by Kenny Burchard | Nov 15, 2018 | Gospel, Soteriology, Theological Studies
Stop me if you’ve heard (or preached) this sermon: “The reason we don’t have a crucifix in this church, glory to God, is because, hallelujah, Jesus is not on that cross anymore, amen?! (Amen!). No! Glory to God, Jesus rose again, and the cross is empty, amen?!...
by Kenny Burchard | Nov 14, 2018 | Eucharist, Sacramentalism, Theological Studies
Have you ever heard someone say that “Catholics believe they are re-sacrificing Jesus” in the Catholic Mass? I have. And guess what; that’s not the teaching of the Catholic Church regardless of what you might have heard! What follows is what is really happening in the...
by Kenny Burchard | Nov 1, 2018 | Christology, Philosophy, Theological Studies
I’ve been telling everyone I know that I think one of the absolute best theology books available to anyone is the Catechism of the Catholic Church. <<< You can click on that link and get it for .99 cents on Amazon Kindle. I've been reading it for...
by Kenny Burchard | Aug 31, 2018 | Gospel, Soteriology, Theological Studies
Assurance of Salvation is practically stock-in-trade with most evangelical Christians. “How can I know I’m really saved?” or “how can I be sure I’ll go to heaven when I die?” are questions many new Christians ask. A favorite verse...
by Kenny Burchard | Jul 23, 2018 | Church History, Creation, Eschatology, Gospel, Theological Studies
Don’t be confused. The reference to the church calendar isn’t about when the church softball team has its next game or the date for the next women’s craft night, or when the youth group will be up at camp. It isn’t even about when the next...
by Robby McAlpine | Feb 9, 2018 | Charismatic Theology, Ecclesiology, Pneumatology, Spiritual Warfare, Theological Studies
Within every electronic device, there lies a seed Dormant and waiting to be released Somewhere between 18 months and two years, it will sprout and begin to choke the life out The Doom Seed has germinated Your iPod shall not be resuscitated ~ Dead iPod Song (Rhett...
by Able Baker | Jan 17, 2018 | God's Sovereignty
A moment to explain to our readers why I’m writing this article. For a little over a year I have been preaching through Revelation. One of the people who has been following along with the sermons asked a great question about Revelation 17:8. Here is the passage…...
by Able Baker | Jan 16, 2018 | God's Sovereignty
I was recently sent a text with the following question. “In (Revelation) Chapter 17 verse 8 what does it mean ‘Whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world’?” Great question! This is a super thorny passage because of the...
by Able Baker | Dec 5, 2017 | Theological Studies
I have not written in a long time. Yesterday I fell into an interesting comment session on Facebook about the intricacies of God’s providence with some folks that I though might make it interesting. A friend placed a meme entitled “Onus, give credit where credit is...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 1, 2017 | Sacramentalism, Systematic Theology, Theological Studies
If a sacrament is a means of grace, or to improve upon an Augustinian idea, a visible sign of both invisible and visible grace, how might the church be sacramental? This is a question I have long been wrestling with and the suggestion I made in my dissertation was...
by Robby McAlpine | Aug 7, 2017 | Apologetics, Christology, Gospel, Sin, Soteriology, The Kingdom of God, Theodicy, Theological Studies, Worship
“This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’—and I am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst...
by Luke Geraty | Jun 28, 2017 | Baptism, Charismatic Theology, Ecclesiology, Eucharist, Pneumatology, Sacramentalism, Systematic Theology, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
Below is a copy of the paper I presented at the 2017 Society of Vineyard Scholars’ annual gathering (PDF can be found here). I essentially argue that sacramentality is essential for Vineyard theology and praxis, especially the regular celebration of Communion....
by Robby McAlpine | May 9, 2017 | Christology, Soteriology, Theological Studies
It’s always been a head-scratcher for me — this obsession that some people seem to have with pitting various viewpoints on the Atonement against each other, as if they are mutually exclusively (and therefore bitter enemies). I’ve always seen them more as the differing...
by Able Baker | Feb 27, 2017 | God's Sovereignty
Have you have been following the situation in Oroville California regarding their nearly 8 story (770’) dam? Just in case you have been in a coma California has had some amazing amounts of rainfall. This rain fall has caused the operators of the dam in Oroville to use...
by Kenny Burchard | Feb 15, 2017 | Anthropology, Creation, Multiple Views, Theological Studies
EDITED: Note – The portion of this post that reflects the biblical text has been highly edited from the original version in order to remove a lot of technical language, and the 7th day of creation in Genesis 2:1-3 has been added. The first part was done at the...
by Kenny Burchard | Feb 10, 2017 | Anthropology, Creation, Israel, Sin, The Kingdom of God, Theodicy, Theological Studies
I just finished reading through the book of Genesis again — this time, in the YouVersion online version of the New Living Translation. To read Genesis is to read an epic drama! At some points along the way as I read, I found myself in tears, and found my heart...
by Robby McAlpine | Feb 8, 2017 | Charismatic Theology, Christology, Church History, Ecclesiology, Epistemology, Gospel, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
“Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.” (1 Timothy 4:16) Some people don’t like doctrinal statements, viewing them as a tool of oppression and exclusion. They would...
by Luke Geraty | Jan 7, 2017 | Ecclesiology, Pneumatology, Soteriology, Systematic Theology, The Kingdom of God, Theological Studies
One of my favorite worship albums is Jeremy Riddle’s “The Now and Not Yet.” This “now and not yet” theology was made somewhat “famous” amongst Evangelicals by the scholarly work of George Eldon Ladd, especially in his The...
by Kenny Burchard | Nov 15, 2016 | Christology, Gospel, Israel, Sin, Soteriology
One of the most familiar stories in the Bible is the Passover narrative in Exodus 12:1-42. In God’s dramatic deliverance of Israel from Egyptian captivity and slavery, and his protection of them from the death plague about to fall on all the first born males in...
by Kenny Burchard | Oct 26, 2016 | Gospel, Israel, Soteriology, Theological Studies, Wesleyan-Arminian
The doctrine of election (and what it really means to be elect or not) has been distorted, misunderstood, and misrepresented to the point that it has become the wrong answer to the wrong questions. Namely, “Which particular individuals did God choose (before...
