faith is a dogmatic faith, defined by creeds and confessions. And Systematic Theology is vital to understanding exactly what those creeds and confessions mean.
The Contributors
Each of our contributors post here regularly, sharing their wit and wisdom on a wide variety of topics. Read more at each of their individual blogs, listed below.
Carl Trueman
Postcards from Palookaville
Pastor and teacher of church history, this anti-celebrity "celebrity” dreams about what might have been, had he played his cards right. See all of Carl’s posts »
Todd Pruitt
1517
Always Texan, once Southern Baptist, now Presbyterian, he exhibits a high regard for BASE jumping, interpretive dance, and puppies. See all of Todd's posts »
Aimee Byrd
Housewife Theologian
Driving her kids all over tarnation, and her husband crazy, this tender-loving, cut-throat theologian packs a punch... or Nunchuck. See all of Aimee's posts »
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