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Wind, Conscience, and Calling: On Being Fully Yourself in Christ
A personal reflection on calling, conscience, and finding clarity in Christ amid the pressures of theological study and daily life.
Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind — But Not Like You Think
Read love is patient, love is kind within 1 Corinthians 12–14, where Paul addresses gifts, rivalry, and the life of a congregation learning to mature.
Salvation: God’s Initiative, Our Response
Explore salvation as God’s initiative calling for a human response, and consider how grace, trust, obedience, and transformation belong together.
How the Truth Actually Sets You Free
Explore the relationship between truth, freedom, and discipleship, and why attending to Scripture’s argument can challenge comfortable inherited assumptions.
Why Theologian Should Not Be a Specialty Word
What is a theologian’s role in the church? Reflect on study as service, the responsibility to keep learning, and the need to make understanding accessible.
“In Essentials Unity” — The Soft Lie That Everyone Seems to Believe
Examine the slogan in essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, considering its origins and the difficulty of deciding what Christian unity requires.
Sola Scriptura Isn’t the Problem— Sola Me Is
Explore the difference between Scripture’s authority and private interpretive independence, with attention to community, tradition, and responsible reading.
One Gospel, Many Hands: How Silas Helped Preserve Apostolic Unity
Trace Silas across Acts and the apostolic letters, exploring messengers, collaboration, and the relationships through which early churches received teaching.
The Oracle Got an Update: AI, the Spiritual Easy Button
Reflect on AI as a modern spiritual shortcut, and why fluent answers cannot replace discernment, verified sources, and responsible theological study.
On the Transmission, Trustworthiness and “Infallibility” of Scripture
Explore biblical manuscripts, translation, and textual transmission, distinguishing questions of preservation from theological claims about infallibility.
