The Need for Pastor Theologians

A plea to reunite theology with the church.

Authors and pastors Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson are “resurrecting an ancient vision,”  that of The Pastor Theologian. In their book, they lament that with the rise of the academy, theologians and intellectuals tend to find their home in that atmosphere, while pastors “no longer traffic in ideas.

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11 Verbs of Repentance

If the Holy Spirit fell in reviving power among us today, I don’t think Harry Potter conferences and books would be first to go up in flames. But I do believe there would be a huge conflagration of one of the greatest idols of our own time - digital technology.

The Heidelberg Catechism’s answer to question 94, “What does God enjoin in the first commandment?” contains eleven verbs, eleven “doing” words.

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Out of Tune

Several years ago, musicians noted that errand boys in a certain part of London all whistled out of tune as they went about their work. It was talked about and someone suggested that it was because the bells of Westminster were slightly out of tune. Something had gone wrong with the chimes and they were discordant. The boys did not know there was anything wrong with the peals, and quite unconsciously they had copied them.

Out of Tune

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That Magnificent Old Man - Part Two

THEME: Observations and Lessons from Hebron  

This week’s lessons teach us about Joshua’s companion in the conquest of Canaan, and what it was that made Caleb a great man.

SCRIPTURE:
Joshua 14:6-15

Now when Numbers 13 begins to tell us about the work of the spies, it doesn't give us very much detail as to how they went about their work. We don't know, for example, whether they toured around in a body or whether they divided up. We might suspect that they divided up so as not to attract too much attention. One thing I suspect as I read about this is that whether they divided up or whether they went around as a group, Caleb must have expressed some particular interest in Hebron. Hebron is the only one of the cities of the land that’s described in any detail in Numbers 13. It tells that they explored the land from the desert of Zin all the way up to Rehob. It says in verse 22 that they went through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. I suspect that Caleb must have had a special interest in seeing Hebron.

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The Ascension of Christ In Creed and Catechism

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The ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ is an historical event of no less enormity than his resurrection.

Like his resurrection, his ascension was an event set before the eyes of the apostles. Jesus made no clandestine departure from this world. He did not reach his fortieth day of new life (Acts 1:3) and then slip away from a crowded room never to appear again. Such a departure would leave men in speculation, searching for ages, wondering if Jesus, like Lazarus, had merely returned to the grave.

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Saving Faith A Gift of God

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Evangelicals uniformly acknowledge the necessity of faith. But what actually is this faith we affirm? Or to put it more personally, what changes in the one who lacks saving faith and subsequently possesses it? What should we say, or even believe, about believing?

Saving faith gets center stage in the next few articles, as we consider where it came from, what it is, and how to recognize it.

Faith from Above

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My "Most Important" Books

The books that have made the difference for me...

In a couple months I will be posting the obligatory “best reads of the year” list. But as a guy who loves books and reading I thought I’d post a list of the books that have figured particularly large in my life. These are not merely books I love (that list would be too long).

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That Magnificent Old Man - Part One

THEME: Caleb’s History

This week’s lessons teach us about Joshua’s companion in the conquest of Canaan, and what it was that made Caleb a great man.

SCRIPTURE:
Joshua 14:6-15

The magnificent old man to which I am referring here in Joshua 14 is Caleb, who was Joshua’s companion and fellow soldier during all these long years of the conquest of Canaan. It’s often the case that in the presence of an outstanding leader, other people are overlooked. And it’s not because the other people are not great in themselves. Sometimes they’re even greater in some ways than the leader who’s getting all the attention. But, for one reason or another, perhaps just because he or she has a position of visibility, the leader gets the attention, and the other people are overshadowed. 

 

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General Pershing's Parade

In a certain mountain village about a hundred miles from Paris, a group of American soldiers, consisting of a lieutenant and about forty men, guarded an ammunition dump. The lieutenant received permission to go on leave for two weeks, and he left the group in charge of the master sergeant.

General Pershing’s Parade

In a certain mountain village about a hundred miles from Paris, a group of American soldiers, consisting of a lieutenant and about forty men, guarded an ammunition dump. The lieutenant received permission to go on leave for two weeks, and he left the group in charge of the master sergeant.

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Princeton Conference bulletin insert (PDF download)

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