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12/21/2021

Something to thing on this Christmas Season...

Posted on December 20, 2021December 21, 2021 by kwilsonYou hav’ta serve someone Remember that line? If you are old enough, you will recall that it is a song from Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming album in 1969. And he was correct. So, this begs the question- who you will server? Some churches say .....

07/24/2021

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 by kwilsonChurch Small Groups vs Biblical Gathering The contemporary church (mostly irrespective of denomination) has seen a legitimate need to minister to individuals outside of the usual Sunday Service and Sunday School. This comes from a realization that a mas...

07/18/2021

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 by kwilsonBook Review – Reading the Bible as Literature – Part 2/2 Evaluation I read the author’s intent as including several overarching goals, some stated and some implied. The first stated goal is to show that the Bible is a form of literature. This is p...

07/06/2021

Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by kwilsonGathering in the Beloved Let us start with a biblical prototype for believer interaction – “…be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;” Ephesi...

06/24/2021

Posted on June 24, 2021 by kwilsonBook Review – Reading the Bible as Literature – Part 1/2 How to Read the Bible as Literature Leland Ryken Ph.D. Grand Rapids, Michigan Zondervan, 208p ISBN 978-0-310-39021-3 Introduction How to Read the Bible as Literature by Dr. Leland Ryken is a call to all th...

06/22/2021

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by kwilsonBeyond the Good-O-Meter In the previous post containing the Good-O-Meter clip, I mentioned that the theology had some issues. What issues, you might ask? Well, the meter implies in its evaluations that each of the lost individuals has some amount of goo...

06/01/2021

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How good do you have to be to get into heaven? This clip can be downloaded at www.worshiphousemedia.com.This video was originally made to counter the common ...

05/28/2021

Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 by kwilsonIrenic or Polemic? How theological issues are discussed is often thought of as a matter of cool academic consideration among peers, but frequently the tone of the discussion is a matter of temperament. Irenic – a discussion conducted without attacking t...

05/20/2021

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 by kwilsonApples, Oranges or Bananas? Let’s follow a previous post discussion of fruits of the Spirit in the context of assurance a bit farther… Before someone accuses me of discounting the fruits of the Spirit, let me state that they are indeed important marke...

05/15/2021

Posted on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 by kwilsonAn Ecclesiastical Paradox My recent experiences led me to recall an interesting ecclesiastical puzzle that a friend brought up some time ago and that I have observed several times in congregations. Case 1: The Pastor of a protestant church (I have no Cath...

05/13/2021

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 by kwilsonCongregational Identity In a previous post, A TULIP by any other name , I posed the question “So, how and to what degree should we seek theological clarity? Does it even matter?”. A small church pastor of my acquaintance, some years ago, proposed that...

04/30/2021

Posted on April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 by kwilsonA TULIP by any other name… For God says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will show compassion to whomever I show compassion.” So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who...