Think Theology

If I had a dollar for every time that someone said they had a “prayer request” or a “concern” about someone, and then they proceeded to gossip and slander another fellow Christian, I really do think I’d be rich beyond belief. It has, quite frankly, occurred around me my entire life. I don’t believe I’ve [...]

Every once in awhile, someone will ask me how I am doing. If I’m honest, it doesn’t happen often. In fact, it almost never happens from people in my direct sphere of influence. But there are several good friends, who are also pastors, who will ask me this question. At first, I don’t even know [...]

I have a confession to make. I’m a Continuationist, which means that I do not believe any of the “supernatural” spiritual gifts have ceased, but that’s not my confession. My confession is that while I’m “charismatic,” I find a great deal of Charismatic and Pentecostal practices to be a bit troubling. The practices that are frustrating [...]

Some things are very timely. I just read an interesting bit of advice from Kevin DeYoung, author of Why We’re Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be. DeYoung gives nine steps to follow when you are concerned about issues in your local church (DeYoung’s thoughts are here). DeYoung is commenting specifically in regards to [...]

I wanted to take a few moments to make some observations and state some of my thoughts in regards to theological education. Two weekends ago I spent some time with some folks interested in my opinion on the subject of ministry training and I just read through an interesting article over at the Evangelical Textual Criticism [...]

I just picked up a copy of Dr. Rick Blackwood’s The Power of MultiSensory Preaching and Teaching (Zondervan, 2009). Dr. Blackwood pastors Christ Fellowship in Palmetto, FL. I’ve read about half of the book and spent a bit of time flipping around the rest of the chapters and the two appendixes. In many ways this [...]

[Editor's note: The following essay is printed with permission. Pastor Pribble is a fantastic man of God who I had the honor of talking to on the phone for a few short minutes. Not only did he give me permission to reprint this, we had a great conversation. I'm interested to know what others think about [...]

In the last two years I have become more interesed in a subject that I previously had little interest in and very little time for - leadership! The amount of books written on the subect is amazing; the ministries dedicated to this subject overwhelming; and the self-proclaimed specialists disturbing. Let’s face it, the subject is getting [...]