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Role of Women
In the home and church I grew up in, I do not remember any teaching on male headship and female submission. In the church, service was performed equally by both males and females based upon their skills. In my home, my parents were co-regents and co-servants. I never remember my father demanding submission from my
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Industrialization Of The Church
The Industrial Revolution advanced productivity, decreased cost and decreased craftsmanship. I am an application developer. When I was just out of college, I was asked by a company that provides insurance for horses to develop software that they could use to track the policies they sold and to whom they sold the policies. It was
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Science and Creation
I believe God is the creator of this universe and all material substances in all realms. I believe that God not only created everything, but continually sustains everything. I believe that in the future (near or far), God will renew his creation. I value science. From Wikipedia, “Science (from the Latin word scientia, meaning “knowledge”)[1] is a systematic enterprise that builds and
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Inerrancy
Out of the Biblical “trustworthiness” fights of the 18th and 19th centuries, in the 20th century, American evangelicals wanted to provide certainty about the Bible and came up with the concept of the Bible being inerrant. From Wikipedia, “Inerrancy has been much more of an issue in American evangelicalism than in British evangelicalism.[9] According to Stephen R.
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Word of God Pondering
I agree with someone else who said, “I believe in the inerrant, infallible Word of God and his name is Jesus.” John 1:1-14 The Message The Life-Light 1 1-2 The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one. 3-5 Everything was created
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Truth and Lies Pondering
I have been pondering about the state of the American church. First posted May 15, 2021
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The End
No, I do not plan for this to be my last post. This may be my last post as an ordained minster. I was ordained at Scofield Memorial Church in Dallas, TX and at that time, I fully agreed with their doctrinal statement and constitution. Today, I would no longer agree with their full doctrinal
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Point and Counterpoint
One of my favorite educational methods is constructive debate. Kristin and I took a few classes together in seminary and one of those classes was Adult Education. A major team project was to teach an adult class using any teaching method we wished on an assigned systematic theology study. Our team was assigned the study
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Rock Stars and Concerts
Just because I am in my 60s now, this is not a post about the good ole’ days of hymns. I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Rock music was well established in my lifetime. I enjoy all genres of music. Yes, even the new genres. (I am not a person who listens to
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Church Splits and The Filioque Clause
Some estimates claim there are 45,000+ different Christian denominations globally. This number of denominations is often used by atheists as proof that Christianity is false because Christians can’t agree on what is true. Some estimates claim there are 2.5 billion Christians globally. I would contend that if you interviewed each of them about their full