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This course was delivered in March in a highly encouraging and formative learning environment, marked by strong student engagement and evident pastoral enthusiasm. Dr. Harris noted that the students consistently demonstrated intellectual sharpness and a deep desire to return to their churches equipped to teach and serve more effectively. Translation support, provided by in country…
R. B. Jamieson. The Paradox of Sonship: Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture. InterVarsity Press, 2021. 195 pp. ISBN 978-0-8308-4886-7. $27.00 paper. Jamison’s book is an excellent resource for a study of Hebrews–you can walk through the Hebrews epistle with me in my monthly blog. Dr. R. B….
Our Spring leadership training is set for April 11 at Ministries of Jesus from 8:30am to 10:30am–there will be coffee and snacks available. Historically these sessions have proven effective and helpful for the safety and growth of not just our Celebrate Recovery ministry–but also for the discipleship that happens naturally through our Recovery Ministry. Having…
What HTI Nicaragua Is Our team partners with national leaders in Nicaragua to offer Henderson Training Institute (HTI)—a two-year theological training program equipping pastors and church leaders from Nicaragua and Honduras for local and global ministry. Chris leads an effort to educate and equip Pastors in Central America. This project began in 2017 and his contribution from…
With two co‑leaders, I am currently leading a Step Study with ten pastors from across the country. This is the third one I’ve led, and all of them have proven to be helpful—and even transformative. You can find more information about CPR, along with an audio link to a recent podcast, here. If you are…
This page serves as a working snapshot of the writing, teaching, formation, and global ministry work I am currently engaged in. These projects are all oriented toward equipping the Church, supporting pastoral and lay discipleship, and recovering a thick theological vision of the human person made in God’s image. Much of the work is intentionally…
It is striking to realize that we have already entered March and are preparing for the second teaching week of our new cohort. The pace of the program has been brisk yet highly productive, and we now look ahead to Session 2 of our current HTI class, scheduled for the third week of the month….
This post includes notes from a recent devotional I shared in ministry context. In the review of Kelsey’s book posted below “Glory” is mentioned–as an abstract theological attribute the pure understanding of it can be a challenge. Posting this here may be of assistance. Morgan and Peterson’s book The Glory of God supports much of…
Kelsey addresses pastoral concerns largely overlooked by serious theological reflection and by doing so he makes productive and needed contributions to areas of doctrine that have been largely neglected. In this book the life of God ad intra with respect to interaction with creation receives needed investigation and explanation. Kelsey supports his conclusions through the…
I am indebted to this publication by Adonis Vidu–his project on Inseparable Operations doctrine ignited my interest and supported my research in good timing. Below is an excerpt from chapter three of my dissertation that details significant factors related to Divine Impassibility and the inseparable operation of the Trinity. This early church doctrine holds great…