Geoffrey Holsclaw
Misogynists? Was Paul faithlessly capitulating to the social norms of his day? Was Paul really a supporter of subjugating women in the home? Was Peter again reverting to his old ways when he offers commands to wives? Were these stalwarts of the faith hopelessly captive to their culture? This is often how we react when […]
The evolutionary mut of the Protestant Reformation, the Anabaptist tradition is like the Platypus, hard to classify (see here for more). But, I believe, this tradition could be the secret agent of renewal everywhere. Just like an unbecoming platypus could become “Agent P”, so too the Anabaptist tradition is on a covert mission. What do […]
I can see it on their faces when they come in. That look of surprise, bewilderment, and fear. “Oh, no! This isn’t a ‘church’. It’s a family!” People visiting our Sunday morning worship gathering are often looking for and expecting a ‘church’. You know: some worship music, a place for the kids and/or youth, and […]
I often hear that in Pentecost the curse of Babel is reversed. But this is not true. Babel is overcome, but not reversed. The idea that Babel is reversed goes something like this. Because humanity, in its pride, sought to raise themselves to God’s level, God confused them with multiple languages and they were scattered. […]
It seems there was a bit of confusion and concern about proposing communal discernment. And that’s OK, it is a difficult thing to understand and from what I can tell it is even less often practiced. On top of all of this are the countless instances of spiritual abuse, if not outright physical and sexual […]
Too often the efforts of church planting and evangelism in unreached places, goes by the term ‘missions.’ But when a group of believers is sufficiently gathered, we then say that a ‘church’ has been established. The linking of terms in a before-after type of relationship has often been propagated by mission agencies themselves. But is […]
