I am an Active Duty Army Chaplain, ordained as a Commissioned Pastor out of New Life CRC in Spring, TX.
Reading Theology, Philosophy and Ethics. I am most currently interested in the Transcendental Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd and how it affects the study and application of Ethics. As an Army Chaplain I am very interested in the new studies being done in "Moral Injury" in war.
He spends two paragraphs 'guarding the meanings of words' and 'maintaining the integrity of this word,' only to goof it up by calling God a sent one? That is a very difficult proposition to swallow.
I’ve spent four years in the Army as a Chaplain, and 19 of those months I’ve been deployed to either Iraq or Afghanistan. Many with whom I serve have seen combat all over; Panama, Bosnia, Iraq (the first and second time), as well as Afghanistan. I know several who have six or more deployments in their careers.
The prism of Christian denominations excites me. I find great spiritual benefit in relationships with many kinds of Christians. The pure light of God split when it hit the prism of our depravity and one result is our great variety of worship. True worshippers, however, are always pushing to get back through the prism.
What do you do when your life doesn’t turn out as you expected? In the Army, as I suspect in the other branches, the unexpected is oftentimes the norm. In fact, as a play on the Marine Corps motto, “Semper Fi” (Always Faithful), we often say, “Semper Gumby” (Always Flexible).
Calvin Seminary has a very thorough one.
http://cep.calvinseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sermonEvaluationForm.pdf
I recently discovered this resource, 4 Truths Church Leaders Should Know about PTSD. I am not personally acquainted with Reboot Combat Recovery (so this is not an endorsement), but the linked...
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luimes, it is a comman fallacy to view the angels on the head of a pin debate as useless, but you have to remember that during the first few centuries of the Church, they were still trying to...
Kudos on this blog. I have been thinking along the same lines. I read an article by Carl Trueman on Reformation21 dot org (I tried linking direct to it, but it triggered The Network's spam filter...
I was a Ministry Associate and now, of course, a CP. I watched Synod over the web and was extremely surprised by the switch. I had not been alerted that there was even a debate about the name. I...
The most offensive part of this whole fiasco has been the promulgation of the idea that "if you're a 'good' Christian you will eat at Chick-Fil-A." The whole thing started as a socio-political...
Though not a Zondervan product, the New Testament Exegesis and Old Testament Exegesis, 3d eds, by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, respectively, are the best books I've found that are geared toward...
Thanks! I appreciate it.
Is there a transcript available to read? I'm in a place where bandwidth is an issue so downloading even an mp3 can be a problem. Thanks.
Along the lines of valuing the heritage of the Dutch...